Situated Listenings II

In these sessions, we will explore the entanglements of sonic arts, ecological thought, and sound studies, tuning into ways of listening from and with the world.

Throughout the course, we will engage with diverse conceptions of sound and listening, uncovering how they shape everyday environments and practices. We will trace how sound can be understood as vibration, matter, energy, knowledge, and relation.

Active listening stands at the core of our inquiry—a malleable practice in constant dialogue with the environment, body, and senses, resonating with political, ethical, and ecological dimensions.

We will reflect on the socio-cultural ecologies of contemporary sound practices, attentive to their (in)definitions and fragile existence within dominant cultural contexts. From these tensions, we will examine how such practices might foster alternative modes of attention, perception, and participation.

Embracing less anthropocentric approaches, we will explore how sound and listening connect us to worlds beyond the human, cultivating new relationships with materialities, forces, and forms of life. We will also reflect on the extent to which sounds and works manifest their own vitality, affecting and involving us as co-creators and participants, weaving themselves into other modes of existence.

The course maintains a fluid and permeable structure, inviting the active participation and integration of ideas and materials from all participants.