What is the sound of detention? What is the sound of resistance? There is a long history of artistic curation and sonic intervention contributing to civic engagement and social justice. A musical score can be both a call to action and a tool for decolonization.
Sound can also be used to quell uprisings, as we witnessed when long-range acoustic devices (LRADs) were deployed by the police at Standing Rock. But what happens when those same sounds are wielded as a form of protest, echoing with the songs of refugees and migrants? How can we listen to Indigenous histories? How can we listen to the soundscape of nearly a billion people on the move and in search of refuge, navigating a world of forced removals, expulsions, and detentions?
This webinar will bring together composers, performers, authors, and cultural historians to explore these questions and more as we look at a range of media and global artistic practices that have captured and repurposed the sounds of protest, resistance, and empowerment.
