• Listening as Witnessing

    Listening as Witnessing

    Witnessing is a new inter- and multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, launching with a special issue on listening, co-edited by Brandon LaBelle and Anna Papaeti. “This special issue draws on a selection of papers given at two international symposia organized in the context of ERC MUTE –…

  • Chronic Sonics

    Chronic Sonics

    Sonic Warfare is still a main reference for many of us around here. Now more than ever, Steve Goodman’s theories are relevant, as the audiovisual machine expands dramatically. Urbanomic will be releasing (March) a new Goodman’s text entitled “Notes on the Third Ear” along with…

  • ECOES #8

    ECOES #8

    Ecoes is a magazine by Sonic Acts “rooted in environmental concerns and investigates how auditory practices shape our understanding of contemporary worlds — human and nonhuman.” Here’s the information for the 8th issue, which you can buy at Sonic Acts: In a world marked by crises,…

  • Techno Cities and Sonic Fictions

    Techno Cities and Sonic Fictions

    Amazing podcast from April 2024 by Radio Papesse & ALMARE for the “What Do Sounds Want” series, specifically episode IV. “WHAT DO SOUNDS WANT? is a podcast about sound, or better yet, about listening through a series of questions and intuitions Radio Papesse and ALMARE have…

  • The Archive and the Aural City

    The Archive and the Aural City

    The Archive and the Aural City: Sound, Knowledge, and the Politics of Listening, book by Alejandro L. Madrid at Duke University Press “In The Archive and the Aural City, Alejandro L. Madrid examines the possibilities for retrieving from the archive sounds that were not meant to…

  • Sonic Acts Biennial 2026: Melted for Love

    Sonic Acts Biennial 2026: Melted for Love

    Sonic Acts Biennial 2026: Melted for Love “Taking place in Amsterdam from 5 February to 29 March 2026 – with the intensive festival weekend running from 26 February to 1 March – the Sonic Acts Biennial, Melted for Love is spread across more than 80 events and…