City Sonic Ecology: Urban Soundscapes of Bern, Ljubljana, and Belgrade
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Principal Investigator at ZRC SAZU
Ana Hofman, PhD -
Original Title
City Sonic Ecology: Urban Soundscapes of Bern, Ljubljana, and Belgrade
Project Team
Ana Hofman, PhD, Mojca Kovačič, PhD, Tanja Petrović, PhD, Martin Pogačar, PhD, Polona Sitar, PhD-
Duration
1 September 2014–28 February 2018 -
Lead Partner
prof. dr. Britta Sweers, University of Bern, Institute of Musicology
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Project Leader
prof. dr. Britta Sweers, University of Bern, Institute of Musicology
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Financial Source
Swiss National Foundation (SNF), del programa SCOPES
Partners
Ivana Medić, Institute of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Serbian Academy of Sc…, Marija Dumnić, Institute of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Serbian Academy of …, Srđan Atanasovski, Institute of Musicology and Ethnomusicology, Serbian Academy…, prof. dr. Britta Sweers, University of Bern, Institute of Musicology
The project brings together the cities of Bern, Ljubljana and Belgrade and explores the phenomenon of the urban soundscape and its potential and role in shaping the affective economies (Ahmed 2004). Drawing on the connection of acoustic ecology with affect studies (cf. Goodman 2010; Kanngieser 2012), the project interrelates approaches of urban ethnomusicology, soundscape research, and affective theory and investigates the ways people invest their hearing capacities in the various kinds of identity building and politics of belonging. Also taking into consideration architecture, urban planning and space representations, the project focuses on dichotomies in urban soundscapes, such as invisible vs. symbolic, private vs. public, and noise vs. music. The work focuses on three broader themes: 1) Religious city soundscapes 2) Urban soundscapes as places of political participation 3) Individual city soundscapes.