About Project
This project investigates the effects of sound (including sonic arts, participatory music-making and storytelling in theatre) and their distribution through digital media activities. We are analysing how sounds project and ameliorate community experiences, memories and narratives of conflict across cultures and different conflict/post-conflict settings of resistance through to reconciliation.
Comparative case studies with projects in the Middle East, Brazil and Northern Ireland serve as a basis for evaluating how sound is used to articulate experiences of violence, support narratives of resistance and promote peace building. Together with community partners, our interdisciplinary team brings together sonic, performative and digital media collaborations from across the Humanities and Social Sciences.
We are developing complementary methodologies to address critical questions in conflict research, music and the arts. See Research Outcomes, News & Events and Related Projects for more information on recent activities.
Latest Project News:
Politics of Performance - hear from recent participants and find details of our recent music Teaching Module convened with Beyond Skin in Related Projects and the drop down menu for News & Events
Our virtual Final Conference, 'Contested Resonances - Creativity, Listening and Performance in Conflict Transformation,' took place on 29th-30th July 2021. Thank you to everyone who joined us. View Programme Booklet and Conference Presentations from Particpants.
