On the final day of the symposium, we will focus on sound and body practices, as well as on phenomena in popular music that are linked to global migration movements and the transfer of cultural knowledge, and to local strategies of appropriation and (self-)empowerment. At both the micro and macro levels—between different neighborhoods of a major city as well as between continents—the geographical connections of diverse origins and cultural practices become visible and audible.
How do queer communities—or groups of people who are excluded or unheard by the political institutions of mainstream society—create safe spaces, communities, and cultural identities through sound and physicality/embodiment? How do they make their voices heard and establish a presence in urban space? Can sound become an agent for social acceptance, equality, or (civic) belonging? And what kind of listening would this require?
With contributions by: DJ GIN of Faggamuffin Bloc Party and Black Obsidian Sound System, who discusses her DJ practice in the context of queer carnival culture and the Caribbean diaspora in London, Stefanie Alisch, who has researched the Angolan music and dance culture known as Kuduru in the capital city of Luanda; and Lilian Campesato and Valéria Bonafé, who have explored various forms of listening and sonic-musical expression with marginalized people in the “Crâcolandia” neighborhood of São Paulo.
Discussion:
DJ GIN
Stefanie Alisch
Lilian Campesato & Valéria Bonafé
Moderated by: Janine Eisenächer
Symposium: October 17, 3 pm / Flutgraben – Projektraum