We have undertaken ethnographic research with urban residents in London, exploring their experiences of belonging and exclusion in the sonic city. That research informs a co-authored monograph and a media-rich, interactive website. We have authored chapters for two additional book-length projects: an edited volume on sonic urbanism; and a monograph on acoustic cities. We developed several workshops aiming to develop sonic perspectives and methods in architecture and urban design, including ‘Scoring the City’ (Darmstadt, London, Yerevan); ‘Intramuros’ (Paris); and ‘A Building Made of Sound’ (Berlin). We have published papers and audio essays in several volumes; and our symposia and public events have brought together diverse practitioners and theorists in exploring issues of sound, cities, and social justice and engaging publics on these issues. They include: the symposium Soundscapes of Social Justice, co-convened with Professor Yvette Jackson (Harvard); a symposium and concert, ‘From the Museum to the City: Listening to Urban Architectures’, at the national architecture history museum in Paris, co-hosted with Eric de Visscher; the event 'Art of Noises' (Modern Art Oxford); and the conversation series 'Countersonics: Radical Sonic Imaginaries' (launched at The Showroom in London).
We have given invited talks, including invited keynotes lectures, and participated in panels, radio interviews, and invited performances, including: keynote talks for the conferences ‘Sound, Art, and Urban Spaces’ at University of the Arts London; ‘more than sound’ symposium at RMIT, Australia; and ‘Acts of listening and Urban Geography’, Marseille; performance and panel talk at the book launch for Crafting a Sonic Urbanism; conference presentations at College Art Association and Urban Sound Symposium; invited talks at Pratt Institute; Harvard University; City University London; Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London; Central Saint Martins MA Cities programme; among others; participation in research meetings with fellow researchers studying sound and urbanism, including WAVEMATTERS (Humboldt University); and Sonic Tehran (City University London); and radio interviews for Spatial Radio (Central Saint Martins, London); ‘The Rest is Noise’ podcast; and the European Commission’s podcast.
