BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//eluceo/ical//2.0/EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:fb887ee96be0c55d434f59184ccffc11 DTSTAMP:20260911T111549Z SUMMARY:The Sound of Democracy Dying: Listening Sessions DESCRIPTION:Contact: coordinator@lmc.lu.se\n\nThe Sound of Democracy Dying: Listening Sessions \;is a key part of the Sound Environment Centre’ s September 2026 events series addressing the question: \;What is the sound of democracy dying? \;When: 17.00–19.00\, Thursday 3 september  \;Where:: Red Room\, Inter Arts Center\, Bergsgatan 29 i MalmöThe pu rpose of the Listening Sessions is to bring together sound artists and res earchers from different traditions to share and reflect on audio work from their varied projects that explore threats and challenges to democracy fr om the perspective of sound:Ellie Armon Azoulay is a Leverhulme Early Care er Fellow in the Department of English Studies at Durham University\, UK. She is also a DJ\, curator and cultural historian whose work focuses on ar chives of music and photography\, exploring diasporic communities\, music collecting\, and cultures of protest and resistance. She is completing her first book\, Reclaiming the Lore: African American Music Collectors.Rober t Willim is an artist and Associate Professor of Digital Cultures at Lund University. His work explores imaginaries\, media-related practices and hu man experiences of technology\, and his most recent book is entitled Munda nia: How and Where Technologies are Made Ordinary.Carla J. Maier (Humboldt University of Berlin) and Eleni-Ira Panourgia (Lund University) will shar e a collaborative project. Maier \;works at the intersection of sound studies\, cultural anthropology and postcolonial studies and is the author of Transcultural Sound Practices: British Asian Dance Music as Cultural T ransformation. Panourgia is a sound artist and \;Assistant Professor i n Artistic Research and AI at Malmö Theatre Academy.A closing discussion will be led by a panel of expert listeners:Sima Wolgast is docent in psych ology at Lund University whose research focuses on \;integrating psych ological and psychotherapeutic knowledge across diverse contexts\, includi ng the performing arts.Lucy Cathcart Frödén is a researcher on the LISTE N project at Malmö University and her work investigates \;the role of artistic collaboration in social change.The Listening Sessions event is o pen to the public and to researchers from any and all traditions\, who may contribute to the discussion or attend in a purely listening capacity.&nb sp\;\n\nMore information about the event: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se /calendar/sound-democracy-dying-listening-sessions DTSTART;TZID=GMT:20260903T150000 DTEND;TZID=GMT:20260903T170000 LOCATION:Red Room\, Inter Arts Center\, Bergsgatan 29\, Malmö END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR