The power of sound: listening, voicing, and activism feat. Edyta Jarząb

Resilience is also about understanding, deeper reflection (deepening), and care. This episode is a conversation—an act that, in itself, can be seen as a mindful practice, closely tied to resilience. In a world filled with challenges looming at every corner, the episode explores sound and listening—topics that may seem abstract at first.

The process of defining and understanding “sound”, “hearing”, and “listening”, leads to reflections and real-life examples of how sound plays a role in activism, highlighting deep listening as both a resilient and soothing practice.

Hearing represents the primary sense organ - hearing happens involuntarily. Listening is a voluntary process that through training and experience produces culture. All cultures develop through ways of listening (Pauline Oliveros).

Our podcast guest, Edyta Jarząb, a performance and sound artist, will guide us through the interconnected world of listening as a starting point for sound activism. She explores these thought-provoking questions:

What do "sound”, “hearing”, and “listening” actually mean?

How can sound foster personal and societal transformation?

How can we describe the audio spheres of activism?

How do activists use voice and sound in their work?

What is “deep listening”?

What can activists learn from deep listening practices—both for inner resilience and presence, as well as for discovering new ways to resist?

So, sit back, take off your shoes, and listen... 🎧

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Edyta Jarząb is a performance and sound artist. She learned the practices of Deep Listening from the composer Pauline Oliveros, which she implements in her work for forms of sound activism. Her interests range from the voice as a bridge between public and private spheres, to listening, singing, and improvisation as acts of socio-political resistance. Using voice, radio waves, field recording, and electronics, she creates an audio sphere in, among other places, the Dance Theatre in Warsaw.  She co-created the Warsaw-based community Radio Kapitał and is the author of poetic radio plays and interventions, such as the phantom protest “Wielogłos” [Polyphony] created in collaboration with Diana Lelonek. A former resident of Rotterdam's prestigious experimental studio WORM and a permanent member of Brussels' Q-O2 platform.