Speakers

Dr Kate Herrity (University of Cambridge), Dr Áine Mangaoang (University of Oslo), Dr Erin Cory (Malmö University), and Dr Lucy Cathcart Frödén (Malmö University).

Title

Listening nearby: sonic citizenship and social justice

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The seminar is hybrid.

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Abstract

Join us for the Swedish launch of Sound and Detention: towards critical listening, sonic citizenship and social justice (Bloomsbury, 2026). This volume explores soundscapes in places and systems of imprisonment, and seeks, through sound, to imagine alternatives to the carceral state. Bringing together over 40 contributors from five continents, this book tunes in to some of the manifold effects associated with the presence and absence of sound and music at sites of detention. Scholarly texts feature alongside poetry, memoir, experimental writing and a diverse collection of audio productions. This plurality of form mediates the voices of artists, activists, thinkers and practitioners—some themselves currently or formerly incarcerated – who each bring their distinct perspectives to consider what it might mean to ‘listen nearby’.

This hybrid presentation will share themes and sounds from the book and its accompanying audio archive, in conversation between the book’s three co-editors and one of its chapter contributors: Dr Kate Herrity (University of Cambridge), Dr Áine Mangaoang (University of Oslo), Dr Erin Cory (Malmö University), and Dr Lucy Cathcart Frödén (Malmö University).

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