Unfortunately, language barriers still hamper cross-lingual communication andthefreeflowofknowledgeandthoughtacrosslanguagecommunitiesandcontinuetobe unbreachable in many situations. While multilingualism is one of the key culturalcornerstones of Europe and signifies part of what it means to be and to feel European,no EU policy has been proposed to address the problem of language barriers.Artif…
How do the Moroccan sound archives of the writer Paul Bowles from the 1970s sound today with the musicians of that time? What does an earthquake in Agadir have to do with a Japanese science fiction film? What sound do stones have? And what do we learn about environmental pollution by listening to the agar agar algae? Drawing on critical sound studies, ethnographic research, and artistic practic…