Introduction
Opening talk
November 14–15, 2025
The Sonic Turn International Conference
The Attic presents The Sonic Turn international conference, taking place in the Small Hall of the National Theatre Bucharest. For two days, theorists, anthropologists, artists, and ethnomusicologists will explore the cultural, political, and ecological dimensions of sound and listening through presentations, performances, and discussions.
Program
Simina Oprescu
LECTURE
Listening, Failure, and the Unmaking of Systems
Salomé Voegelin
LECTURE
How to perform an anti-fascist collective from sound
Manja Ristić
LECTURE
Mnemosonic Topographies - Sensory Epistemology Between Sound, Space, and Memory
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Holger Schulze
LECTURE
Thick Listening: Listening in the Thick of It
Politics & Poetics of Listening
PANEL DISCUSSION
Speakers: Holger Schulze, Manja Ristić, Salomé Voegelin, Simina Oprescu. Hosted by Dragoș Rusu
Buy tickets from here: https://eventbook.ro/other/register-the-sonic-turn
Free access for students – register here: https://tinyurl.com/yc587svz
* All times are Bucharest local time (GMT+2).
Introduction
Opening talk
Cătălina Tesăr
LECTURE
How long do arranged marriages last? Answers from a Roma community in South Transylvania.
Maria Balabaș
LECTURE
Resonant Spaces of Memory
Stefan Fraunberger
LECTURE
Sonic Eschatologies: Liminal qualities of compos(t)ing culture / community visions from the other side
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Cosmin Nicolae
LECTURE
When You Hear Them Sound - The Weaponization Of Acoustics
Ian Nagoski
LECTURE
Above Our Scope - Laura Boulton's Commercial West African and Native American Recordings
Delia Grigore
LECTURE
Transitional Justice and Places of Memory. Case Study: Rroma Culture Virtual Museum
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ISCOADA Talk
PANEL DISCUSSION
Who listens to whom and for what purpose? Sound as an instrument of control.
Speakers: Alexandra Cernian, Paul Breazu, Raluca Creangă.
Hosted by Dragoș Stanca (panel discussion in Romanian)
Buy tickets from here: https://eventbook.ro/other/register-the-sonic-turn
Free access for students – register here: https://tinyurl.com/yc587svz
* All times are Bucharest local time (GMT+2).