The Trembling City: Oxford Book Launch
Listening Session and Talk by Professor Gascia Ouzounian
Free. No registration required. All are welcome.
The Trembling City is a gripping account of cities that shudder under the vibrational force of occupation, siege, and war. From the persistent drone noise of Gaza to turbulent skies above Beirut, Professor Gascia Ouzounian explores the insidious role of sound and vibration as instruments of violence that shape urban life. Introducing the concepts of vibrational warfare and atmospheric occupation, Ouzounian asks how cities themselves become instruments of war: amplifying sonic shock, conducting harmful energy through bodies, air, and buildings, and saturating everyday life with violence.
Join us for a listening session featuring work by Gabi Motuba, Youmna Saba, and Being Strangers, followed by a talk by Gascia Ouzounian, discussion, and drinks.
This event marks the Oxford launch of The Trembling City: The Sonic and Atmospheric Violence of Vibrational Warfare. It is presented by the TORCH network Listening to the Law.
Gascia Ouzounian is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Oxford and an internationally recognized scholar of sound, urban life, and violence. She is the author of Stereophonica (MIT Press) and The Trembling City (MIT Press).
Listening to the Law Network is a TORCH, Oxford research network that brings together academics, legal practitioners, and artists thinking through and working on questions of sound and the law. It is co-convened by Nomi Dave (Faculty of Music), Tareeq Jalloh (Faculty of Philosophy), and Nicole Stremlau (Faculty of Law).