The Value of Listening
Charles Hirschkind, author of the book The Ethical Soundscape: Cassette Sermons and Islamic Counterpublics, talks about Cassette Sermons, YouTube-Clips and the value of Listening in Egypt. With a Quran recitation by Abdul Basit Abd us-Samad, a Nasheed by Imad Rami, and field recordings by Seth Ayyaz.
Check this post by Charles Hirschkind on the Egypt Demonstrations of 2011.
Sheikh Abdul Basit Abd us-Samad
This Podcast was produced for the project Global Prayers.
Biography
Published on April 11, 2011
Last updated on April 02, 2024
Topics
A generative practice that promotes different knowledge. One that listens is never at a distance but always in the middle of the sound heard.
From priests claiming to be able to shapeshift into an animal to Irish folk musicians attempting to unify Protestants and Catholics.
How do acoustic environments affect human life? In which way can a city entail sounds of repression?