Independent Researcher

Sound art plays a pivotal role in peacebuilding by expanding auditory perception and facilitating empathetic resonance between humans and the environment inside intangible heritage, frame. Departing from anthropocentric listening perspectives, this approach emphasizes engaging with the complex soundscapes of the planet to foster deeper connections with other species.
Contemporary urban environments, however, contribute to a "historical deafness" through the prevalence of modern materials that create harsh soundscapes, erasing the memory of natural sounds and hindering sensory regeneration.
By strategically employing soundscapes, we can transform spaces into areas of peaceful interaction. This involves deterring wildlife from human settlements using tailored sound designs and promoting natural soundscapes to reduce stress and enhance coexistence. Furthermore, it encompasses learning animal languages to understand their needs more deeply. The "politics of listening" emerge as a critical aspect, integrated around the sound ecology field of research, advocating for healthy sound environments from an ecofeminist epistemology. This includes reconsidering construction materials and urban planning to mitigate harmful noise, while recognizing sensory regeneration through our bodies, skin, and electromagnetic field interactions and agency.
Expanding our listening practices cultivates emotional and vibrational attunement, enabling a sense of the needs of other beings and fostering equitable relationships. This approach transforms sound into a diplomatic tool that helps reshape power dynamics and promote harmonious coexistence. Ultimately, empathetic resonance, achieved through conscious listening and sensory renewal, transforms our relationship with the world, nurturing peace, diplomacy, and a profound reconnection to Earth, countering the sonic amnesia induced by modern urban life.