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https://doi.org/10.15176/vol62no213
Border Acoustemologies: On Sound, Sounding, and Listening in Irregularized Migration
Mojca Piškor
; Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb
Sažetak
Naturalized by intricate workings of contemporary migration regimes as static, impermeable, and indisputable lines of demarcation, state borders are simultaneously instrumentalized in processes of discrimination, as well as administrative, racial, and cultural separation (Balibar 2002). At the same time, borders represent specific acoustic territories, shaped through the complex interplay of space, sounding, and listening (Daughtry 2015) emerging from the coexistence and layering of agglomerations of sounds – of nature, people, and technologies – that resonate throughout the border landscape. As such, they inevitably participate in the lived experiences and practices of contemporary migratory movements, while simultaneously being continuously mobilized within systems of control and surveillance. Drawing on research into the acoustemologies of irregularized migration across the geopolitical territories of the so-called Balkan route, this paper seeks to identify the layered acoustic territories of borders and the shifting auditory regimes of contemporary migratory movements on the peripheries of the EU. In doing so, it aims at advancing our understanding of how, in this specific context, sound simultaneously acts as a source of shared listening experiences and potentially shareable acoustic knowledge; as a reflection of asymmetric power relations; and as a key dimension of migratory experience involved in the formation, negotiation, and dissolution of arbitrarily drawn lines separating “desirable” from “undesirable” bodies and existences.
Ključne riječi
border acoustemologies, irregularized migration, sound, sounding, listening, migration regimes
Hrčak ID:
341684
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Datum izdavanja:
19.12.2025.
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