How do we hear Queer Archives? What do we imagine we will hear? In our digital era of archival abundance, how do we attend to sonic absence and silence? From magazines and radio to Instagram and TikTok, this workshop invites you to playfully and joyfully engage with archival materials in both their original and re-mediated forms. Through ‘imaginative listening’, we will tune our ears to hear what is missing from these archives and re-imagine archives in a meaningful way by developing and ideating our own speculative sonic memories. In this workshop, participants will learn how to listen critically across media forms and apply their imaginative listening to develop a short soundwork inspired by the politics of nostalgia, memory, and media archives.

No prior audio or creative writing experience is required. Participants are encouraged to bring headphones and a laptop if available. Laptops can be borrowed here: Laptops - Loans and borrowing - LibGuides@Southampton at University of Southampton Library (soton.ac.uk) Remote participants should additionally have a smartphone or audio recorder on hand to record.

Bio: Dr. Stacey Copeland is an Assistant Professor of Media Studies at the University of Groningen and an award-winning audio producer. She received her Joseph-Armand Bombardier SSHRC-funded Ph.D. at Simon Fraser University’s School of Communication with a research focus on the communication of queer feminist activism and aesthetics in radio and podcasting. Copeland’s work on sound, media and culture has been published in top-ranking journals, including Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media and the Canadian Journal of Communication. She has published in various edited collections, co-published open-access guides on academic podcasting and soundscape assessment, and actively works to produce publicly accessible sonic scholarship that bridges research and creative practice. She is currently the co-director of Amplify Podcast Network.

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