Sounding Urban Places

Lecture by Justin Bennett on this 2 year research project involving artists, educators and local people in The Hague. Part of the Polyphonic Performance Spaces Research Festival
23/11/2026, 09-10h

Sounding Urban Places was a 2 year research project involving artists, educators and local people concentrating on the Binckhorst area of The Hague, a former industrial area in rapid transformation.

The research questions included:

– How can artistic and practice-based sonic interventions enhance wellbeing and sustainability in urban areas?

– How can ecological sound art, sound studies, historical research, and ethnographic fieldwork, contribute to the development of participatory methods for documenting change over time in soundscapes?

– How can different stakeholders and individual citizens be directly involved in the design of more attractive sonic environments in urban areas?

The talk details some of the methods used, the experiences of the researchers and some conclusions.

This event is part of the Polyphonic Performance Spaces Research Festival.

Practica

Small Concert Hall
Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel
Kleine Zavel 5
1000 Brussels

Read more:

https://www.kcb.be/en/pps2026

https://soundstudiescenter.org/ssc/projects/sounding-urban-places

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