Program

عن الواسطة

يستكشف أهمية الوسيط في مساعدتنا على فهم
الصوت، ليس فقط كضوضاء، بل كوسيلة لرؤية
محيطنا وتجربته بشكل مختلف
شمعون بصار
صفية البلوشي
سوزان شوبلي
جون ثابيتي ويليس
محاضرة/أداء الاستجابة الحسية الذاتية الحسية مع رشا عمران

on the Medium

explores the importance of medium to help us understand sound not just as noise, but as a way to see and experience our surroundings differently
Shumon Basar
Safeya Alblooshi
Susan Schuplii
John Thabiti Willis
ASMR lecture/performance by Rusha Omran

In January 2018, I took a road trip through Oman with some of my classmates as part of a three-week course. As we drove through landscapes that felt somewhat familiar back home yet unmistakably unique to Salalah, one of my most vivid memories was our guide, Musallam, speaking in Jabali—a language I had never heard before, native to the area. The arid land echoed the environment of the Emirates, but the sound of his voice felt entirely unexpected and out of place. The language seemed to resist easy recognition, unsettling my perception of where I was. It struck me how language can contribute to the erasure of a place’s identity by being overlooked or unrecognized, yet simultaneously, it shapes the sonic landscape in ways that subtly assert presence and continuity. The experience left me reflecting on how sound and language intertwine to challenge our assumptions about belonging and familiarity.
*Safeya Alblooshi*

Over the last decade or so, restaurants play louder and louder music, to the extent you can't hear someone from across the table, and you're hoarse by the end because you've been shouting. This might be me being firmly middle aged now, but I think it's something else: it's a low key ambient aggression. They want you to talk less so you eat / drink more and also get out of there faster. Noise is of course a pollution, but it's also a weapon, not only used by the military (think about the border between North and South Korea for example) but in every day life. When I go to a restaurant with a friend I want to talk to them. That's why I'm there. But the hegemonic consumer order today wants the opposite. It wants me to sit in silence while I'm subjected to the most virulent form of rainforest bossanova. It's time to pull the plug.
*Shumon Basar*
*Prompt for AI generated image: Draw: A man and a woman at a Chinese restaurant but the music is so loud they can't hear each other and they are screaming with frustration because they can't hear each other

جزر التراث

يركز على مساحات التراث ذات أوجه متعددة
مع التعمق في ظروفها البيئية والتحديات الفريدة
التي تواجهها
موزة المزروعي
علياء يونس وروبرت بارثيسيوس
كارلوس جيديس

Islands of Heritage

focuses on the intricate and multifaceted spaces of heritage, delving deep into their environmental conditions and the unique challenges they face.
Moza Almazrouei
Alia Yunis and Robert Parthesius
Carlos Guedes

مخيلات الأرض

يستكشف التفاعل الديناميكي بين الممارسات الثقافية والسياقات البيئية والسرديات النقدية
عظمة ز. رضوي
ساليلة كولشريستا
روان الفريح

Imaginations of Land

explores the dynamic interplay between cultural practices, environmental contexts, and critical narratives.
Uzma Z. Rizvi
Salila Kulshreshtha
Rawan Alfuraih

زيارات المواقع

تتيح زيارات المواقع للطلاب فرصة التفاعل المباشر
مع مواقع تراثية متنوعة، مما يُعمق فهمهم لأهميتها
التاريخية والثقافية ومن خلال التجربة المباشرة
يُمكن للطلاب مقارنة
السرديات التي يقدمها كل موقع

مدحاء
عبدالله السعدي
محمد المدحاني

مليحة
نيرمال راجا

الشندغة
أدينا هيمبل

Site Vists

Site visits provide students with opportunities to interact directly with diverse heritage sites to gain a deeper understanding of their historical and cultural significance.
Through firsthand experience, students can
compare the narratives presented by each site

Madha
Abdulla Alsaadi
Mohamed Almadahani

Meliha
Nirmal Rajah

Al Shindagha
Adina Hempel