Sound, Listening, and Spatial Sociology

Auditory Spatial Practices and Memory Environments

Sound is something that constantly surrounds us, yet it is rarely the focus of active reflection. This fundamental observation motivates my work. In this research area, I approach sound from a spatial-sociological perspective, asking how auditory phenomena—ranging from ambient sound and silence to mediated voices—as well as practices of listening and sound production, contribute to the construction of space.

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A central concern of my research is the role that sound and listening can play in the future: how they might reshape spatial experience, open up new forms of engagement, and expand the ways in which memory is constituted. I investigate how sonic environments structure perception, produce intimacy or distance, and influence who is able to participate in processes of remembrance—and who might be included in the future.

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My work not only analyzes existing auditory environments but also develops ideas and impulses for rethinking and restructuring spaces through sound and listening. Methodologically, I combine close listening approaches with ethnographic methods to examine how sound is perceived, negotiated, and embedded within specific spatial and institutional contexts.