Politics Of Listening 2018 Leah Bassel - Keynote Address

In this episode, Leah Bassel considers fleeting moments of political equality that become possible when listening is practiced as a form of solidarity. Such moments can coalesce around the ‘refugee crisis’, anti-austerity activism by and with women of colour across Europe, and in migrant justice movements which centre Indigenous sovereignties.

Leah Bassel is Professor of Sociology at Roehampton University: https://pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/leah-bassel

The Politics of Listening is a series of four podcasts from the Media Futures Hub inspired by the recent ‘turn to listening’ in media studies, cultural studies and political theory. The series was recorded at The Politics of Listening 2018 conference at the University of New South Wales. This interdisciplinary conference brought together scholars, artist-researchers and cultural practitioners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, South Africa and beyond whose work engages with listening in various ways: as a political practice; as a critical frame; as an alternative politics; as a contribution to justice and/or as an ethics of relation. It was the first international academic conference on critical studies of listening. This podcasts mini-series is produced by Dr Poppy de Souza and A/Prof Tanja Dreher www.politicsoflistening2018.com/