Research

My sound studies PhD was awarded by the University of Sussex; supervised by Michael Bull and Evelyn Ficarra. My ongoing research examines sounds as properties of resilience and permanence, challenging tropes of sonic ephemerality and brevity. My ethnographic research, gathered from a diverse range of people spanning the globe, unveils sounds as dependable permanent fixtures of their sensory trajectories. For them, sounds occupy extended timelines. A finding that directly opposes auditory ephemeral subservience to tropes of ocular-centric sensory dominance.

As an assistive tool I continue to develop a new fluid conceptual framework called ‘Sound Tenses.’ Here the past, present, and future tenses link sonic events. Soundwave forms, alongside internal sonic properties such as the anticipated, remembered, and forgotten are equally legitimised and this framework offers a scaffold to arrange sonic permanencies on. Such an approach allows detailed auditory examination of diverse demographics, and it facilitates advancements in sensory research.

Sound Tenses Thesis available here - https://sussex.figshare.com/articles/thesis/Sound_tenses_an_investigation_into_auditory_permanencies/27135303?file=49507236