Unit:
Department of Music StudiesLibrary of the School of Philosophy
Author:
Paizi- Ntinou Maria
Supervisors info:
Παπαπαύλου Μαρία, Αναπληρώτρια Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Μουσικών Σπουδών, ΕΚΠΑ
Λαλιώτη Βασιλική, Μόνιμη Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Μουσικών Σπουδών, ΕΚΠΑ
Κάβουρας παύλος, Καθηγητής, Τμήμα Μουσικών Σπουδών, ΕΚΠΑ
Original Title:
Ηχοτοπίο και Σώμα κατά την Άνοιξη του 2020 στην Αθήνα: Η Σιωπή της Συνήθειας και ο Ήχος της Απουσίας
Translated title:
Soundscape and Body in Spring of 2020 in Athens: The Silence of Habit and the Sound of Absence
Summary:
The topic of my final thesis is: the soundscape of Athens during the spring of 2020, the relation of the soundscape to the body, and the changes that happened to both of them because of the burst of the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown. This thesis is a product of the ethnographic field research I did during the first lockdown in Athens, of the online and live interviews I conducted with residents of Athens, and of the theoretical research on the topics of soundscape and body. The basic points of the research are: the relation between sound and urban space, the ways the soundscape of Athens changed, the relation between people and sound and their musical practices during that period, and the relation between body-sound-space. The theoretical discussion was based on the scientific fields of Soundscape, Urban Soundscape, Performance Studies, Ethnomusicology and History. Some of the final conclusions are: the disturbance of the usual urban soundscape affected the urban identity. The people talked about new sound qualities and experiences because of the lockdown. The musical activities were affected and transformed that period. Finally sound, body and space appeared to be connected in a spectral relation to each other, while as one of them was changing, the others were also affected and transformed.
Main subject category:
Geography - Anthropology - Folklore
Keywords:
Soundscape, Urban Soundscape, Sound, Body, Performance, Pandemic, Covid-19
