Attention is turning more and more to urban sound as a material to design with, as a site of conflict, as a medium through which to understand the urban environment, and so on. By framing the concept of sonic urbanism, I wanted to look beyond the soundscape as an object and bring together research and creative practice that reveals how sonic concerns and methods could shed new light on cultural, and social questions in the city. The Sonic Urbanism conferences addressed design methodologies, the staging of political voice, and ways of listening to non-human life. My work with the SONCITIES project has been focused on developing an ecological understanding of urban soundscape.

I also use sound recording and editing as a method for communicating research, immersing listeners in a sensory experience of questions addressed in spoken and written texts. As a creative researcher, I have made sound works and videos addressing queer and ecological dimensions of public life, as well as a radio show about collective singing and voicing in the city.