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In this podcast, artist and researcher Susana Jiménez Carmona talks with scientists Claudio Barría, a marine biologist, and Michel André, a bioacoustician. Both are involved to different degrees in the artistic production and research project ruido ê by Silvia Zayas, an audiovisual and performing artist—a fragment of the film ruido ê can be seen on this same platform. Some issues raised by or arising during the development of this project are addressed here by Barría and André, including interspecific coexistence in coastal cities, encounters with elusive electric rays, the effects of anthropogenic noise on living creatures and marine ecosystems, and collaborations between disparate humans.

Text by Susana Jimenéz Carmona

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Conducted by Susana Jimenez Carmona
Contributors: Michel André and Claudio Barria

The Climate Matters podcast will delve into the socio-political and economic contexts surrounding the climate change conversation in India. Through engaging discussions and expert insights, our guests will shed light on the frameworks and challenges related to climate policy and environmental law with a special focus on the communities most affected by climate change. The podcast will take a comprehensive approach to unpacking the complexities of climate action in India.

This podcast was produced and hosted by Khoj team members Alina Tiphagne, Head of Media and Communications, and Isha Bhattacharya, Junior Curator and Program Manager, who are accompanied by award-winning independent science journalist Disha Shetty, who writes mainly on public health, climate change, and women; Shibani Ghosh, environmental lawyer and fellow at the Centre of Policy Research (CPR), who specializes in environmental and access to information laws; and Awadhendra Sharan, Director of the Centre for study of developing societies (CSDS), whose research interests are in the fields of urban and environmental studies, present in his most recent publication Dust and Smoke: Air Pollution and Colonial Urbanism, India (2020).

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Contributors Disha Shetty, Shibani Ghosh, and Awadhendra Sharan
Conducted by Alina Tiphagne and Isha Bhattacharya

Link to full st_age episode: https://www.stage.tba21.org/episode/khoj-and-zuleikha-chudari

This podcast is based on the work of the artist Irene de Andrés, A orillas del Manzanares (On the Banks of the Manzanares River, 2022), whose research originates in a pool shaped like an ocean liner, known as La Isla (the island), which was built in the Madrilenian Manzanares river in the 1930s.

With the help of two experts—Malú Cayetano, landscape designer and forestry engineer, and David Uribelarrea del Val, professor of geomorphology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid—we open a conversation about the Manzanares river, understood as a theater of memory, that puts into circulation the layers and flows of a city in relation to the forms of life that its river has made and will continue to make possible.

Violeta Janeiro Alfageme

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Contributors: Malú Cayetano and David Uribelarrea del Val
Conducted by Violeta Janeiro Alfageme

A piece of architecture is a fraction of a more extensive infrastructure. An experience of a building lingers, capturing the essence of a particular time and place. Modern architecture created motifs that traveled to other cities. Versions of these motifs often evoke a sense of familiarity when their variations are encountered. Some modern monuments' direct relationship to past regimes puts them at risk of being neglected, destructed, repurposed, or even preserved for myriad reasons. Often, there is no comprehensive framework in place to address their significance or ensure their preservation. This podcast delves into the interpretation of monumental projects as evidence of intricate relationships between regimes. It also reflects on the intangible yet profound impact of stories and their transformative impact on architecture, revealing the complex interplay between politics, imagination, and the ever-changing nature of constructed environments.

Ala Younis

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Contributors: Dina Taha and Ali Yass
Conducted by Ala Younis
https://www.stage.tba21.org/episode/sahil-naik

Focusing on the fascinating species of the sperm whale, this conversation brings together José Luis Espejo, researcher and curator, and Txema Brotons, biologist specialized in whales and acoustics, and Tursiops' Association scientific director. The podcast proposes an archaeology of the means by which science and other branches of knowledge first began to listen to and classify cetacean sounds. The scientific research carried out can help us understand the impact of anthropogenic sound on the communication systems of whales, with a focus on the cachalots.


The podcast departs from talk took place at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, on May 25, 2023, as a part of the public program of the exhibition “Wu Tsang: Of Whales.”


Are you eager to dive deeper into the Ocean? Explore the vast depths of knowledge and immerse yourself in https://ocean-archive.org/, TBA21–Academy’ digital platform.

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Txema Brotons in conversation with José Luis Espejo
Cover image: Cocos Research Expedition, 2014. Photo: Jose Alejandro Alvarez.

In this podcast Carlos Duarte, scientist and oceanographer, discusses how anthropogenic noise—meaning noise produced by human beings and the machines they make and use—produces an impact on marine fauna, and asks how it is possible to reverse this impact of human pollution. Duarte tells us about the efforts to understand how sound communication functions in the Ocean among the different species, and the importance of art in conveying this to the general public in order to put policies into action.


The podcasts consists of interventions by Carlos Duarte, extracted from the conversation with sound artist Jana Winderen, in a talk moderated by curator and researcher José Luis Espejo that took place at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid on April 18, 2023, which was part of the public program of the exhibition “Wu Tsang: Of Whales.”


Are you eager to dive deeper into the Ocean? Explore the vast depths of knowledge and immerse yourself in https://ocean-archive.org/, TBA21–Academy’ digital platform.

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Speaker: Carlos Duarte
Cover image: Whales, Silverbanks Research Expedition, 2013. Photo: Jose Alejandro Alvarez.