Against restoration: Repetition, refusal and the partitioned archive

This seminar weaves postcolonial feminist theory, sonic epistemology and archival sound to reflect on the restoration of women's speech after violence, focusing on memory paradigms from the partitioned Indian subcontinent and historic efforts in restorative justice. 

These critical reflections are based on Dr. Syma Tariq's practice-based doctoral research 'Partitioned listening', completed at CRiSAP, University of the Arts London in 2023.

Syma Tariq’s doctoral research at the Centre for Creative Research into Sound Arts Practice (CRiSAP), UAL, focused on the aural-archival forms and processes of knowledge production connected to the Partition of British India. Following her PhD she produced Delay Lines, a sound and text exhibit that responded to the audio holdings held at Tower Hamlets archives in east London. 

Her wider interest in sound and listening has developed by way of radio journalism, music and film programming, and forays into audio research, including the itinerant project A Thousand Channels. She is currently working with ECHO, Free University of Brussels, and occasionally DJs as Taxila.

This event is free and open to all, but registration is required.