Sonic Appropriation and the UK Policing Bill with Edda Bild

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In light of the UK's newly proposed policing bill which aims to impose noise limits and other new restrictions on protests, we bring you a special episode. Recorded a month before news of the bill came out, our host Andrew spoke with sociologist and soundscape researcher Edda Bild about 'sonic appropriation' - how people, particularly protesters and those in marginalised communities, can exert control over their sonic environments. Find out why it matters that people can exert this sonic appropriation over their spaces and some of the history of how it has been regulated and restricted.
This episode was intended to be a short follow up to our main episode in April, when it would've been very cleverly titled a 'Background Noise' episode, but it was so topical we decided to release it early. Make sure to check back in for that main episode about Edda's work with the Musikiosk project!
Read more about the UK Policing Bill here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56400751
See what it might mean in practice in a blog post by Susan Witterick, at DBX Acoustics: https://www.dbxacoustics.com/protest-noise/
Find more about Edda and her team here: https://www.sounds-in-the-city.org/en/team/
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