Phil Dodds

If you're at Lund University and want to organise an event or write a grant application related to sound and sound environments, you can apply for a grant from the Sound Environment Centre @lmc-lu.bsky.social! Deadline for application is 11 March. Details here: www.lmc.lu.se/en/research-...

We're interested in:
- the relations between spatial and sonic governance
- how certain kinds of sound are taken to have cultural and economic value in gentrifying cities
- how different sonic aesthetics and conceptions of aesthetic value shape urban inclusion and exclusion
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Sessions - NGM2026 SessionsOpen sessions The accepted session proposals have been grouped into several themes, listed below, and authors are invited to submit abstracts for these sessions. To view session descriptions w...

Working on sound and urban governance? Fancy a trip to Reykjavík in June? Then consider submitting a paper to the session on "Urban Sound from Noise to Asset: Sonic Borderlands, Aesthetic Values and Spatial Disciplining in the City", organised by Laleh Foroughanfar and me ngm2026.hi.is/sessions/

"epistemic pollution"

I recently read the work of my LU colleague Carl-Johan Palmqvist, a philosopher of belief, "non-doxasticism" and misinformation. A key point wasn't just that misinformation leads to false beliefs but that a context of fake news and AI imagery makes it harder to ever be sure of anything.

Kieran will share his reflections on the Global Sumud Flotilla at this event in Lund on Monday (Josephson building, 19 Jan, 16:15-17:45): www.kultur.lu.se/en/the-depar...

I don't know where in the continent you're going to be but could you be interested in fiting in a trip to Lund, Sweden on or around 14 April? We're putting together our musicology and intermedia studies seminar series just now...

YouTube video by Ljudmiljöcentrum Lunds Universitet SOUND+PURPOSE: Inaugural conference of the SOUND+ Network for Transdisciplinary Research in Sound

Mini documentary about the SOUND+PURPOSE conference organised by the Sound Environment Centre at the end of November 2025.

A lecture hall with an audience listening to two speakers seated at a table in front of a projection screen. There are flowers and sugar beets on the table.

The cover of the book "Sleepless Plains: Fossilisation and Peasant Kinship in Scandinavia" by Simon Halberg, featuring an abstract landscape artwork with a vivid red and orange sky.

Was at Simon Halberg's successful PhD defence this afternoon. His thesis is a work of rare quality, quite a page turner, with a fantastic central argument and focus. It's free to read online and should interest historical and landscape geographers + many others! portal.research.lu.se/en/publicati...

Four postdoc fellowships at the Turin Humanities Programme on legacies and interpretations of the Enlightenment; applications welcome by 16 Feb 2026.

Looks so good. What's your Christmas cake recipe?

I was amazed by the quality of the contributions and discussions at this event last week. I've never heard such thoughtful Q&A questions, for example. I learnt so much and have lots to think about. It was great to host and get to know so many wonderful people. Missing you all already ❤️

Two Scotland players in dark blue jerseys celebrate. The scoreboard shows SCO 3-2 DEN In stoppage time.

A screenshot from a BBC football broadcast. The Scottish team celebrate and a graphic shows Scotland 4-2 Denmark.

What a win. On to the first World Cup since 1998

A football player in a dark blue Scotland shirt with the name “Shankland” and the number 20 on the back. At at the top of the screen it reads SCO 2–1 DEN in the 78th minute.

A football player wearing a dark blue Scotland national team shirt with the name “McTominay” and the number 4 on the back stands on the pitch. A broadcast graphic in the top left corner shows “4 McTominay” and “2 goals in 6 matches.”

If you like sound art and will be in or near Lund this Thursday, you might be interested in this event. It's the public performance session of our SOUND+PURPOSE conference, for which the very exciting programme is now online: www.lmc.lu.se/en/node/591 (NB conference is for invited contributors only)

Key reference in both cases is work of Marie Koldkjær Højlund and colleagues e.g. www.researchcatalogue.net/view/3032038...

Book "Att lyssna till staden / Listening to the City" from Lunds konsthall. Cover image is a black and white aerial/satellite photo of a city suburb overlaid with red geometric shapes.

The idea of sonic citizenship also got a mention at the launch of this book and sound art installation this evening. Seems to be pushing forward interesting discussions about sound in/and public space

A panel discussion in a small theatre with speakers on stage and "Becoming a Sonic Citizen" on a screen behind them.

A green event flyer with a map and schedule for the "Sonic Citizens" event, listing workshops and activities across several locations.

A table with assorted snacks, fruit, and drinks, alongside "Sonic Citizens" event flyers.

Excited to be in Malmö's "Culture Sound Zone" for a day of activities on the theme of "Sonic Citizens"

‘Cruelest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two...

"There was an area they called ‘the disco’, where they played loud music nonstop for two days straight. This was one of their most notorious and painful torture methods." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Israel Sent Me to the Same Prison Where It Tortured My Palestinian Brother | Novara Media After Israel kidnapped him in international waters with the Global Sumud Flotilla, Kieran Andrieu realised he was being held in the same Negev desert facility where his younger brother, Ahmed, had bee...

"In order to go on the flotilla, I had to make my peace with the reality that I will probably never meet my brother. Do you ever make peace with something like that? I don’t know, but I was trying. Then I was transferred to a prison where he’d been tortured." novaramedia.com/2025/10/13/i...

For those of you in Scotland, come along to the launch of Race and the Scottish Enlightenment at @iashedinburgh.bsky.social! Bruce and I will be introducing the book, and we’re thrilled to be joined by the formidable Colin Kidd, Thomas Ahnert, Matthew D Eddy, Rosi Carr and Ian Stewart. Programme⬇️

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

Kieran has been using the term "gimcrack" (meaning ornate and showy but cheaply and badly made) to describe Israel's operation. This investigation shows what he means. "The models make the military look more professional, like a high tech company with cool technology" www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

"...analyzed 43 animations produced by the Israeli army since October 7 and found that many contain serious spatial inaccuracies or prefabricated assets — sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries, content creators, and cultural institutions."

YouTube video by Novara Media The Gaza Flotilla Shows Israel is Losing The Propaganda War | Kieran Andrieu

More important testimony and analysis here: youtu.be/mtLnIey5Hfg?...

YouTube video by Novara Media Israel Tortured Us. As They Torture Palestinians Every Day

For anyone wondering, Kieran is safely in Istanbul and will be back with his family and friends in London tonight. Here he is explaining how he and his comrades were treated by Israel: youtube.com/shorts/tFv-w...

The answer to this question surely involves peanut butter?

YouTube video by Novara Media If You're Watching This Video, Israel Has Kidnapped Me in International Waters

Israeli forces have intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla so now would be a good time to pressure your government to hold Israel to account and ensure everybody's safe return. Kieran Andrieu is one of my oldest friends and I'm worried about him. youtube.com/shorts/HiiJn...

Stop the genocide!
Stop the occupation!
Freedom, equality and self determination for all Palestinians!

YouTube video by Novara Media If You're Watching This Video, Israel Has Kidnapped Me in International Waters

Israeli forces have intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla so now would be a good time to pressure your government to hold Israel to account and ensure everybody's safe return. Kieran Andrieu is one of my oldest friends and I'm worried about him. youtube.com/shorts/HiiJn...