About this podcast
The sounds for the Humanities 4 the Ocean.
Showcasing the rich, multi-layered relationship humans have with the ocean, and how sounds can be a powerful medium to convey this connection, it is an experience in the Blue Humanities realm. It blends science, history, and art, aiming to raise appreciation for the ocean’s role in human history and culture.
Curated by Cristina Brito, Joana Baço, Jaime Silva & Rui Henriques, members of the ERC Synergy Grant 4-OCEANS, that aims to address the impact and significance of marine life for human societies over the two millennia prior to industrialization.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 26 episodes
- Night · 2 min · Season 3 Episode 4On the longest night of the year, the heat rises from the earth as we walk along the weir that breaks the river's journey. The rumour of the water emerges from the silence, a…
- The shapeshifter · 1 min · Season 3 Episode 3Born swimming, she now lives in a human bathtub surrounded by strange voices. The pearls dangling from the strands braided with green algae and the shells hanging from her arms…
- The Mermaid's Call · 1 min · Season 3 Episode 2Am I the Mermaid? She calls out to her(self) and receives a cry, a plea, a reflection in the return of the projected sound wave. The mermaid sees herself in the mirror and her…
- Waiting for the Mermaid · 1 min · Season 3 Episode 1Esperar a Sereia Quantas ondas são precisas Para esquecer o que se passou Quantos mares atravessar Para largar o que se sonhou Diz-me lá velha do mar O que diz o vento norte…
- Mash up -Not a World of Ours · 7 min · Season 2 Episode 11Breaking through the endless motion of human activity - the laughter, the walking, the talking, typing - every once in a while you can hear it. Waves crash into boats, becoming…
- The owl and the human · 1 min · Season 2 Episode 10The owl hoots at the right time, every day, every evening, at that moment when light and night meet. It's like a fine-tuned clock, but of its own nature, in counter-current with…
- STOPHS2 · 2 min · Season 2 Episode 9After a slow walk, we need to pick up the pace. Waking up for the HS2, the high-speed train about to arrive! At the future station, few trees and flowers and wandering bees…
- High Tide · 1 min · Season 2 Episode 8The tide brings the fish to the shore, men and boats follow the fish, seagulls are attracted. The net is the hungry open mouth of a non living entity engulfing life forms…
- Watery encounters · 1 min · Season 2 Episode 7Water flowing down the river meets a group of rocks... Gulfs of wind push the water towards the muddy shore... Water splashes humans on land, who joyfully play with it, embracing…
- Chewing Earth · 1 min · Season 2 Episode 6Through the market grounds and the garden green walls, we walk hand on hand, step after step, crunching the earth and swelling memories. Other people, other animals, other trees…
- Whale Enchant · 1 min · Season 2 Episode 5Se eu estiver à tua espera Se eu for ao mar para te encontrar Baleia tu, espera por mim Baleia eu, hei de cantar O teu encanto está no azul E o meu canto há de chegar Além do…
- Click, Pop and Bang · 2 min · Season 2 Episode 4Inside the room, the sounds reverberate in the walls as much as in the mind. They echo from distant times to the near future, moving the air around us. Repetitive and circular…
- Sea wind Sounds · 1 min · Season 2 Episode 3By the sea, the wind transforms what we hear... human dialogues, and the waving of flags echoing as the wind passes over... Suddenly, the squawking of the seagulls becomes…
- The sea Inside · 2 min · Season 2 Episode 2Below ground level, we are taken into another world. Below water level, we enter the diving capsule. There is a conch through which you can hear the distant but constant sound…
- Watery Futures · 2 min · Season 2 Episode 1Water flowing through the old valley, after losing its millennial path to the human revolutions, slowly finds new paths. It builds the future, renewing and flourishing a green…
- Mash up: A planet in motion · 9 min · Season 1 Episode 11Aren’t you late? Don’t you have a meeting today? Don’t forget about that appointment. Keep moving. Have you completed all the tasks required? Have you produced enough? Keep…
- The Heron of Corozal · 1 min · Season 1 Episode 10As the heron flies over the bay, the fishes take refuge behind the rocks. The elusive manatee shows interest on the secrets the heron has to share...on the timeless whispers…
- From the deep, the shells sing · 2 min · Season 1 Episode 9From down deep, in the throat of time, shells move as the ghosts of the past, as the echoes of their footsteps... From the deep ocean, the waves spit their shells onto our…
- Peixe-Boi Manati · 1 min · Season 1 Episode 8The spoken words in Portuguese from Brazil, sounding different but feeling the same, offer us the joy of existing in a plural and multi-layered world. A human voice giving voice…
- Goaragoa Manati · 1 min · Season 1 Episode 7The manatee is seen by many eyes, and sang my many voices. Here we listen to Tupi original language (from Brazil) in the dancing sounds of an indigenous poet, and read the…
