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Friday Aug 18, 2023
Friday Aug 18, 2023
The Ontologies of Silence is a podcast series consisting of conversations between audio artist and professor Debashis Sinha and various researchers in STEM, the humanities and the arts. In these conversations, we will explore what the idea of silence means in research and research culture.
This podcast is funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant.
For more information, you can email Debashis at sinhad@torontomu.ca
Ontologies Of Silence
What happens when we consider silence as a site of engagement, connection, and change, instead of as an end goal of disconnection, solitude and escape?
There are silences in our lives that we reject in favour of stimulation or distraction, and the silences we turn to as a means of recharging, nourishment, and even avoidance.
Each of these silences have at their heart a potential silencing that speaks volumes about the kinds of experiences we value, and those that we set aside.
Ontologies of Silence is a collection of conversations between myself, Debashis Sinha, and a wide variety of researchers from different fields from the hard sciences to anthropology and art. We talk about ways that silence manifests in various research paths and cultures, and ways in which silence can point the way forward in the search for knowledge.
Join us.