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Feb 8, 2022

THE SOUNDS OF POLISH TEHRAN

By Laudan Nooshin Introduction: The Jolly Boys in Tehran In August 1939, a Polish-Jewish dance band by the name of ‘The Jolly Boys’...

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Aug 11, 2021

Guest blog. The Noise of Tehran, by Payam Pilvar and Hosein Fouladchi

A Field Recording Project about the Noise Pollution of Tehran Researchers: Payam Pilvar and Hosein Fouladchi Like cities the world over,...

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Jul 22, 2021

GUEST BLOG. 'TOMORROW': 24 hours in the life of tehran, by Mohsen Nourani

VIDEO BLOG: COMPOSER FOCUS ‘TOMORROW’, 24 HOURS IN THE LIFE OF TEHRAN As part of a series of blog posts exploring how composers have...

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Jun 21, 2021

HedieH:Tehran’s Unsounded PoeticS

Ten minutes into Tehran, I have my first encounter with Hafez. I bring it upon myself by asking the taxi driver about poetry. It’s all...

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May 11, 2021

GUEST BLOG. NaqqAreh-khAneh: Sonic Time Signifier

Sonic Tehran is delighted to present our first guest blog, written by Mohsen Mohammadi A band of naqqareh-khaneh; albumen print; Stephen...

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Apr 16, 2021

DOOR KNOCKERs: THE SOUNDS OF PATRIARCHY

THE GENDERED SOUNDSCAPE A particularly intriguing aspect of the traditional architecture of Tehran (and other Iranian cities) are the...

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Mar 24, 2021

'More Than Just the Sounds of Traffic': The Petro-Sonics of Tehran

Iran’s first oil well, Masjed Soleyman (source https://sites.evergreen.edu/ccc/energy-foreign/the-nationalization-of-iranian-oil/) Oil...

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Feb 14, 2021

resounding the historical city

Panoramic view of Tehran. Old steel engraved antique print Published in L’Univers La Perse, 1841, M. Louis Dubeux...

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Feb 1, 2021

Beginnings: Stories, Sound and Belonging

#sonictehran Standing on a flat rooftop in north Tehran on a summer’s evening I am immersed in sound: the strains of the call to prayer...

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