El Soroll Mata!
The Experiment
During the 2024 EASA (European Association of Social Anthropologists) conference in July in Barcelona, Wavematters had organised a workshop and an experiment. With fellow anthropologists, we sought out what it means to capture noise in Barcelona. A city increasingly troubled by how it sounds, increasingly associated with what is called “residential noise” or “leisure noise”. This is a noise linked to nightlife, partying, cafés, terrasses, and tourism. A noise, in turn, emitted from models of urban development associated with post-industrial economies of particular European cities.