Writing

I write about sound art, curation and the politics of media representation of musicians from the SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) region. My recent academic work looks at emotional labour and care in grassroots activism in the arts.

Selected Writing:

2025. ‘Sonic Acts of Care: Friendship-based Networks and Grassroots Activism in Beirut’, in: Regards (34), pp. 133-150.

2023. ‘The aftermath of German world music: Affective dimensions of collaborative cultural productions across Berlin and Beirut’, in: Yearbook Song and Popular Culture, Center for Popular Culture and Music, Waxmann: Münster.

2023. ‘Curating Narratives, Sensing their Meaning’, in: SONIC MATTER, URL: https://sonicmatter.ch/en/curating-narratives

2023. ‘​​Radio AlHara: Towards a More Sustainable Curatorial Practice’, in: field notes: magazine for contemporary music in Berlin, URL: https://field-notes.berlin/en/magazine/radio-alhara

2021. ‘Radical unintentionality’, in: Norient: the now in sound, URL: norient.com/rim-jasmin-irscheid/radical-unintentionality

2021. ‘The “problem” and potential of tradition’, in: Norient: the now in sound, URL: norient.com/rim-jasmin-irscheid/problem-and-potential-tradition