Writing

I write about contemporary music and art, migration, politics and activism in the creative industries across Germany and the UK. My academic research looks at emotional labour and care in social justice movements, artist-led archives and storytelling from Lebanon and Palestine.

You can follow my writing on Substack: The Care Diaries.

Selected Writing:

2026. ‘Power, Agency, Curation: Reframing Experimental Sound Production in Berlin, Germany’, in: Music and Interculturalism: Perspectives in Education, Community and Creative Practice. King, E. & Desbruslais , S. (eds.). London: Routledge.

2025. On the Presence of Others: Performing Palestinian Absence in Bodies of Knowledge (2024) and For a Palestinian (2022), with Abir Al-Laham, Theatre and Performance Design, 11 (3–4), 152–172.

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