What Does Anthropology Sound Like?
Feb 26, 2026 — 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Collaboratoire d’Anthropologie Multimédia / Multimedia Anthropology Collaboratory (CAM/MAC) invites students and members of the uOttawa community on Thursday February 26, 2026 from 11:30- 14:00 to explore what it means to think anthropologically about sound. How can sound be a way of understanding the world around us and how can we incorporate it as a form of expressing what we learn in the field? This workshop is intended as a means of introducing these questions and to provide a crash course on the audio equipment we have available at the university so that participants can apply audio recording and sound editing techniques to their own ethnographic work.
Participants will learn the basics of Audacity – a free, open-source audio editing and recording software compatible with Windows, Mac, and Linux. Participants are encouraged to install Audacity if they would like to follow along on their own laptop or tablet. However, it is not a requirement to attend the workshop.
Sound Recording and Editing Workshop
Natasha Glisic is an anthropology graduate student at the University of Ottawa. With a background in music theory and performance, Natasha aims to incorporate these two disciplines to challenge our habits of listening and paying attention to the world around us. As a member of the CAM/MAC lab, her intentions are to creatively experiment with the ways we can practice anthropology using different senses and forms of media.
Aida Karkas is a multidisciplinary filmmaker with a deep passion for the human voice. She holds a degree in film at Concordia University, where she specializes in sound. After the completion of her bachelor’s degree, Aida turned to the social sciences to find the missing piece in her practice, seeking to merge the disciplines of art and social science. A sound technician and future anthropologist, she is currently a master’s student in anthropology at the University of Ottawa.
Éloi Halloran is a master’s student in anthropology at the University of Ottawa. He is interested in the renewal of extractivism in the name of the green transition, with a focus on graphite and from a multispecies perspective.