In their workshops, different genres of Interdisciplinarity were present:

A) Improv techniques from theatre, sport and psychology 

Bhagwati: While the ostensible focus was sound art/music, the lecture part of the workshop looked deeply at historic and social issues around musicking in European traditions, and the practical part adapted improv techniques from theatre, sport and psychology.

B) Understanding of sound as a way to talk about a lot of different topics, in a lot of different (creative) ways 

Blume: I have studied a career of sound engineer, and slowly started to work on my personal project, becoming more a sound artist than a sound engineer. Sound is a medium, but of course it’s a way to talk about a lot of different topics, in a lot of different (creative) ways. My works are sometimes more related to music (as the in project “Death in Haiti” that I presented) or to film and anthropology (as in the project “Curupira, bicho do mato” for example). I’m using sound and listening in different ways, through different disciplines, and that’s what I’ve tried to present during the workshop.

C) Terms of anthropological, sociological, etymological and geopolitical disciplines 

Sakina: During the presentation we tried to treat the topic in terms of anthropological, sociological, etymological and geopolitical disciplines. We also discussed content, form and melodic structures of artistic creations. Presentations were also given on the place of music in dance and religious rituals.

D) Philosophical and ethical questions as well as paradigms from affect theory, history and social-science with a strong focus on postcolonial theory 

Maria Do Mar: The workshop presented philosophical and ethical questions as well as paradigms from affect theory, history and social-science with a strong focus on postcolonial theory, which is itself transdisciplinary.