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We are currently undertaking two field trips to the Mount Lumut forests of the Berong village in North Barito, Central Kalimantan. The village belongs to the Dayak Taboyan, an indigenous people of Kalimantan.

During these field trips in August 2024 and June 2025, we make several 24-hour long sound recordings of the forest.

Through conversations with the community, we collect knowledge about ancestral practices, connected to the forested land and in relation to its sounds.

This research project titled “Reflections on the history of sound and listening” is funded by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany as part of the cultural preservation program.