@article{fdi:010081718,
  title = {{T}he {S}hatila soundscape :  sound cultures, practices,  and perceptions in a refugee camp in {L}ebanon},
  author = {{P}uig, {N}icolas},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}his article discusses certain key questions about the history, memory, and dynamics of belonging in {P}alestinian refugee camps in {L}ebanon based on the sound culture of their inhabitants. {W}hat can the musical content, in particular, and the sound environment, in general, generated by the neighborhood, the birds, and the scooters circulating in the  narrow  alleys,  tell  us  about  life  in  one  of  those  camps  and  about  the  daily  lives  of a national group placed on the margins of citizenship for over 70 years ? {T}aking the example of the {S}hatila refugee camp in {B}eirut, the following three dimensions of this sound culture are examined: the discourses on the community and its spaces in musical production (singing about the camp); sound practices inside the camp (sonorizing the camp);  and  finally,  the  description  of  the  camp  and  its  surroundings  by  its  residents  through  sound  journeys  (listening  to  the  camp).  {T}he  analysis  is  first  based  on  the  content of songs in order to describe what music expresses about life in the refugee camps. {I}t then moves on to examine the ordinary sound practices which contribute to the unique character of {S}hatila and its surrounding areas, such as the commercial district of {S}abra. {T}hird, perceptions of the spaces by the residents are described using the method of sound journeys (using the "{M}ics in the ears" procedure). {F}inally, it turns out that sound practices give the refugee camp  - which over time has turned into a poor cosmopolitan district - a specific identity, and they contribute to establishing a familiarity with the spaces while nonetheless creating boundaries between the groups. {T}hese  practices  fulfill  the  needs  of  all  the  inhabitants  to  act  in  and  upon  the  spacewhere they live, this urban margin where they have been "confined" for a long time},
  keywords = {{LIBAN} ; {BEYROUTH} ; {SYRIE} ; {BANGLADESH} ; {SRI} {LANKA} ; {PALESTINE} ; {CHATILA} ; {SABRA}},
  booktitle = {{S}pecial section : {S}ounds of survival, weaponization of sounds},
  journal = {{V}iolence : {A}n {I}nternational {J}ournal},
  volume = {1},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {285--302},
  ISSN = {2633-0032},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.1177/2633002420961399},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081718},
}