Paper short abstract:

In a workshop Dominguez Teruel invites conference participants to work with and reflect on their own song heritage in relation to current climate adaptation challenges. Participants bring a song of their choice and collectively develop it’s potential for consolidation and solace.

Paper long abstract:

Composer Daniel Dominguez Teruel currently works with citizens of Bremen on a requiem for the future sunken city. As sea level rise is threatening harbor cities around the world, communities have to prepare emotionally for future losses and the social and cultural disruptions that come with them. Songs have traditionally served as formats for communicating and dealing with sentiments of fear, loss and trauma all over the world. In a workshop Dominguez Teruel invites conference participants to work with and reflect on their own song heritage in relation to current climate adaptation challenges. Participants bring a song of their choice and collectively develop it’s potential for consolidation and solace and create a mini-requiem for our dissonant times. As part of the workshop, cultural researcher J.P. Possmann will furthermore discuss the role of cultural heritage in climate adaptation and introduce the international network for cultural climate adaptation POLI-SEA.