VOICING OTHERWISE: DIFFERENT WAYS OF KNOWING AND COLONIALITY
31 March 2026 / 7 - 8.15pm GMT
Episode 4 : Caroline Gatt
31 March 2026 / 7 - 8.15pm GMT
‘Across the world, in different ways of life, songs are knowledge and singing is a way of knowing the world.’
What does it mean to know something? How do we come to learn about the world - through reason, through the body, imagination or song?
In this conversation, anthropologist and theatre practitioner Caroline Gatt explores how academic knowledge and language have been shaped by colonial histories - and how certain voices and ways of knowing have been valued while others have been silenced.
Through her work, we are invited to ask: Who gets to speak or sing? What counts as knowledge? What happens when we begin to listen differently? Together, we explore how voice and song are shaped by culture, history, and relationship, and how awareness and practice can free how we express and share meaning.
Dr. Caroline Gatt is an anthropologist and theatre practitioner. She holds a PhD from the University of Aberdeen and is Senior Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Graz, where she is Co-Principal Investigator of the project (Musical) Improvisation and Ethics. Her publications include An Ethnography of Global Environmentalism: Becoming Friends of the Earth (2018), “Knowing by Singing” (American Anthropologist, 2022, with V. Lembo), and “Breathing Beyond Embodiment” (Body & Society, 2020). Her work spans anthropology, performance, and collaborative research.