What will a sustainable city sound like in the future? What developments inspire hope for a positive, sustainable future?
Hope is rooted in the following components: agency, trust, positive future expectations, tragic realism and concrete action. By drawing on the process of sonification (turning data such as climate charts into sound) and creating soundscapes using ambient sounds, instruments such as a multifunctional wooden cube, voices and everyday objects, we aim to engage in collective musical imagination and active hope as a step toward positive future prospects.
By combining artistic and educational approaches, the workshop aims to provide an innovative way of engaging with ESD, sustainability and positive visions of the future. Why? Because hope and optimism are potential antidotes to negative emotions and resources for envisioning a future worth living – despite all the grim facts and prospects.
Process:
• Phase 1: Theoretical input on the topics of hope, imagination and education for sustainable development in connection with music education
• Phase 2: Sonification (translating climate data – such as renewable energy data – into sound)
• Phase 3: Group work on soundscapes (both on and off the LMU campus) using various instruments and other performative elements such as poetry, dance and theater
• Phase 4: Presentation of the resulting soundscapes
• Phase 5: Summary of key points and feedback from participants
This event is part of LMU Sustainability Week, which will take place from 9-13 November 2026 at various LMU locations.
A binding registration is required by November 5. For more information, please see the LMU Sustainability Week program.