Welcome to the fifth episode of the Sounds of War podcast. We're excited to have Jacco Visser, a postdoc from the Department of History at Aarhus University and a member of the Soundtrak research project, joining us in the studio.
In this episode, Jacco shares insights from his research, focusing on how the Bangladesh War of 1971 is commemorated through musical events in East London. He sheds light on the role of a unique song form called "song poem" in these commemorations.
Join us as we explore the fascinating connections between history, sound, politics, and culture and how these commemorations bring these elements together.
The Sounds of War podcast is produced and edited by Sigrid Saabye.
Jacco Visser - a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of History at Aarhus University - and Sigrid Saabye participate in this episode.
The original podcast music is by Evan MacDonald.
In this episode, we also use soundbites of two songs: The song "My Golden Bengal" (in Bengal: Amar Shonar Bangla) by Rabindranath Tagore performed by Vocal National Anthems and the song "Song of the Twenty-First (in Bengal: Ekusher Gaan), written by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury" and performed by independent musicians from Folk Studio India.
A particular monument of Mother Language Day is also mentioned in this episode. You can use this link to see what that looks like: https://tinyurl.com/shaheed-minar-London
The podcast is a part of the SoundTrak project: a research project affiliated at Aarhus University and funded by the Velux Foundation. For more information, go to our project website: https://cas.au.dk/en/soundtrak/.