Today’s lesson, which was a part of module : sound studies and aural cultures”, was all about audio paper. We talked its definition, our point of view and idea for our own audio paper as it is part of our first assessment in this module. My first idea of this kind of piece was that it’s just like writing piece with this difference that you can use your voice and other sounds to support your thoughts, your message and show with sound what cannot be shown on paper. As we were reading Audio Paper Manifesto it turned out this mean of communication is much wider and complex than I though, which at the end made me feel quite unsure what it really is.
My idea for audio paper was inspired by current book, I am reading called ” Breast and Eggs” by Mieko Kawakami. She talks about small aspect in women life that makes no sense and just shows how women existence is inferior to male existence and important aspects of how female body works or looks is always around men. As I woman I’ve seen a lot, heard a lot and this topic is very important for me. I think it’s not talked enough and we are still exploring topic of women being equal human beings and their body. Part that really made me think, during reading this book, was when Midoriko’s friend Jun said she wants to run Buddhist temple and help people become Buddhist after life, which is only possible for men. Therefore I decided to focus on aspect how woman and their bodies are seen in different religions During class we were talking on the forum about our ideas. Matthias Kispert, with whom we had lecture, advised me to focus on smaller range inside my topic like my thoughts, challenges as a woman and practicing Christian inside my own religion. As I know my religion well it’s better to focus on one religion and maybe in future broaden my topic to all religions, which will need more preparation and theoretical knowledge.