Rachel Bolle-Debessay


Invited Lectures

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2023


2019
Low Frequencies and the Politics of Sonic Depth
Word Sound and Power workshop | University of Oslo

Voices in the Classroom: The Learning Possibilities of Spoken Word Poetry

Tage der Literaturdidaktik | University of Vienna
 
Jebena : une collaboration innovante : repenser l’interculturalité
Haute École de Travail Social (HETS) Geneva

Dialogue créatif entre littérature et musique : le cas de la dub poetry
University of Geneva & Museum of Ethnography Geneva

Une solution locale pour l’accueil de mineurs non-accompagnés
Children’s Rights Anniversary | United Nations, Geneva



Conferences & Presentations

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2022


2019
Listening to Poetry: Rethinking Sound in Literary Criticism
Fleeting Voices | University of Applied Arts, Vienna

Poetry Performance and the Future of Anglophone Studies
Anglistiktag | University Duisburg-Essen

Low Frequencies, Poetics and Gender
Affect, Sound, and the Postcolonial | CEREP, University of Liège

Words that Sound like a Bass Line: Low Frequencies and a Poetics of Musicality
Poetry, Music and Sound Art International Conference | University of Hamburg

Dispositif d’aide à l’insertion professionnelle: le rôle de l’art?
Réseau MaTISS | HETSL, Lausanne

Challenging Professional Practice from the Inside: Local Communities in Jebena
ICME Museums and Change | Museum of Ethnography, Budapest

Alter | native Readings: Migrations and Museum Representations
IMISCOE Spring Conference | University of Côte d’Azur, Nice

‘…dubbing in the rootsical…’: The Case of Dub Poetry
Taking the Mic: Black British Spoken Word Poetry Since 1965, Poetry Off the Page | University of Vienna

Le rôle des associations locales dans le contexte migratoire.
XVIIe Congrès international de l’ARIC | HETS, Geneva