Taktik Bunyi Melawan Sepi: Studi Sonic Ethnography Mengenai Perubahan Iklim Di Timbulsloko, Sayung, Demak

Sounds reflect the inseparable relationship between humans with climate as well as the immediate environment. In the context of the relationship between sound and climate change, this research tries to identify alternative ways of being in the world by utilizing sound. This research aims to listen and to understand the sonic experience of the Timbulsloko people as they live in a village that is sinking caused by the climate crisis and human-dominated development. Using sonic ethnography as its method, this
research finds that Timbulsloko people experience sepi (silent) or suwung (void) which is a constant reminder of their condition. To navigate their life against the suwung, the people of Timbulsloko are actively creating a condition of rame (noisy, festive, abundance) and seneng (happy) by listening to loud dangdut music and Qur’an recitation through big sound systems.