Is a feature-length film documenting sonic methods for understanding climate change from techno-scientific to socio-cultural. Through a number of site-based activities carried out at Drang Drung Glacier in the Zanskar region of the Himalayas team members set out to measure, monitor, and record the material transformations of the glacier as well as engage with local mountain communities directly impacted by climate change. Scientific activities included the deployment of an underwater sensor (hydrophone) at the glacial lake whereas workshops brought local villagers from Akshow to the glacier for sessions in “deep listening.” Lowering various hydrophones into its icy crevasses allowed us to tune into its subglacial streams, to hear the rushing of meltwater, and the underwater crackling of ice and popping air bubbles. For some, the glacier conjured the domesticated sound of boiling tea, for others the whir of a passing helicopter.  In Leh, we met with local song collector Morup Namgyal who has been archiving folks songs about glaciers, mountains, rivers, and streams since the 1960s.

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/32934