UseraLab: Voices of Moscardó — inclusive listening and shared memory
Asociación Grupo Kollontai
Spain
It promotes a process of inclusive listening and cultural participation in Moscardó (Usera, Madrid,~ 27,000 residents) to incorporate voices and memories often absent from public narratives into the neighbourhood's cultural life. The project records 12 oral history conversations with a gender and intersectional approach based on co-authorship and non-extractive cultural practices. It culminates in a public listening session, a neighbourhood tour, the creation of a pilot oral archive and a digital map of voices. It is supported by a local network and ethical from CSIC Institute of Philosophy.
It promotes a process of listening and cultural participation in Moscardó with the aim of strengthening cultural democracy and expanding the right to representation in the public sphere. Through oral history and life story methodologies, the project aims to engage with the neighbourhood’s everyday memories as a way of understanding its present and contributing to the construction of more inclusive memories, open to the diversity of experiences and life stories of those who live there. Moscardó is a community affected by gentrification, migratory diversity and, as a result, the rise of exclusionary narratives. The project considers listening to be a cultural, political and caring practice, capable of creating spaces where different voices from the community can share their stories and contribute to the creation of knowledge about their neighbourhood.The process pays particular attention to the stories of women, LGBTIQ+ people, migration trajectories, care networks and everyday forms of coexistence.A total of 12 conversations will be recorded, leading up to a public storytelling session and a neighbourhood tour. All of this will form part of the creation of oral archive and a map.