The Internal Kick-Off Meeting for the Re:Sound project, titled “Restituting, Reconnecting, Reimagining Sound Heritage,” held on 14 April 2025, marked the official launch of a multiyear, multi-institutional research initiative focused on critically engaging with colonial-era sound archives. Conducted in a hybrid format—both in person at Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) in Yogyakarta and online via Zoom—the meeting gathered scholars, archivists, curators, students, and community-based practitioners from Indonesia, the Netherlands, and across Southeast Asia. Running from 2025 to 2028, Re:Sound seeks to rethink how sonic heritage is collected, curated, interpreted, and made accessible in the postcolonial present.
