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In this roundtable we present the trilateral project City Sonic Ecology – Urban Soundscapes of Bern, Ljubljana and Belgrade which brings together the capital cities of Switzerland, Slovenia and Serbia. The project merges the approaches of urban ethnomusicology, soundscape research, and affect theory in order to investigate into ways people living in the city employ their hearing capacities in identification practices and modes of political engagement. By examining three European capitals which are differently perceived on the imaginary West-East axis (Bern as 'West', Belgrade as 'East' and Ljubljana as 'West of the East' / 'East of the West') we focus on three broad themes: sounds of religion, commodification processes, and political participation. ; International Musicological Society, 20th Quinquennial Congress in Tokyo, 19-23 March 2017.

This book gathers international voices from the field of ethnomusicology discussing the socio-political relevance of the discipline. The articles draw from contemporary discourses that take into account the role of music and dance in shaping social and political realities. An important field connected to political relevance is heritage, either in connection with the UNESCO or with archives. Ontologies of indigenous groups and their relevance in knowledge production is discussed in ethnomusicology nowadays as well as the possibilities of decolonising the discipline. Two articles from ethno-choreology explore dance from the gender perspective and in the post-socialist political structures. Different approaches from applied ethnomusicology deal with social justice, participatory dialogical practice, and the socio-political relevance of performance. Forced migration is seen as comprehensive topic for future ethnomusicology. The contents of the book mirror influential discourses of ethnomusicology today that will definitely shape the future development of the discipline.