Tom Western

Tom Western studies sound, citizenship, and creative activisms. He is a Lecturer in Social and Cultural Geography at UCL, and a member of the Syrian and Greek Youth Forum in Athens. His research hears the connections between the political voice and the politics of space; how migratory activisms turn cities into sites of shared struggle; and how cities and citizenships are never fixed or finished, but are constantly being crafted and made audible at street level. Tom develops these methods with his colleagues at SGYF, and together they run the Active Citizens Sound Archive.