Wednesday, November 05, 2025
Anna Schwenck Publishes “Sounds in Times of War”
Anna Schwenck, Aleksej Tikhonov & David-Emil Wickström published “Sounds in Times of War: Popular music, (contentious) politics, and social change since Russia’s war on Ukraine” in Baltic Worlds 2025, 3. Available open access
Anna Schwenck and Anastasia Bondarenko published “Performing homeland and the de-/legitimation of war.
A multimodal analysis of music videos” in Baltic Worlds 2025, 3. Available open access
That music may connect well with violence contradicts common understandings of music being a force of good which
brings people together. While acknowledging that music can harmonize social relations, this special issue highlights
the idea that music can equally justify war and ignite conflicts.
Introduction by Anna Schwenck, Aleksej Tikhonov & David-Emil Wickström