Episode 2: From Military Songs to Occupation Sounds

In this podcast episode, we hear how war and war memories are expressed through auditory media. We share two stories across different countries: Japanese military songs in Taiwan and occupation sounds in Denmark. 
Our first speaker, Chung Ai, shows us how Japanese military songs reflect Taiwan's diverse - and somewhat conflicting - war memories. 
Next, Sigrid Saabye outlines what the German occupation of Denmark during WW2 sounds like in the nonfiction programmes of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation.

The Sounds of War podcast is produced and edited by Sigrid Saabye. Participating in this episode are: Andreas Steen, Chung Ai and Sigrid Saabye.

The original podcast music is by Evan MacDonald.

The episode contains soundbites of songs and music by Liva Weel - performing the song "Man binder os på mund og hånd", and by the Imperial Japanese Naval Band performing the Warship March. We also hear the Patriotic March sung by nine popular Japanese singers during the war, accompanied by the Columbia Brass Band.

The podcast is a part of the SoundTrak project: a research project affiliated at Aarhus University and funded by the Velux Foundation.

For more information, go to our project website: https://cas.au.dk/en/soundtrak/