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(Publicado em 19/04/2020 por CRIA)Iñigo Sanchez publicou no blog Confinarias, Etnografias em Tempo de Pandemia, do CRIA. Replicamos aqui o texto, mas não deixem de ouvir."The restrictions imposed during the COVID-19 crisis on our everyday  life has changed the way we perceive and experience our urban sound  environment. The confinement measures to stop the transmission of the  virus have created the conditions for a new atonement with our  surrounding urban environment. Cities have become quieter. Common  sources of noise disturbances such as road-traffic, aircraft noise,  music from entertainment facilities, loud crowds, etc., have faded out  or even disappeared during the lock down. On the other hand, sounds that  were already there like the humming sound of air conditioning, the  electrical buzz of traffic lights, the mundane sounds of construction  work and cleaning brigades, and even birds have acquired a new presence  in the deserted streets and squares. Likewise, sounds from the domestic  space defy the confinement of our homes and permeate the public spaces,  forcing us to rethink the limits between the private and the public in  times of social and physical distance.This work-in-progress explores the changes in the sound environment of some of Lisbon’s tourist hotspots during the COVID-19 confinement. For a tourist city such as Lisbon, the travel restrictions led to the hibernation of an industry that many regard as a symbol of the boom experienced by the Portuguese capital in recent years: mass tourism. With an average of 4,5 million tourist per year, tourism generates 13,7 billion euros in the Lisbon region and it is responsible for around 180.000 jobs, according to the Lisbon Tourism Association (ATM). The sudden disappearance of tourists and the quarantine imposed to all ancillary services associated to them (from guided tours to tuk-tuks, tourist buses, cafes and restaurants, pub crawls, and other leisure activities) has revealed a very different urban landscape than it was just a month ago.Inspired by the tradition of the phonocards (also known as  “talking postcards”), and drawing upon that powerful symbol of the  touristic experience as it is the postcard,  this project presents a  series of  audio-visual vignettes of Lisbon’s tourist attractions  in  times of COVID-19 confinement as a testimony of what a city without  tourists might sound like."