Sharing is central to how humans distribute resources. Sound and music filesharing know many formats which, due to digitalization and pirating, have become seemingly more accessible and egalitarian, yet imbued in social implications and physical lifeworlds.

The 1-hour performance centers around theories about sharing and care (Graeber 2014, hooks 1999, Tronto 1993, Widlok 2013) in relation to sound files and digitalization. Based on examples of eight months of ethnographic research conducted in Chad, I reflect on the joint wish that exists to share and the digital and physical specifications that encourage why and where Chadians share. Muslim women of the Niassene branch in N’Djaména use applications like WhatsApp, Snapchat, TikTok and Xender to distribute files. The objects of attention are panegyrical poems or trendy songs. The filesharing is part of women’s activities in religious spaces and, I argue, concomitant to dyadic relations of care. In an environment, where care by state institutions is limited. In between relating the stories of N’Djamenoise women, I share sounds from the field and blend these with droney ambient and experimental rhythms that I collected, as a DJ, over the years. By blending music into a subtle dialogue with theoretical contemplations and ethnographic data, I explore a sonic, artistic mode of ethnographic telling.

Luca Bruls, also known as Lulu, is a PhD candidate in digital humanities and anthropology at Leiden University. She researches how social media practices inform Muslim networks among women in the Sahel. Her work for various music platforms, alongside her DJ activities, led to an interest in understanding sound from a socio-scientific perspective. In her most recent radio series “spher.o.visceral”  on LYL Radio (2023), Cashmere Radio (2024), and Noods Radio (2025), she explores the four elements through music and mixing. Lulu was awarded residencies at clubs and festivals in Amsterdam.