Topics in Latina and Latino Text and Representation (393-0-2)
Topic
Latinx Sounds, Sonic, & Soundscapes
Instructors
Adriana Silvestre
Meeting Info
Harris Hall L05: Mon, Wed 9:30AM - 10:50AM
Overview of class
The goal of this seminar is to familiarize students with the developing field of Latinx/a/o sound studies through an intersectional lens to analyze the following: voice, soundscapes, listening practices, space, affect, aesthetics, and sound's relationship to Latinx communities. We will map out, assess, and explore ideas about race, gender, and sexuality in relation to sound through listening and readings from sound studies, queer of color critique, feminist theory, music studies, media studies, and Latinx studies. Through an interdisciplinary approach to Latinx sonics we will also consider how sound informs our epistemologies to critically ask questions of sound, and what important intellectual and political questions might be emerging for Latinx/as/os at this moment.
Class Materials (Required)
Spaces of Conflict, Sounds of Solidarity by Gate T. Johnson
Listening in Detail: Performances of Cuban Music by Alexandra T. Vasquez
The Sound of Exclusion: NPR and the Latinx Public by Christopher Chávez
Class Attributes
Literature & Fine Arts Distro Area