The Sound Space

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The Sound Space

Group Coordinators

The Sound Space examines environments from an ethnomusicological and geographical lens. Our inquiry draws on a central commitment of Black geographic praxis as articulated by Lewis and Hawthorne (2023): “Blackness as locally and globally produced and reproduced through processes (technologies, policies, theories) of circulation and diasporic routes.” Together, we’ll map the production of Blackness through notes, chords, and polyrhythms — tracing how sonic practices shape and are shaped by space, memory, movement, and power.