Sonic Rebellions - Sound and Social Justice

Sonic Rebellions combines theory and practice to consider contemporary uses of sound in the context of politics, philosophy, and protest by exploring the relationship between sound and social justice, with particular attention to sonic methodologies not necessarily conceptualised or practiced in traditional understandings of activism.

List of contents

1. Listening to Gentrification: Finding Socially Just Ways to Listen to Our Environments Together 2. 'Made in LDN': Young People's Production of Rap Music in the Neoliberal Youth Club 3. Dangerous Dada? Reconceptualising UK Drill as Avant-Garde 4. Memetic Feminism and TikTok 5. Acousmatic Sound, Neoliberal Anxiety and Theatrical Resistance 6. 'Remove Them All!' Sounds of Protest in the Algerian Hirak Movement 7. Border Spaces and Sounds of Resistance: Music at the Franco-British Border

About the author

Wanda Canton is an artist and researcher currently completing her doctorate at the University of Brighton, UK.

Summary

Sonic Rebellions combines theory and practice to consider contemporary uses of sound in the context of politics, philosophy, and protest by exploring the relationship between sound and social justice, with particular attention to sonic methodologies not necessarily conceptualised or practiced in traditional understandings of activism.

Product details

• Authors: Wanda Canton
• Assisted by: Wanda Canton (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2024
• EAN: 9781032420660
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3242066-0
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Acoustics & Sound, Political activism, Social discrimination & inequality, Acoustic & sound engineering, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Acoustic and sound engineering, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, Political activism / Political engagement, Social discrimination and social justice