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Wonders

Frits Andersen

1h57min45

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157 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h58min.
In the mid-19th century, intrepid explorers began to shine a light on the darkness of the deep. The mystique of what lay beneath the surface of the vast oceans inspired awe in aquarium enthusiasts, Decadent artists, and authors, including Jules Verne and Hans Christian Andersen. Ever since, books, films and visual arts have invited us to contemplate the sea as both the wellspring of all life and a resolutely alien world. "Wonders – A Literary History of the Deep Sea" recalls the era of undersea telegraph cables and the heyday of the aquarium. It presents mermaids, octopuses and jellyfish and explores some of the many works of art that conceptualise undersea marvels or dream of vanishing ecstatically into the depths, into this other element. It is the story of how we imagine life was formed underwater and on our planet. It is about the historical basis for our modern perception of the sea and a call to action before the fantastic creatures with whom we have only just begun to become acquainted disappear forever. Frits Andersen is a professor of Comparative Literature at Aarhus University. His previous works include "The South Sea Island. A Geography of Pleasure" (2023), about islands, archipelagos and the sea.
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Affiche du document Popular Receptions of Classical Antiquity

Popular Receptions of Classical Antiquity

Vinnie Nørskov

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132 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h39min.
The present volume offers a fresh take on classical antiquity’s enduring presence in popular culture. It is structured around three key themes – historical receptions, comics, and contemporary society – covering a wide variety of material from literature and art to music and media. It also provides new methodological considerations for anyone interested in classical reception. One particularly innovative aspect of the volume is the special attention to the Danish experience of the ancient world. What role does classical antiquity play in Denmark? Contributors reveal how these ancient stories have been reinterpreted across time, highlighting Denmark’s own rich history of engaging with the classical world from Julius Caesar’s unlikely influence in Danish Romanticism to the revival of Greek myths in contemporary art.
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Guéret

Guy Marchadier

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179 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h14min.
Se promener dans une ville, c'est choisir son parcours, cheminer dans le passé, faire revivre ses rues, participer aux événements oubliés, ouvrir des portes à secrets que l'on croyait fermées à jamais. C'est ce que ce livre d'images vous propose au travers de cartes postales, de photographies d'autrefois, d'écrits et documents dont on a secoué la poussière. Souhaitons que vous puissiez retrouver ces petites parcelles d'hier, ces nostalgies personnelles de Guérétois. Prenez le temps, « Chaba d'entrar » disaient nos anciens, pour cette promenade empreinte de poésie.
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Cuba Vous avez dit jazz ?

Patrick Dalmace

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439 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 5h29min.
À 90 miles des côtes de Floride, il était logique que les musiques américaines se fassent entendre très tôt à Cuba. Les orchestres blancs nord-américains jouent dans les années 1920 et 1930 à La Havane. Des jazz-bands cubains prennent le relais. Mais le jazz, défini comme musique avec hot et swing, ne pénètre pas dans l’île à cette époque.  Dans les années 50 des swingueurs nord-américains viennent se produire à Cuba sans pour autant que des jazzmen cubains émergent. Après la Révolution, les musiciens se retrouvent entre eux pour écouter du jazz sur les radios américaines et en jouer. Faute de rencontres internationales, le jazz devient ce que chacun veut qu’il soit. Quelques disques, dits de jazz, voient le jour.  Au début du XXIe siècle, des jazzistas enregistrent plus facilement. Il est alors possible de confronter leur jeu à la définition du jazz, une musique avec une intonation hot et une altération volontaire du rythme produisant un balancement, le swing. Alors y a-t-il du jazz à Cuba ?
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Sur l’art africain

Benjamin Brou

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95 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h11min.
Le caractère direct et la franchise de ton, de même que la portée actuelle et universelle de la réflexion sur l’art africain et la restitution des biens culturels à l’Afrique constituent la particularité de ce livre sous forme de questions-réponses.S’y confrontent une certaine vision stéréotypée du passé et dépassée de l’Occident sur les arts d’Afrique, accrochée à l’exotisme, au noir, au passé colonial, et la nécessité d’une nouvelle pensée éclairée avec l’Afrique. C’est finalement le problème de nos humanités qui est posé. Les artistes « noirs » sont toujours regroupés et zonés dans des expositions organisées en Occident. On voit par là comment ce livre, échappant à des données temporelles et d’idéologies culturelles, débouche sur la nécessité de l’abandon de ce carcan figé qui moule aujourd’hui encore la lecture et la monstration des créations d’artistes africains et le besoin de penser l’Afrique avec l’Afrique.
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Peindre et psychanalyser

Annie Guérineau-Jomellli

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147 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h50min.
"La psychanalyse, disait Freud, est plutôt du côté de la sculpture que de la peinture. Annie Guérineau-Jomelli a choisi de franchir ce "pas de côté" à sa pratique d'analyste en nouant une correspondance entre cette praxis et ces métiers de la création qui la rendent - enfin ? - possible. Elle invente ainsi une intrigue - au sens de ces petits événements de la vie qui forment le noeud d'une pièce dramatique, pièce qui nous conduit aux confins de la création d'une oeuvre." Cosimo Trono
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Affiche du document Housing, Heritage and Urbanisation in the Middle East and North Africa

Housing, Heritage and Urbanisation in the Middle East and North Africa

Lilia Makhloufi

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105 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h19min.
This book explores the interconnection between housing, heritage and urbanisation. Bringing together architects, archaeologists, urban sociologists, urban designers, urban planners and landscape architects, this multi-authored and interdisciplinary volume presents diverse case studies from the Middle East and North Africa, shedding light on the past, present and future of residential spaces.With its focus to traditional, modern and contemporary housing in Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Syria and Tunisia, Housing, Heritage and Urbanisation in the Middle East and North Africa explores the correlation between architecture, urban planning and society. The contributors critique the impact of rapid urbanisation and global architectural standardisation, which often goes beyond local identity. Instead, they advocate for a sustainable urban development rooted in community needs and cultural heritage.Ultimately, this volume argues that successful urban planning must balance modernity with tradition, ensuring that housing reflects the lived experiences of its inhabitants. A crucial read for scholars and practitioners, it reaffirms that sustainable cities must be shaped by local needs, not just global trends.
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New World Objects of Knowledge

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From the late fifteenth century to the present day, countless explorers, conquerors, and other agents of empire have laid siege to the New World, plundering and pilfering its most precious artefacts and treasures. Today, these natural and cultural products—which are key to conceptualizing a history of Latin America—are scattered in museums around the world.With contributions from a renowned set of scholars, New World Objects of Knowledge delves into the hidden histories of forty of the New World’s most iconic artifacts, from the Inca mummy to Darwin’s hummingbirds. This volume is richly illustrated with photos and sketches from the archives and museums hosting these objects. Each artifact is accompanied by a comprehensive essay covering its dynamic, often global, history and itinerary. This volume will be an indispensable catalog of New World objects and how they have helped shape our modern world.Introduction by Mark Thurner and Juan PimentelPart 1: ARTIFICIALIA1 Codex Mendoza by Daniela Bleichmar2 Macuilxochitl by Juan Pimentel3 Potosi by Kris Lane4 Piece of Eight by Alejandra Irigoin and Bridget Millmore5 Pieza de Indias by Pablo Gomez6 Rubber by Heloisa Maria Bertol Domingues and Emilie Ana Carreón Blaine7 Silver Basin by Mariana Francozo8 Feathered Shield by Linda Baez9 Black by Adrian Masters10 Cards by Jorge Canizares Esguerra11 Mary’s Armadillo by Peter Mason12 Mexican Portrait by Andrés Gutiérrez Usillos13 Clay Vessel by Jorge Canizares-Esguerra14 Singing Violin by Jorge Canizares Esguerra15 Creole Cabinet by Juan Pimentel and Mark Thurner16 Modern Quipu by Sabine and William Hyland17 Memory Palaces by Jorge Canizares-Esguerra18 Inca Mummy by Christopher Heaney19 Xilonen by Miruna Achim20 Machu Picchu by Amy Cox-HallPART 2: NATURALIA21 Amazon by Roberto Chauca22 Bird of Paradise by Jose Ramon Marcaida23 Emeralds by Kris Lane24 Pearls by Jorge Canizares Esguerra25 Cochineal by Miruna Achim26 Opossum by Jose Ramon Marcaida27 Guinea Pig by Helen Cowie28 Bezoar by Jose Pardo-Tomas29 Cacao by Peter Mason30 Strawberry by Elisa and Ana Sevilla31 Volcano by Sophie Brockmann32 Andes by Mark Thurner and Jorge Canizares-Esguerra33 Anteater by Helen Cowie34 Megatherium by Juan Pimentel35 Tapir by Irina Podgorny36 Cinchona by Matthew Crawford37 Potato by Rebecca Earle38 Guano by Gregory Cushman39 Tortoise by Elizabeth Hennessey40 Darwin’s Hummingbird by Iris Montero
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Percy Thomas

Robert Proctor

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232 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h54min.
Sir Percy Thomas was the most important twentieth-century architect in Wales, renowned for interwar civic buildings such as Swansea Guildhall and the Temple of Peace in Cardiff. His architectural practice, Sir Percy Thomas & Son, designed much of the post-1945 welfare state and industry in Wales and beyond. In the late twentieth century, the Percy Thomas Partnership specialised in complex healthcare, industrial and public buildings, becoming an international practice. This comprehensive, meticulously-researched history examines the architecture of Percy Thomas in depth for the first time, and explores its wider social and political significance. Arguing that the practice sustained an ethical approach to architecture as a ‘national service’ for the benefit of society, this book gives new insights into the role of the architect and the changing relationships between the built environment and the state throughout the century. Its unique perspective from Wales promises to reshape our understanding of modern architecture.Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations used in References 1. Introduction 2. Modern Classicism and Municipal Democracy 3. Commerce, Consumption and Community: The City and the Suburb 4. The Industry and Infrastructure of the Welfare State 5. Place, Landscape and Heritage 6. Architecture and the Neoliberal State 7. Conclusion Bibliography
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Cheminer dans les étoiles

Monique Labbé

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201 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h31min.
« Le Centre Jeanne-Hachette d’Ivry-sur-Seine est un ensemble immobilier unique dans l’histoire de l’architecture urbaine non seulement contemporaine mais dans l’histoire de l’architecture tout court. À l’exception peut-être d’une réminiscence des jardins de Babylone, de la foisonnante ville de Varanasi (Bénarès), des terrasses du Machu Picchu ou de certains villages troglodytes, on peine à trouver des concrétions urbaines de nature comparable ». Patrimoine des Ivryens, il reçoit des visiteurs du monde entier. Les auteurs de cet ouvrage se sont autosaisis de l’étude de ce bâtiment en « étoiles » érigé en quartier avec ses commerces, habitations, circulations au cœur du Centre-Ville d’Ivry, dans une recherche extrêmement documentée, à la fois historique, enracinée dans l’expérience vivante de ses habitants et usagers, et riche de perspectives, conscients qu’ils sont de la force et de la fragilité du lieu, volontaires pour en ouvrir l’élaboration d’une véritable Charte de Renaissance.
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Book of 19 Nocturnes

Jim Holyoak

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322 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 4h01min.
‘Book of 19 Nocturnes’ is an inter-genre fantasy. The phantasmagorical tale follows the wandering mind and feet of a woman made of wood, named Book, who befriends other monsters as she navigates a lonely, labyrinthine realm. Set in the forests and mountains of a world where the sun never rises, Book’s story unfolds with a surrealistic, dream-logic.Defying easy categorization, this audio-drama is akin to an illuminated manuscript or a grimoire—a magical book. It blends elements of graphic novels, dream diaries, field journals, prose poetry and illustrated fairy tales. Night-owl / artist / author Jim Holyoak wrote and drew the book over 19+ years, often during his perambulations in the wilds of Scandinavia, British Columbia, and the Himalayas. It is best listened to over the course of 19 nights.For fans of authors like: William Blake, Haruki Murakami, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tove Jansson, Tim Burton, and Terry Pratchett's radio-dramas. Also available for purchase is a 500-page, fully illustrated, e-book version of 'Book of 19 Nocturnes,' (which is best viewed in colour on an iPad or larger). Published by flaskpublishing.com©2024 Jim Holyoak (P)2024 Jim Holyoak
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Hardcore Punk in the Age of Reagan

Robert Fitzgerald

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The screamed, hollered, and sung opposition to Reagan’s conservative '80sFew politicians produced the musical reaction that Ronald Reagan did. His California-branded conservatism inspired countless young people to pick up guitars and thrash out their political angst. Punk bands across the United States took aim at the man, his presidency, and the idea of America he was selling to voters nationwide. Small yet vibrant scenes across the country emerged to challenge the communal norms and social values projected on them by the popular media and consumer culture. Punk enthusiast Robert Fitzgerald argues that these songs' lyrics aren’t just catchy and fun to scream along with; they also reveal the thoughts and feelings of artists reacting to their political environment in real, forthright, and uncensored time.In candid detail, Fitzgerald shows how these lyrics illustrated what young adults felt and how they reacted to one of the most influential and divisive leaders of the era. Punk lyrics are seemingly simple, the author argues, but they sketch out a complex, musically inspired countermovement that is as canonical in the American songbook as the folk and rock protest music that came before.
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Vidéotisation de la connaissance

Laurent Chomel

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179 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 2h14min.
Chez les jeunes adultes, le visionnage de vidéos sur YouTube tend à supplanter la lecture traditionnelle. Mais que révèlent ces pratiques sur l’acquisition des connaissances et leur engagement ? Confrontés aux enjeux sociaux, environnementaux et politiques, ils sont incités à en comprendre les causes pour naviguer dans l’individualisation de leurs parcours. Dans ce contexte, certaines vidéos deviennent des outils d’autonomisation. Par certains aspects, la plateforme a revitalisé l’éducation populaire en rendant accessibles des informations moins relayées par les médias traditionnels et en créant des espaces d’interaction et de débat. La chaîne #DataGueule, par exemple, vulgarise des sujets politico-scientifiques, offrant ainsi un terrain propice à un apprentissage horizontal et à un engagement subpolitique, tout en stimulant l’esprit critique. Cependant, malgré ces apports, le design de YouTube limite les délibérations approfondies, soulignant la nécessité de développer des plateformes peer-to-peer alternatives pour favoriser une délibération véritablement inclusive : une vidéotisation de la connaissance, mais sans YouTube…
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Affiche du document Sense Of Beauty Being The Outlines Of Aesthetic Theory

Sense Of Beauty Being The Outlines Of Aesthetic Theory

George Santayana

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The Sense Of Beauty Being The Outlines Of Aesthetic Theory by George Santayana is a philosophical exploration of the concept of beauty and its role in human experience. The work examines beauty not as a fleeting sensory pleasure but as an intrinsic quality that evokes emotional responses and holds deep value. Santayana begins by offering a naturalistic perspective on aesthetic experience, asserting that beauty is more than subjective admiration. He discusses how beauty is interwoven with human emotions, asserting that it plays a critical role in our lives and shapes our perceptions of the world. The book provides a framework for understanding how we appreciate beauty, emphasizing that it is not just a superficial attraction but a deeper, meaningful connection to the world around us. Santayana also investigates the various manifestations of beauty and the philosophical implications that shape our understanding of aesthetic values. The work serves as a foundation for those interested in the relationship between emotion, perception, and the aesthetic experience in both art and nature.
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Traces in the Way

J. Pinnington Noel

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Traces in the Way is simultaneously a critical interpretation of the writings of noh playwright and thinker Komparu Zenchiku (1407–1470); a refutation of received views of Japanese traditional arts (michi); and an analysis of medieval Japanese uses of texts. The disciplinary approach is broadly that of cultural studies, combining close reading, social contextualization, and drawing on multiple fields. The study is organized through the five elements that Konishi Jin''ichi''s identified as essential to michi: specialization, transmission, conformity, universality and authority. Each of these is examined critically and revised, providing a basis from which Zenchiku''s works can be elucidated. This new approach makes it possible to solve much that in conventional studies has remained puzzling about Zenchiku''s works including the principles behind the works of classification, the purposes that resulted in the rokurin ichiro works, and the ideology present in the fragmentary work: Meishukushu. It becomes clear that Zenchiku, far from being a docile recipient of his teacher Zeami''s legacy, combined Zeami''s texts with those of other michi to radically reposition his own practice in the cultural fields of his day. Zenchiku drew on a range of legitimating styles to fashion a new rationale for performance, one adequate to changing patronage requirements, and appropriate to the circumstances of his troupe. In this position-taking, Zenchiku was strikingly successful, as is witnessed by the survival of the Komparu line through the chaotic century after his death. With this book we come to know a good deal about sarugaku''s transmission in the fifteenth century; enough to remedy a facile idealization of Japanese michi.
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Last Biwa Singer

de Ferranti Hugh

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This work is an exposition of the traditions of Japanese blind singers who accompanied themselves on the biwa, and of the complex identity of Yamashika Yoshiyuki (1901–1996), a man widely portrayed as the last such "living relic" of the medieval bards called biwa hoshi. The author draws upon approaches from Japanese historical and literature studies, performance studies and ethnomusicology in an examination of history, which yielded on the one hand images of blind singers that still circulate in Japan, and on the other a particular tradition of musical story-telling and rites in regional Kyushu, of representations of Yamashika in diverse media, of his experience training for and making a living as a professional performer and rituals from the 1920s on, and of the oral compositional process in performances made between 1989 and 1992.
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Piercing the Structure of Tradition

Mariko Anno

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What does freedom sound like in the context of traditional Japanese theater? Where is the space for innovation, and where can this kind of innovation be located in the rigid instrumentation of the Noh drama? In Piercing the Structure of Tradition, Mariko Anno investigates flute performance as a space to explore the relationship between tradition and innovation. This first English-language monograph traces the characteristics of the Noh flute (nohkan), its music, and transmission methods and considers the instrument''s potential for development in the modern world. Anno examines the musical structure and nohkan melodic patterns of five traditional Noh plays and assesses the degree to which Issō School nohkan players maintain to this day the continuity of their musical traditions in three contemporary Noh plays influenced by Yeats. Her ethnographic approach draws on interviews with performers and case studies, as well as her personal reflection as a nohkan performer and disciple under the tutelage of Noh masters. She argues that traditions of musical style and usage remain influential in shaping contemporary Noh composition and performance practice, and the existing freedom within fixed patterns can be understood through a firm foundation in Noh tradition.
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Affiche du document Réflexions sur et autour de l'Indépendance camerounaise

Réflexions sur et autour de l'Indépendance camerounaise

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Au lieu de gloser et de polémiquer sur le bilan des "cinquante ans" de notre "Indépendance", il nous semble plus constructif de poursuivre l'effort d'intégration nationale, mais encore plus urgent de réajuster notre stratégie de développement à l'aune de nos propres repères historiques et culturels. Le lancement de cette revue, en cette année symbolique du cinquantenaire de l'indépendance camerounaise, est une nécessité pour susciter une prise de conscience culturelle et historique devant aboutir à une refondation politique.
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Streaming Video

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An international team of experts explores how streaming services are disrupting traditional storytelling.The rise of streaming has dramatically transformed how audiences consume media. Over the last decade, subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) services, including Netflix, Prime Video, and Disney+, have begun commissioning and financing their own original movies and TV shows, changing the way and the rate at which content is produced across the globe, from Mexico City to Mumbai. Streaming Video maps this international production boom and what it means for producers, audiences, and storytellers. Through eighteen richly textured case studies, ranging from original Korean dramas on Netflix to BluTV’s experimental Turkish series, the book investigates how streaming services both disrupt and maintain storytelling traditions in specific national contexts. To what extent, and how, are streamers expanding norms of television and film storytelling in different parts of the world? Are streamers enabling the creation of content that would not otherwise exist? What are the implications for different viewers, in different countries, with different tastes? Together, the chapters critically assess the impacts of streaming on twenty-first century audiovisual storytelling and rethink established understandings of transnational screen flows.
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Sonic Sovereignty

Liz Przybylski

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Honorable Mention, 2024 Alan Merriam Prize, given by the Society for EthnomusicologyWhat does sovereignty sound like?Sonic Sovereignty considers how contemporary Indigenous musicians champion self-determination through musical expression in Canada and the United States. The framework of “sonic sovereignty” connects self-definition, collective determination, and Indigenous land rematriation to the immediate and long-lasting effects of expressive culture. Liz Przybylski covers online and offline media spaces, following musicians and producers as they, and their music, circulate across broadcast and online networks. Przybylski documents and reflects on shifts in both the music industry and political landscape over the course of a decade: as the ways in which people listen to, consume, and interact with popular music have radically changed, extensive public conversations have flourished around contemporary Indigenous culture, settler responsibility, Indigenous leadership, and decolonial futures.Sonic Sovereignty encourages us to experiment with temporal possibilities of listening by detailing moments when a sample, lyric, or musical reference moves a listener out of normative time. Nonlinear storytelling practices from hip hop music and other North American Indigenous sonic practices inform these generative listenings. The musical readings presented in this book thus explore how musicians use tools to help listeners embrace rupture, and how out-of-time listening creates decolonial possibilities.
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