Category: Blog
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On Rhythming: Sensory Acts and Performative Modes of Sonic Thinking
A workshoporganized by the Marie Curie Research Projects“Travelling Sounds” & “Sounds Delicious”. Concept: Carla J. Maier & Melissa Van DrieUniversity of Copenhagen & KBH Madhus20 February 2019 CONCEPT Sounds are situated. They can neither be separated from the event of their happenings, nor from our own experiences of them. One of the challenges for researchers […]
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The Sound of Skateboarding: Aspects of a Transcultural Anthropology of Sound
This essay explores how the sound of skateboarding can be studied as a critical analysis and transcultural anthropology of sound. Combining the analysis of the particular sensual aspects of skateboarding with an investigation of the cultural and urban discourses and politics of this performative practice, the article proposes theoretical and methodological perspectives of studying the […]
Carla J. Maier 