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Ears to the Ground: Socially engaged sound art as learning in process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2022

Erik Deluca  and
Elana Hausknecht
Erik Deluca
Affiliation:
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, USA Email: edeluca@risd.edu
Elana Hausknecht
Affiliation:
Brown University, Providence, RI, USA Email: elana_hausknecht@brown.edu
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Abstract

Braiding sound–listening–learning (encouraged by composer Pauline Oliveros) with critical consciousness (inspired by educator Paulo Freire), the authors led a location-specific, socially engaged sound art project in Rhode Island (USA). The authors describe a style of socially engaged sound art that approaches the object of art as a dialogic process of learning.

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Organised Sound , Volume 28 , Issue 1: Socially Engaged Sound Practices, Part 2 , April 2023 , pp. 3 - 12
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