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American StudiesArticleCultural StudiesEconomicsEDMMedia and Communications
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Author Dan DiPiero

As pundits increasingly speculate about the likelihood and character of another recession, I’m thinking about the one from which we’re still recovering. Specifically, I’m thinking about a certain strain of American pop music—or a certain sentiment within pop music—that it seems to me accelerated and concentrated just after the 2008 financial collapse.

American StudiesArticleBlack StudiesJazzListeningMedia and Communications
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Author Nichole Rustin-Paschal

In his autobiography, Beneath the Underdog , jazz musician Charles Mingus recounts his hatred of being ignored during his bass solos. When it was finally his turn to enter the foreground, suddenly musicians and audience members alike found drinks, food, conversations, and everything else more important.

American StudiesArticleBlack StudiesComicsGenderMedia and Communications
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Author jeteague

In his autobiography, Beneath the Underdog , jazz musician Charles Mingus recounts his hatred of being ignored during his bass solos. When it was finally his turn to enter the foreground, suddenly musicians and audience members alike found drinks, food, conversations, and everything else more important.

Civic EngagementDigital HumanitiesDigital MediaGenderHumanismMedia and Communications
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Author guestlistener

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American StudiesArticleBlack StudiesIdentityJazzMedia and Communications
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Author Brittnay Proctor

In his autobiography, Beneath the Underdog , jazz musician Charles Mingus recounts his hatred of being ignored during his bass solos. When it was finally his turn to enter the foreground, suddenly musicians and audience members alike found drinks, food, conversations, and everything else more important.

American StudiesArticleBlack StudiesCultural StudiesDiasporic SoundMedia and Communications
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Author earlbrooksumbc

In his autobiography, Beneath the Underdog , jazz musician Charles Mingus recounts his hatred of being ignored during his bass solos. When it was finally his turn to enter the foreground, suddenly musicians and audience members alike found drinks, food, conversations, and everything else more important.

Black StudiesBook ReviewCultural StudiesDiasporic SoundFilm/Movies/CinemaMedia and Communications
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Author celestedaymoore

While most books are confined to the pages held within them, Tsitsi Jaji’s Africa in Stereo (2014) begins with a link to an aural space: the book’s companion site, hosted by Oxford University Press. There, readers find a range of images and recordings referenced in the text: an excerpt from Bob Marley’s 1979 “Zimbabwe,”

ArticleAsian And Asian American StudiesBlack StudiesCaribbean StudiesCultural StudiesMedia and Communications
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Author juntinghuang

Kawa is a reggae group from Yunnan’s Ximeng, an autonomous county for the Wa people in the southwest of China, bordering Myanmar. When I learned about Kawa’s story in 2016, I was first intrigued by the geographical similarities between Yunnan and Jamaica: both regions are characterized by tropical climates, lush vegetations, and perhaps most prominently, proximities to marijuana plantations.

Acoustic EcologyAmerican StudiesArticleChican@/Latin@ StudiesCurationMedia and Communications
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Author guestlistener

Since its inception at the World Soundscape Project in the 1970s, soundwalking has emerged as a critical method for sound studies research and artistic practice.