English CVLL. Art of Listening. The Politics and Aesthetics of Sound

Instructor: Valeria Luiselli
Wednesday, 12:45-2:45 pm | Location: Lamont 401
Enrollment: Limited to 12 students
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This is a course for anyone who is interested in the politics and aesthetics of sound. We will work on developing listening literacy as writers, thinking of it as a source of narrative craft. We will likewise explore listening as a collective practice that allows for intentional solidarity and creative resistance, both environmental and political. Some of our explorations will include: acoustemology, soundscaping, sound and gender, noise vs sound, archives and voices from the past, aural phenomenology, or the geophony-biophony-anthropophony triad. We will be engaging with a wide range of work from different fields, including: Anne Carson, Alice Oswald, Svetlana Alexievich, Layli Long Soldier, Fred Moten, Gloria Anzaldúa, Steven Feld, Roland Barthes, Arlette Farge, and the Ultra-red International Sound Collective.

Apply via Submittable (deadline: 11:59pm EDT on Saturday, August 26)