Listening to the Line: Notes on Music, Globalization, and the US-Mexico Border

The following is an experiment in theory and practice, and is therefore divided into two parts. The first introduces the concept of “the aural border”, my attempt to listen to the US-Mexico border as a geography of sound and music. The second explores this notion through an excerpt from a critical p...

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Main Author: Josh Kun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iberoamericana / Vervuert 2014-06-01
Series:Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
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Online Access:http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/1010
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Listening to the Line: Notes on Music, Globalization, and the US-Mexico Border
Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
Borders
México
Music
XXIst Century
author_facet Josh Kun
author_sort Josh Kun
title Listening to the Line: Notes on Music, Globalization, and the US-Mexico Border
title_short Listening to the Line: Notes on Music, Globalization, and the US-Mexico Border
title_full Listening to the Line: Notes on Music, Globalization, and the US-Mexico Border
title_fullStr Listening to the Line: Notes on Music, Globalization, and the US-Mexico Border
title_full_unstemmed Listening to the Line: Notes on Music, Globalization, and the US-Mexico Border
title_sort listening to the line: notes on music, globalization, and the us-mexico border
publisher Iberoamericana / Vervuert
series Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
issn 1577-3388
2255-520X
publishDate 2014-06-01
description The following is an experiment in theory and practice, and is therefore divided into two parts. The first introduces the concept of “the aural border”, my attempt to listen to the US-Mexico border as a geography of sound and music. The second explores this notion through an excerpt from a critical performance text of mine, “Border Sound Files: An Audio Essay”, which tells musical stories of the border as a key site of globalization.
topic Borders
México
Music
XXIst Century
url http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/1010
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