Roundtable Discussion: Sound System Epistemologies with Researchers from Berlin

LISA-USP will host researchers from Humboldt University of Berlin for a presentation and discussion on music and sound system culture. Organized by the Research in Musical Anthropology group (PAM-USP), the seminar "Sound System Epistemologies" will be an opportunity to discuss sound epistemologies with researchers active in the international music scene.

Meet the guests:

Stefanie Alisch - Diretora do projeto "Sound System Epistemologies" (DFG) na Universidade Humboldt de Berlim.
É musicóloga e DJ em Berlim, pesquisadora de música e dança do Atlântico Negro, com foco em Sound System Epistemologies, língua portuguesa, políticas do prazer e culturas de DJ. Realizou pesquisas de campo sobre broken beat (Londres), kuduro (Angola, Moçambique, África do Sul, Lisboa, Paris, Amsterdã e Berlim), mazurka (Cabo Verde, Brasil e Polônia) e sound  systems (Londres, Brasil, Jamaica).

Penelope Braune - Professor at the Institute of Musicology, Humboldt University of Berlin.
In her doctoral thesis, she addresses performative strategies of the subversive construction of femininity in German-language rap. Her main research fields are feminist hip-hop studies, the politics of pleasure, and intersectionality in the context of migration. In addition, she works as a music promoter and journalist.

Ilgaz Yalçınoğlu - PhD candidate at Humboldt University of Berlin.
He is a radio presenter and event producer. Currently, he is working on his doctoral thesis on sound system initiatives led by women, queer people, and transgender people, as part of the research group “Sound System Epistemologies”. Co-founder of the event series and radio program "kudur".

Coordination: Rose Satiko Gitirana Hikiji (Department of Anthropology, USP)