What is the role of sound (noise/silence) in everyday life? How does sound impact the production of social identity (race/class/gender)? How can sound (or silence) be used as a tool of oppression? Resistance? In what ways are cultural communities built upon shared sonic experiences? How vital are our other senses (sight/smell/touch) to our interpretations of sound? In a world of increasingly commonplace technologies, do purely "analog" sounds still exist? How do we understand sound in relation to authenticity and ownership? What is the relationship of sound to human empathy? In this course we will explore these questions (and more) as we read and discuss texts from current fields of cultural, sonic, and sound art studies.

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