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The Sounds of Politics in South Asia
Global Media Cultures
English - November 10, 2020 12:00 - 45 minutes - 104 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsTV & Film Arts media studies film television music social media higher education globalization Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this week's episode, guests Aswin Punathambekar and Sriram Mohan discuss their article "A Sound Bridge: Listening for the Political in a Digital Age" which analyzes how catchy sounds become sonic cues for political participation. In their analysis of the popular refrain “Why This Kolaveri” (“Why This Murderous Rage”), the authors demonstrate how a sound's availability, performativity, and resonance enable it to be picked up by a variety of journalists, politicians, and citizens engaged in popular protest movements. Punathambekar and Mohan argue that understanding politics in the digital age requires attending more closely to sonic modes of participation.
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