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Uttered Silence: A Black Feminist Ethnomusicology as Care and Repair

Presented by Tufts University Department of Music at Varis Lecture Hall, Granoff Music Center, Medford MA

Feb 06 2023
Uttered Silence: A Black Feminist Ethnomusicology as Care and Repair

This Granoff Music Center Colloquium is part​ of ​Kinetic Orality, Ethnography, and Ethics: Towards a Black Feminist Ethnomusicology

Kyra Gaunt presents a colloquium on anti-Blackness and the particular f*ckery Black girls face online and in real life around twerking and voice. Kyra Gaunt, Ph.D. (University at Albany SUNY) is a digital ethnomusicologist known for her work on kinetic orality and the gendered twist of music-making from girls to men in Black popular music since the 1920s. Her latest research explores music as a game and an agent of violence against girls on the musical Internet, particularly young Black girls ... view more »

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Varis Lecture Hall, Granoff Music Center

20 Talbot Ave, Medford, MA 02155

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