Sound Practices in the Global South

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Focusing on the sound practices of the Global South, this book employs auto-ethnographic conversations with sound practitioners from South Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. It explores intricate sonic processes and cultural systems, moving away from Eurocentric sound studies. The conversations are complemented by scholarly commentaries on aural cultures and sound theory, revealing a tension between colonial consumerism and the practitioners' desire for authentic expression through their art. This work emphasizes the importance of understanding sound as a complex cultural and aesthetic system.