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Subaltern Soundwalks: Testimonios on the Margins and on the Move

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Abstract

The need for nuanced complexity in research has intensified due to the newest rounds of racialized capitalism and neoliberalism. Drawing from Latina/Chicana feminisms and sound studies, this paper highlights sounds across testimonio research and argues that their profound interrrelational aspects often go unnoticed and unheard. In particular, the author features the testimonios of three young adult Latina/Chicana students who each design and explore a unique soundwalk. Specifically, they immerse themselves within ambient sounds while reflecting upon their personal, social and environmental ecologies. This work reveals that collective experiences of political and social urgency are also imbued with sonic and both human and non-human aspects, and offers a subaltern methodology that moves to disrupt inequitable systems while reimagining them.

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