S4E8: Sonic Specimen with Rachel Mundy
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In this episode Claudia chats to Rachel Mundy about the concept \\u201cSonic Specimen\\u201d they talk about the historical categorisation of sound illustrates some of the ways in which humans and animals have been hierarchically thought of. They touch on how this has shaped and is shaped by the institutional production of knowledge also hinting at the usefulness of related concepts like \\u201canimanities\\u201d and \\u201ctranslation\\u201d.\\xa0
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Date Recorded: 10 March 2022
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Rachel Mundy is an Associate Professor of Music in the Arts, Culture and Media Program at Rutgers University. She is primarily concerned with the way animal musicality has defined modern notions of life and rights in a post-climate change world. For Rachel, this is an interdisciplinary question that brings musical science into conversation with Western beliefs about race, gender, nation, and other forms of difference. In a series of nationally-recognized books, articles, and public lectures, Rachel has explored these questions through cases that connect human rights to animal voices.\\xa0 Find out more about Rachel on her university website or email her questions directly (rmm290@newark.rutgers.edu).\\xa0
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Claudia (Towne) Hirtenfelder is the founder and host of The Animal Turn. She is a PhD Candidate in Geography and Planning at Queen\\u2019s University and is currently undertaking her own research project looking at the geographical and historical relationships between animals (specifically cows) and cities. She was recently awarded the AASA Award for Popular Communication for her work on the podcast. Contact Claudia via email (info@theanimalturnpodcast.com) or follow her on Twitter (@ClaudiaFTowne).
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Animal Musicalities: Birds, Beasts, and Evolutionary Listening by Rachel Mundy; Primate Visions: Gender, Race, and Nature in the World of Modern Science by Donna Haraway; Songs of the Humpback Whale by Roger Payne and the whales; On being human as praxis by Sylvia Wynter; The Life of Reason by George Santayan
A.P.P.L.EAnimals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics (A.P.P.L.E)
Sonic Arts of Place Laboratory (SAPLab)
The SAP Lab provides workspace, recording equipment, computer software/hardware and a listening stat
Sonic Arts of Place Laboratory (SAPLab)
The SAP Lab provides workspace, recording equipment, computer software/hardware and a listening stat
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