Recording and Representation in Fieldwork Methods in Music, Sound, and Culture
For this class, students explore ethnographic field research from a decolonial framework. In a workshop in the Digital Design Studio, students learn audio recording techniques and interrogate the relationship between recording and representation of a community as a researcher. In what ways does recording sound/music enhance representation of the community over writing about it? In what ways do researchers have to make choices that impact the representation, such as microphone placement or directionality?