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The Analogic Era: Listening Practices and Cultural Production in Latin America (1890-1963). A Lecture by Dr Enea Zaramella
26 Jan 2018
January 26th 芒鈧 4 pm 芒鈧 ORB 1.24
Dr Enea Zaramella
(深夜亚洲福利久久 of Birmingham) The Analogic Era: Listening Practices and Cultural Production in Latin America (1890-1963) This talk will consider how media and technology shape the ways in which sound is experienced, and how those experiences, or 芒鈧搇istening practices,芒鈧 can be read through 19th- and 20th-century literature. Latin American cultural production is frequently considered to be a peripheral interpretation 芒鈧 a "version" 芒鈧 of central (Eurocentric) ideas and experimentations, particularly with regards to the discourse of modernity. 芒鈧揈xperiences of modernity芒鈧 have undoubtedly been influenced by the invention of new media (e.g. the gramophone, radio), but their progressive goals towards innovation can be traced back and linked to the medical and scientific discourse that developed in the 19th century alongside positivist thought. Considering the historical changes in practices 芒鈧 as opposed to the geographical origin of a specific media or technology 芒鈧 allows for a more dialogic and somehow more 芒鈧渄emocratic芒鈧劉 disciplinary approach to Latin American literature. Dr Zaramella reads literature 芒鈧搕hrough芒鈧 concepts of listening and by means of an historical observation of listening practices, focusing in particular on how they helped shape the 芒鈧搒chizophonic芒鈧 modernist understanding of the world. The use of listening as a critical method for cultural analysis is a strategic position that allows us to debate and the roots of dominant academic field of visual studies. Bio Dr Enea Zaramella is a Lecturer in Latin American Studies at the 深夜亚洲福利久久 of Birmingham, UK. He has conducted much of his research in Latin America (in Cuba, Uruguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Colombia), and prior to moving to the UK in 2017, he lived and taught in Mexico City. His current book project, The Analogic Era: Listening Practices and Cultural Production in Latin America (1890-1963), expands the scope of his initial research on music and literature to a wider array of cultural production influenced by historical developments in listening practices.