This week’s post is the first in a series of three documenting the work of SST California researchers Paulina Lanz and Fernanda Soria-Cruz. In the spirit of the SST blog, they have taken up the project’s invitation to approach the blog from a personal angle, documenting their research process rather than anticipating the findings they […]
We are glad to announce AMPLIFY! Cultures and Technologies of Resistance in the Diaspora, taking place on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October 2026 at Schauspielhaus Bochum, Germany. Hosted by Cute Community Radio (CCR) in collaboration with Sound System Outernational (SSO), and the Institut für Medienwissenschaft (IfM) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, AMPLIFY! brings together grassroots community […]
Congregated around the sound system, we await a procession of drums, remixes, samples and re-samples. Heavy beats pulse through the meandering hills. Audio clippings from popular music spanning across Brazil, The Americas and Europe accompany them. Space is negotiated between vendors, dancers, motorcycles and on-lookers. The air is hot, sticky—humid. As each hour passes, the crowd grows (…)
We are glad to announce AMPLIFY! Cultures and Technologies of Resistance in the Diaspora, taking place on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October 2026 at Schauspielhaus Bochum, Germany. Hosted by Cute Community Radio (CCR) in collaboration with Sound System Outernational (SSO), and the Institut für Medienwissenschaft (IfM) at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, AMPLIFY! brings together grassroots community […]
We are pleased to announce our sister research group Sound System Outernational (SSO) is making good use of the SST research resources. On Wednesday 17 th June at 5pm UK time Julian Henriques and Brian D’Aquino will be giving an online radio talk “Sound System Cultures: Knowledges and Practices”, followed by a Q&A and DJ […]
