SST Team

Julian Henriques

Professor erc principal investigator

Julian Henriques has been researching, publishing and making films with and about sound systems in Jamaica and the UK for many years. He is a Professor at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Brian D’Aquino

SENIOR RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Researcher, sound system practitioner and music producer. Based in the Southern side of Europe.

Aadita Chaudhury

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Research Assistant, writer, science studies scholar and arts-based research methodologies practitioner.

Natalie Hyacinth

RESEARCHER - RESEARCH MANAGER

Researcher and sound explorer working at the intersection of Black Studies, Afrofuturism and Cultural Geography.

Yael Gerson

SST PROJECT MANAGER

Yael is the SST project manager based at MCCS in Goldsmiths, University of London.

Charlotte Ayton-George

RESEARCH PROJECT MANAGER (2021-2022)

Charlotte had a deep understanding of the value of our research. We miss her very much.

SST Collaborators

Liv Sovik

Research Director - Brazil

Liv Sovik has researched Brazilian popular music as a field in which to investigate Brazilian cultural politics of nationality, race and gender for thirty years. She teaches at the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

César Rebolledo González

Research Director

César Rebolledo González is a full-time professor at Universidad La Salle México, where he leads a research group about social imaginaries, aesthetics and identities. He is a musician and cultural manager, with experience in community projects of artistic education.