Discussion 1: Difference & Belonging

April 8, 2022

Though equity has modestly improved in technology-focused fields, striking inequities still remain. And in the realm of electronic music, in particular, statistics still demonstrate a need to advocate for inclusivity. Indeed, electronic music’s many sub-genres still wrestle with toxic artifacts from military, cybernetic, and Western art music genealogies. In addition, diverse influences continue to struggle for legitimacy amid conditions that reify exclusion. In counterpoint, Kitchen Table Praxis: Recipes for Belonging in Electronic Music elevates a plurality of narratives and critical tactics, featuring them as ingredients that can ferment a sensibility of belonging, and possibly divergent trajectories, in technical fields.

Discussion 1: Difference & Belonging

Panelist

King Britt
"Blacktronika : A Much Needed Change in Electronic Music Pedagogy"
University of California | San Diego

Panelist

Cristóbal Martinez
"Salvaging in Sound Art and Experimental Music"
San Francisco Art Institute

Panelist
LaFrae Sci
"Journey of a Drummer Girl - Sound and Silence and Improvisation"
Willie Mae Future Sounds, NYC

Co-Moderator
Suzanne Thorpe
Columbia University

Co-Moderator
Diana Marcela Rodriguez
Columbia University