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This course explores Latin America’s sonic and auditory cultures, investigating how sound plays a central role in cultural expression and identity formation. Students will examine how diverse communities across the Global South engage with and interpret sound through various sonic objects—from artistic creations to industrial sounds and natural phenomena—and research the listening practices unique to Latin American communities. Drawing on interdisciplinary approaches from sound studies, media studies, postcolonial studies, and critical race theory, the course will explore how sound mediates power, social relations, and the boundaries between the human and the non-human. Emphasizing a Global South perspective, this course invites students to critically examine sound’s role in shaping Latin American communities’ lived experiences, offering a deeper understanding of how sonic practices define the region’s culture.