SSO#7 Sound Systems at the Crossroads: Space, Place and Belonging

Space Place and Belonging: Sonic Imagination and Creative Practices

Chair: June Reid

Speakers:
Michael McMillan (University of Arts London, UK)

Sonic Vibrations: Sound System Culture, Lovers Rock and Dub

Thali Lotus (CAYA sound system, London)

Sound Never Dies, It’s Just Renewed

Njelle W. Hamilton (University of Virginia, US)

“Sound Sistrens:” Acoustics and Temporality in Caribbean Women’s Writing

Christine Hannigan (Bartlett School of Planning, US)

Culture as Commodity and Process:

“Regeneration,” Local Music Culture and Lewisham

Melville Cook (Institute of Cultural Studies, University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica)

Equalizing Bassline with Economic Baseline: The Bank of Jamaica’s Inflation Targeting

Campaign Misusing a Sound System Characteristic

6pm UK time:

Sound System Session: Conscious Way Outernational (Guadeloupe)

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Conscious Way Outernational. Unity in Diversity. Selectress Abigene and Tiqur sound operator are the heart of this Roots & Dub Culture Sound System hailing from Guadeloupe, Caribbeans. Talented Caribbean artists like Djahibre, Sistah Jahia, Nattywell, Ras Beni and more are regularly featuring on the Hi Powa sessions.

and

6:30pm UK time:

Linett Kamala (Disya Generation sound system, London)

Recipe For A Happy Mind (Workshop – Limited Places)

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Linett Kamala is an artist and soundsystem lead born in Harlesden, London, U.K. to Jamaican parents. Linett was one of Notting Hill Carnival’s first girl DJs – performing a groundbreaking set at Disya Jeneration sound system, which over three decades later, she now manages.

Through her creative practice she documented the early dancehall scene in London’s West End in the 1990s. She is Founding Director of Lin Kam Art, which enriches lives through festival art via residencies, events and programmes. Deeply rooted in community empowerment, her socially engaged practice champions the various artforms associated with festivals, including street art and sound systems. Trained in the therapeutic and educational application of the Arts, Linett’s interdisciplinary artwork has been showcased internationally by Google Arts and Culture and she is a TEDx speaker. Linett is President of the University of the Arts London Alumni of Colour Association, Board Director for the Notting Hill Carnival and manages one of its biggest static sound system’s Disya Jeneration. Her current educator work includes; Associate Lecturer on the MA & BA Performance: Design & Practice at UAL Central Saint Martins, U.K. and Art & Wellbeing Lead at Ashley College, U.K. an alternative provision for young people. Her outreach work focuses on partnerships with the Success Primary and High School in Hanover, Jamaica. http://linettkamala.com/

Sound System Outernational

Dates & times

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15 Jul 2021	4:00pm - 7:00pm	apple google outlook

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