April 25: In the Break (2)

The final meeting of the Sound Studies Working Group for the academic year will be held on Wednesday, April 25, from 1 – 3 PM in 210 Stoeckel Hall.

For this session, and the next, we will be continuing our reading of  Fred Moten’s In the Break. Our focus is on Chapters 2 and 3, and the pages on Adrian Piper. A link to the reading is available below:

• Fred Moten, In the Break
• Fred Moten, Abstract from his dissertation

Supplementary reading:

• Amiri Baraka, “Dark Lady of the Sonnets” (from Black Music)
• Amiri Baraka, The Burton Greene Affair

We will have plenty of food and drink and conversation. All are welcome to attend, even if you haven’t completed the readings. Don’t be shy. Join us!