Learning to Listen #1

Danielle Almeida is a singer, educator, and researcher. For her project Diaspórica she has spent over sixteen years researching Afro-Latin American female singers who have been written out of history or forgotten and their song forms – the result is an extraordinary repertoire of songs. In her audio essay she will interpret a selection of these songs, interweaving recorded live performances with the biographies of the singers and reflections on the racist and sexist mechanisms implicit in the hegemonic narratives of cultural history.

Learning to Listen is a podcast format that explores different forms of listening – both listening and not listening – and the knowledge that can be drawn from them. The focus is on learning and unlearning to listen and engaging with internalized mindsets. The main aim of Learning to Listen is to initiate didactic processes intended to help us understand why certain sounds, songs, and narratives are heard and others are not, and to interweave auditory events with anti/decolonial education. The individual episodes are conceived as heterogeneous audio essays; the invited guests have free rein over their concept and realization.

The podcast episode Learning to Listen #1 is available in English and Portuguese at Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud and Spotify

General Direction, Presentation, Production, Research and Texts: DANIELLE ALMEIDA
Musical Direction and Arrangements: SAMUEL CARTES
Editing, Mixing and Mastering: FLÁVIA FONTOLAN
Vocal Training: DIEGO MAURILIO
Audio Capturing: GUSTAVO SANT’ANNA (Estúdio Arsis),
P. SOULJA (Estúdios Casa PretaHub)
Translation: KARLA MENDONCA DOS SANTOS DANY
Speaker: NOELLE O'BRIEN-COKER
Production and Audio Design Learning to Listen: KENO MESCHER

Find the complete soundtrack here.