Feminist Presence in Rock Music

Hannah Poulette on Acoustemologies

Click Here! note: Soundcloud would not let me upload my shortened clip of my last song, “Not a Pretty Girl” by Ani Difranco, so the one on the audio report is the full length. Please don’t feel the need to […]

Politics of Feminism and Sound

Hannah Poulette on Acoustemologies

The political changes that have occurred in America during the last 100 years are intimately tied to music, the complex soundscape of our culture reflecting political upheaval and social change . As Jacques Attali […]

HELLO WORLD, I'M YOUR WILD GIRL: Third Wave Feminism as a Sonic Community

Hannah Poulette on Acoustemologies

The media and the music industry dump terabytes of content onto the masses constantly, from music to images to the sordid details of its star’s lives. This content undeniably changes its consumer’s soundscape and […]

Elevator music: The forgotten noises of ambient sound

Hannah Poulette on Acoustemologies

Elevator Music In considering the sonic content that makes up my life, I couldn’t help but notice the abundance of passive noise, sounds that I don’t even notice because they’re so commonplace. In this […]

Soundscape: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

Hannah Poulette on Acoustemologies

Frederick Douglass’s account of his life from a slave in bondage to a free man is an intense story, heavy with fear, anger, and the longing for freedom. The role that sound plays in this story is prominent and […]