Understanding Ibero-American Spaces and Dynamics
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Edited by:
Francisco Jesús Moreno-Fernández
The series Understanding Ibero-American Spaces and Dynamics publishes high-quality research on present-day Ibero-American cultures and societies, covering fields such as politics, sociology, economy, natural and cultural heritage, or linguistics. The series welcomes both monographs and collected volumes and is committed to the rich variety of studies on Ibero-America in the international research community.
The volumes of the series are peer-reviewed.
Advisory board
Jacqueline Bahbah (Harvard University)
Claudia Borzi (University of Buenos Aires)
Lionel Brossi (Universidad de Chile)
David Carrasco (Harvard University)
Miguel Carrera (University of Salamanca)
Ana María Cestero (Universidad de Alcalá)
Stefanie Gänger (Heidelberg University)
Johannes Glükler (Heidelberg University)
Barbara Göbel (IAI Berlin)
Pedro Martín Butragueño (El Colegio de México)
Gesine Müller (University of Cologne)
Alejandro Portes (Princeton University)
Thomas Rausch (Heidelberg University)
Mayra Rivera (Harvard University)
Jale Tosun (Heidelberg University)
Teun van Dijk (Pompeu Fabra University)
Ana Pizarro (University of Santiago de Chile)
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This book presents case studies of Ibero-American musicians who have worked, across genres, on experimental sonic projects such as sound installations, soundscaping, performance art, live coding or craft-electronics. Drawing on intersectionality as a conceptual and methodological framework, but also on concepts of transculturality or situated knowledge, it explores the complex, multiple identities flowing through the Ibero-American creative space.
The practices analyzed in the volume compel a critical reappraisal of terms such as ‘avant-garde’, ‘experimental’ or ‘sound art’, which perpetuate a teleological and geopolitical bias –the polarization between center and periphery– and have excluded many practices from the historiographical canon. Subverting these categories, this monograph shows the relevance of sonic arts well beyond the epistemological and ontological apparatus of academic spaces. Although it includes some historical antecedents dating back to the 1960s and 1970s, it focuses on the 21st century and emphasizes the transformations that have occurred since the pandemic.
In the last two decades, increasing inequalities in a broad range of countries have prompted many scholars to consider inequality as the main cause for social unrest, weakened institutions or people's disaffection toward democracy. However, this interpretation often relies on fragile theoretical foundations and conceptual ambiguity.
To clarify these possible correlations, the present volume focuses on Latin America as a region characterized by persistently high level of inequality. It aims to:
- Disentangle the different meanings of inequality, taking into account that it is a complex phenomenon whose measure depends on the variables adopted to measure distributive asymmetries;
- Consider the complex of internal and external factors that impact distributive patterns, including those related to institutional arrangements and bargain power among different social actors;
- Examine the main effects of inequality, particularly on social services and subjective wellbeing, violence and insecurity, as well as institutional weakening;
- Finally, evaluate the effectiveness of different policies against inequality, the design of welfare systems, the pre-distributive and redistributive impacts of fiscal measures, and the creation of a culture of tolerance about inequality.
