Sonic Signatures

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Music, Migration and the City at Night

Series: Urban Music Studies

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Sonic Signatures is an anthology exploring the music, residents, and vibrant nightlife of migrants in global cities such as Montreal, Rotterdam, Oslo, and Tokyo. It draws on urban musicology, international migration studies, and night studies to show how music shapes nighttime cityscapes and experiences of belonging. The collection examines diverse genres including EDM, batida do gueto, and iSicathamiya, highlighting how migrants use music to resist oppression, maintain connections to their origins, and influence their adopted urban environments.
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Sonic Signatures appeals to readers interested in urban studies, musicology, migration, cultural resilience, and the sociology of nightlife. It suits academics, students, and anyone fascinated by how music and migration intersect in contemporary cities.

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An anthology that evokes the music, residents, and vibrant nightlife of migrants in cities around the world.

Sonic Signatures interprets the music of contemporary migrants from Montreal to Rotterdam, Oslo to Tokyo. Drawing on research in urban musicology, international migration, and the emerging field of night studies, this edited volume illustrates that sonic signatures are fundamental to nighttime cityscapes, a way of experiencing space and belonging.

Contributors to the anthology consider a wide array of genres—including EDM, batida do gueto, and iSicathamiya—to understand how migrants resist oppression, long for people and places, and shape their adopted cities through music.

Series: Urban Music Studies

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Sonic Signatures is a compelling and multifaceted exploration of urban night soundscapes for migrants. Edited by Derek Pardue, Ailbhe Kenny, and Katie Young, it uses innovative analyses to investigate the multisensory aspects of darkness. The book reveals how music acts as a tool of cultural resilience, encoding memories and articulating resistance. It presents nighttime as a period of creativity, solidarity, and cultural expression, uncovering hidden narratives of marginalised communities and offering fresh perspectives on the significance of nocturnal spaces.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789386998

Publisher: Intellect

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 May 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Intellect Books

Edition: New edition

Illustration: 49 Halftones, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Ailbhe Kenny
Edited by Derek Pardue
Edited by Katie Young

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 413g

Pages: 254

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction Series: Urban Music Studies

About the Author

Derek Pardue holds a Ph.D in cultural anthropology and is an associate professor in global studies at Aarhus University, Denmark. He has conducted fieldwork and archival research in Brazil, Portugal, Denmark and Cape Verde.

Ailbhe Kenny is a senior lecturer in music education at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. Her research is widely published internationally; she is the author of Communities of Musical Practice (Routledge, 2016) and co-editor of Musician-Teacher Collaborations: Altering the Chord (Routledge, 2018).

Katie Young holds a Ph.D in music and is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at Brock University, Canada and editorial assistant for Ethnomusicology Forum journal. Katie has conducted research in Ghana, Ireland and Canada, and has published in a range of journals and edited volumes.

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