Sonic Ecologies with Gavin Steingo and Jacob Smith

An episode of the The Seminar Podcast podcast, hosted by The Center for Cultural Analysis at Rutgers University, titled "Sonic Ecologies with Gavin Steingo and Jacob Smith" was published on June 20, 2025 and runs 69 minutes.

June 20, 2025 ·69m · The Seminar Podcast

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Summary

Gavin Steingo is a professor in the department of music at Princeton University. He is the author of two books, Kwaito's Promise: Music and the Aesthetics of Freedom in South Africa, and Interspecies Communication: Sound and Music Beyond Humanity. He also co-edited the seminal volume Remapping Sound Studies, and he co-directs the Animal Song Collective.Jacob Smith is a professor in the department of radio/television/film at Northwestern University, where he co-founded the MA program in Sound Arts and Industries. He is the author of many books, including Vocal Tracks: Performance and Sound Media; Spoken Word: Postwar American Phonograph Cultures; and Eco-Sonic Media. He is also the author of two experimental audiobooks: ESC: Sonic Adventure in the Anthropocene, and Lightning Birds: An Aeroecology of the Airwaves.

Episode Description

Gavin Steingo is a professor in the department of music at Princeton University. He is the author of two books, Kwaito's Promise: Music and the Aesthetics of Freedom in South Africa, and Interspecies Communication: Sound and Music Beyond Humanity. He also co-edited the seminal volume Remapping Sound Studies, and he co-directs the Animal Song Collective.

Jacob Smith is a professor in the department of radio/television/film at Northwestern University, where he co-founded the MA program in Sound Arts and Industries. He is the author of many books, including Vocal Tracks: Performance and Sound Media; Spoken Word: Postwar American Phonograph Cultures; and Eco-Sonic Media. He is also the author of two experimental audiobooks: ESC: Sonic Adventure in the Anthropocene, and Lightning Birds: An Aeroecology of the Airwaves.