Called Ethic, Politic and Popular Music the XVII IASPM-AL Congress will take place between September 28 and October 2. Carla Pinochet and Laura Jordán will be part of the panel "Songs of Exiles, Migrants, and Political Song in Chile," belonging to the symposium "Popular Music and Politics."

The Center's associate director will present "Sounds in Conflict: Territorialization, Listening, and Migrant Musical Practices in Santiago's Urban Space," in which she will examine "how Venezuelan migrant communities in Santiago inhabit and reconfigure urban space through sonic practices, addressing the everyday conflicts associated with sound and noise. From the perspective of sound and aural studies, she proposes understanding sound production not as a collateral effect of migration, but as an active device of territorialization and home-building."

For her part, Laura Jordán will present "Recording, Copying, Archiving: Sound Practices and Cultural Resistance in 1980s Chile," in which she "interrogates the role of cassette recording in alternative cultural practices through three analytical categories: the compilation or mixtape of protest songs; the copying of complete editions from other labels or self-produced works; and the recording of live events, with an exemplary case for each. The production and circulation of these cassettes reflect the involvement of music in activating cultural practices at the micropolitical level."

Within the Congress, Christián Spencer will be one of the coordinators of the symposium "Sociologies of Music," alongside Gabriel Lima Rozende and Carolina Santamaría. In this session, he will also deliver the paper "Notes for a Discussion on the Concept of Folkloric Roots in Chile (1985–2025)." More information coming soon. Check the whole program here.

Symposium: Popular Music and Politics
Panel 4: Songs of Exiles, Migrants, and Political Song in Chile
Papers by Carla Pinochet and Laura Jordán
12:00 – 14:00
Faculty of Law, UNACH – Yáñez Mijangos Room