Journal article

Unlikely publics

Four figures of sonic agency

Pages 88 to 92

Cite this article


  • LaBelle, B.
(2020). Unlikely Publics Four Figures of Sonic Agency. Multitudes, No 79(2), 88-92. https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.079.0088.

  • LaBelle, Brandon.
« Unlikely publics : Four figures of sonic agency ». Multitudes, 2020/2 No 79, 2020. p.88-92. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2020-2-page-88?lang=en.

  • LABELLE, Brandon,
2020. Unlikely publics Four figures of sonic agency. Multitudes, 2020/2 No 79, p.88-92. DOI : 10.3917/mult.079.0088. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-multitudes-2020-2-page-88?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.3917/mult.079.0088


English

While unlikely publics are, fundamentally, weak publics, they also surprise us—that is their gift, their example. Through an art of trespass, they remind how public life is a shared matter, crafted by people at certain moments, in certain places, driven by struggle and imagination, and the joy of discovering each other. This article identifies four figures of sonic agency practices by unlikely publics: the invisible, the overheard, the itinerant and the weak.

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