You’re warmly invited to this Aesthetics and Justice Seminar Series event co-hosted with the Centre for Critical Legal Studies, the Criminal Justice Centre (Law) and the Captive Arts research team at Warwick Sociology.

Sound X Justice 

When: Thursday 19 November 2024 |1.15-2.30pm

Where: Room: S2.09 and online. This is a hybrid event and an option to join online is available – please contact A.Chamberlen@warwick.ac.uk for a MS teams link.

Light refreshments will be available.

This event is open to all.

With, Nomi Dave discussing ‘Big Mouths + Feminist Ears’ :

How might the law learn to listen with a feminist ear? ‘Big Mouth’ is a documentary film in

production, directed by Bremen Donovan and co-produced with Nomi Dave. The film and the talk centre on testimony and voice in struggles for sexual justice. It explores how people speak and act when the law fails to hear them.

And with, Steve Urquhart discussing ‘Doing Bird: How prisoners engage with archive birdsong recordings’:

Prisoners at HMP Perth in Scotland have been engaging with archive birdsong and oral history recordings – some more than sixty years old – in a unique, creative audio art collaboration. Peesweeps meet hip hop beats, grouse unlock coded prison language, and an unhatched kestrel chick provokes philosophy. The sound artist Steve Urquhart explains how this project came about, in the context of his work within prison settings. We’ll listen to excerpts from the Doing Bird mixtapes, and discuss the inventive ways in which prisoners responded to this extraordinary project, re-evaluating their connection to the world beyond prison walls.

Speaker bios:

Nomi Dave, University of Virginia USA

Nomi Dave researches sound and the law, with a focus on sexual justice, technology, and violence. She is a former lawyer and currently works as Associate Professor of Music and Co-Director of the Sound Justice Lab, at the University of Virginia.

Steve Urquhart, Radio producer, sound artist & composer

Steve is a sound artist, radio producer and composer. He creates documentaries and series for BBC (Radio 4, Radio 3, World Service) plus many other platforms worldwide, as well as audio installations and soundscapes for exhibitions and arts festivals. Steve prioritises projects which enable marginalised communities to explore and excel in audio production. His pioneering work with National Prison Radio has led to funded research in criminal justice settings.