Listening to the Line: Notes on Music, Globalization, and the US-Mexico Border

Abstract

The following is an experiment in theory and practice, and is therefore divided into two parts. The first introduces the concept of “the aural border”, my attempt to listen to the US-Mexico border as a geography of sound and music. The second explores this notion through an excerpt from a critical performance text of mine, “Border Sound Files: An Audio Essay”, which tells musical stories of the border as a key site of globalization.

Keywords

• Borders
• México
• Music
• XXIst Century