“De aquí como el coquí” es un refrán popular entre puertorriqueñes que se usa para afirmar la identidad local y sentido de pertenencia. El refrán tiene sentido porque el coquí (Eleutherodactylus coqui) es endémico del archipiélago, y su nombre es una onomatopeya del canto que los machos utilizan para… Read More
https://doi.org/10.63473/EIAB1912 The author would like to thank Adriana da Silva for providing Spanish-language transcription and translation assistance. When Lin-Manuel Miranda hosted Saturday Night Live on October 8, 2016, his opening monologue quickly morphed into an equally personal and political reimagining of “My Shot,” the first solo for founding father Alexander Hamilton, the… Read More
https://doi.org/10.63473/XAAC7604 The international attention Ukraine has received in the 270 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion of its sovereign neighbor is unprecedented. The world has never before shown such support for and interest in Ukrainian culture, including the world of the performing arts. Countless benefit concerts have been organized by… Read More
https://doi.org/10.63473/IIRU6144 Protesters chanting “Ricky Renuncia” outside the Governor’s Mansion during summer protests of 2019 in Puerto Rico. Photo courtesy of Ricardo Alcaraz. On July 24, 2019, Puerto Rico, “the oldest colony in the world,” achieved the unimaginable in ousting Governor Ricky Rosselló from office. In an unprecedented manner, the… Read More
https://doi.org/10.63473/BAWK5198 For some readers, the word “protest” and the sounds of banging pots might call to mind Black Lives Matter protests of summer 2020, the attack on the US national capitol on Jan 6, or the scenes of people banging pots and pans as positive public expressions of support… Read More
https://doi.org/10.63473/OKVE5605 This essay is a contribution to the Musicology Now Roundtable, “Protest in Latin America: 2019 and Beyond.” “Si el río suena es porque agua lleva” (“If the river sounds, it is because it carries water”) is an old Spanish proverb broadly used in the Hispanic world. It metaphorically expresses… Read More
https://doi.org/10.63473/PGBQ5832 Acoustic hailing devices (AHDs) are high-intensity directional sound systems that produce narrow sound beams with very loud, high sound pressure levels that can be aimed at particular locations: that is, directed to target specific auditors. They are optimized to project intelligible voice messages as well as impactful, attention-commanding… Read More