{"id":19282,"date":"2024-01-31T15:26:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T21:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/?p=19282"},"modified":"2024-01-31T16:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T22:16:04","slug":"cardoso-to-explore-sound-installation-in-brazil-for-arts-and-humanities-fellowship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pvfa.tamu.edu\/news\/2024\/01\/31\/cardoso-to-explore-sound-installation-in-brazil-for-arts-and-humanities-fellowship-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardoso To Explore Sound Installation In Brazil For Arts And Humanities Fellowship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dr. Leonardo Cardoso<\/a>, associate professor in Performance Studies<\/a> for the Texas A&M School of Performance, Visualization and Fine Arts<\/a>, will explore sound installation in Brazil as part of being selected for Texas A&M’s Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each recipient receives a three-year grant totaling $15,000 through the Texas A&M Division of Research. They are chosen by a peer-review committee from project-based applications. The projects are selected based on merit and originality, and having a benefit to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cardoso will produce a book and sound installation that examine environmental risk in contemporary Brazil, using sound and hearing as analytical channels to study relationships between state and civil society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOne of my goals is to counterargue the notion in fields such as political sciences that dimiss sound as an avenue to study the government,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s common to study governments by looking, for instance, at gun crime or unemployment. I think there is potential in studying sound in a different way. I am interested in what everyday sounds can tell us about our society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his research, Cardoso said his hope is to find answers to the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n