Playing the Archive: Deaf Voices and Distant Listening (#7)

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Playing the Archive

Dr. Sydney Hutchinson

10 episodes

3 days ago

Ethnomusicologists Sydney Hutchinson and Hannah Judd dive into experimental archival research with interviews, radio plays, & more. Part of the Second World Music project (Humboldt University Berlin & Ethnological Museum).

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Playing the Archive: Deaf Voices and Distant Listening (#7)

Playing the Archive

36 minutes 48 seconds

3 months ago

Playing the Archive: Deaf Voices and Distant Listening (#7)

When musicologist Sarah Fuchs stumbled across a mysterious set of wax cylinder recordings from a Parisian school for the deaf, she had no idea how deep the archive would go. In this episode, she chats with Sydney Hutchinson about early recording technologies, opera at a distance, and what it means to truly listen—especially when sound itself is contested. From 19th-century jukeboxes to the ethics of hearing someone else's history, this conversation asks: how do we make sense of voices from the past?In Playing the Archive, ethnomusicologist Sydney Hutchinson and guests dive into experimental archival research with interviews, radio plays, & more. This podcast is a part of the Second World Music project and the episode was co-edited by Keyania Campbell. To learn more, visit http://secondworldmusic.wordpress.com.Playing the Archive © 2025 by Sydney Hutchinson/Second World Music is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International