Kriolu voices sounding

Tending to epistemic justice and conflict in collaboration

Bibliographic Data

ID7471998
AuthorsRuby Erickson (Institute of Ethnology, corresponding author), Allessandra Soares (Rhode Island Department of Health)
Year2026
Volume42
Issue1
Pages19-22
Publication date2026-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropology Today (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0268-540X • E-ISSN: 1467-8322
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1467-8322.70046
OpenAlexW7128164781
LanguageEN
References cited8

This article explores how community‐engaged programme planning offers ethnographic insight. Co‐written by an ethnomusicologist and a Cabo Verdean community leader, its conversational form aligns with the multivocal nature of collaboration. The piece describes university‐community collaboration leading to ‘Kriolu voices sounding’ (January‐February 2024), a series of public‐facing panels and workshops aimed at amplifying Cabo Verdean music and activism in Rhode Island. Through reflexive storytelling, the authors show how the Cabo Verdean practice of djunta mon (joining hands; mutual help) infused their partnership. Drawing on collaborative anthropology advocating ‘epistemic partnership’, they propose the term ‘dialogic disruptions’ to describe the tensions inherent in community‐facing coalitional work. Through a frank discussion of the disruptions encountered, the article offers a concrete example of public‐facing solidarity work that attempts to reckon with and learn from difference, opening towards more nuanced understandings of ‘community

Economic Justice · Ethnography · Praxis · Reflexivity · Solidarity · Work (physics · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Diverse Musicological Studies · Music History and Culture

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