Sonic politics
Technique, work and musical production in funk carioca
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8246366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dennis Novaes (0000-0002-9417-9878, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vibrant Virtual Brazilian Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1809-4341 • E-ISSN: 1809-4341 |
| Publisher | FapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1590/1809-4341.2025v22e00806 |
| OpenAlex | W7122868342 |
| SCIELO_PID | S1809-43412025000100806 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
This article results from fieldwork I have been conducting since 2014 with funk artists, especially the funk produced in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. Using both historical and ethnographic material, I reflect on the way DJs and MCs design sonic forms that challenge the hegemonic music industry through musical production techniques. Focusing on funk studios in favelas, I explore the creative processes of the artists, the technological resources they mobilize and how they connect with everyday life in favelas. To trace theses connections, I consider the artists’ activities as both ‘technologies of enchantment’ (Gell 1998) and work, which in a capitalist context implies relations permeated by the dimensions of class and race
Context (archaeology · Ethnography · Funk · Hegemony · Musical · Production (economics · Studio · Brazilian cultural history and politics · Music History and Culture · Sound Studies and Aurality
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |