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NUS Press and the Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), Malaysia are pleased to invite you to a discussion of “Sonic City: Making Rock Music and Urban Life in Singapore”. Assoc Prof Steve Ferzacca, author, will discuss his book with Dr Adil Johan, Research Fellow at KITA, Prof Jane Jacobs, Professor of Urban Studies at Yale-NUS College, and Dr Liew Kai Khiun, independent scholar.<\/p>\n

Join the discussion by posting your questions in the comments on Facebook and YouTube, and the panelists will respond to them during the Q&A session.<\/p>\n

Date: 9th July, Friday
\nTime: 12:00pm SGT
\nVenue: NUS Press Facebook and YouTube page, KITA Facebook page<\/a><\/strong>
\n—<\/p>\n

About the book: Based on five years of deep participatory experience, “Sonic City” is a sonic ethnography that is centered around a community of noisy people who make rock music within the constraints of urban life in Singapore.<\/p>\n

About the panelists:<\/h2>\n

Steve Ferzacca<\/strong> is a cultural anthropologist interested in exploring the sonics involved in everyday life. He is associate professor at the University of Lethbridge, Canada.<\/p>\n

Adil Johan<\/strong> is Research Fellow at the Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), The National University of Malaysia. In researching popular music and media in the Malay world, he has published two books including “Cosmopolitan Intimacies: Malay Film Music of the Independence Era” (NUS Press, 2018).<\/p>\n

Jane M. Jacobs<\/strong> is Professor of Urban Studies at Yale-NUS College, Singapore. Her research is in the field of urban cultures, postcolonial urbanisms, architecture in society, qualitative urban methods, and urban comparativism. She has published widely including her books “Edge of Empire: Postcolonialism and the City” (1996), “Uncanny Australia” (1988), “Cities of Difference” (1998) and “Buildings Must Die” (2014).<\/p>\n

Liew Kai Khiun<\/strong> is an independent scholar and part-time lecturer at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 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