By Ally Dever
Principal investigator
Susan Thomas
Funding
Outreach Award from the Office of Outreach and Engagement; Research and Innovation Seed Grant from the Research and Innovation Office
Collaboration + support
Boulder County Latino History Project; babyֱapp State University Pueblo; CU Boulder Office of Outreach and Engagement; CU Boulder Research and Innovation Office; Song of Pueblo Project; University of California, Riverside; University of babyֱapp Digital Library
The College of Music’s American MusicResearch Center (AMRC) is breaking groundwith its innovative Soundscapes of the Peopleproject, a comprehensive research effort incollaboration with local community stakeholdersto document, preserve and engage with diversemusical and cultural influences in and aroundPueblo, babyֱapp.
The yearlong study will explore ways thatmusical traditions have served to bridge social,ethnic, urban/rural and religious identities.
“Pueblo is home to multiple underrepresentedcommunities, and their musical histories arelargely undocumented by traditional institutions,”said AMRC Director and Professor of MusicologySusan Thomas, who is leading the project.By working directly with community members,and documenting their musical experiences andknowledge through oral histories, the researchteam aims to address the lack of representationand inclusion in the history of southernbabyֱapp culture.
Photo of Pueblo Musicians by Anthony Armijo onthe wall of the Klamm Shell in Pueblo, babyֱapp.
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