What is it about?
Often who speaks becomes more important than what is being said. This article proposes five ways to engage with the voice in a way that checks us and others from getting entangled in hierarchy and privilege. I begin from my position as a singer-researcher from Chennai whose tool and exploratory canvas is the voice. I introduce some of the ingrained assumptions on voice from my culture of Karnatik music, and interrogate them with a critical lens. I then propose the pentagonal framework of engagement as a plausible model that can address inequities in the interlocking contexts of voice, society, and culture/
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Why is it important?
A discussion on the materiality and social positioning of the Voice from a decolonised perspective is a rare combination in scholarship. This work is a wonderful companion for those who wish to be heard and listened to on their own terms.
Perspectives
I enjoyed writing this publication. It allowed me to be critically reflective about my culture, my immediate society, and my assumptions. The framework of voicing that I proposed is coming in handy for my future projects.
Charulatha Mani
Griffith University
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This page is a summary of: On breaking with, Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies, April 2020, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/jivs_00016_1.
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