This project by Derrek Powell explores the sociolinguistics of reggaetón through an interactive multimedia atlas of vocal performance. Drawing on annotated musical examples and empirical research, the project examines how artists use pronunciation, rhythm, lexis, sound, and style to construct social meaning, musical personae, and genre identity.
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This project by Sofia Gomez examines fan editing as both a creative practice and a product of online consumer culture. Moving from the history of fandom edits to contemporary Gen-Z editing, the project considers how fan-made audiovisual art intersects with advertising, monetization, gender, and consumerism.
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This project by Alexis R. Velazquez documents bomba, an Afro–Puerto Rican music and dance practice, through annotated community performances, films, and music videos. With bilingual transcription and detailed tagging of performers, subgenres, lyrics, and sociocultural themes, the project brings dispersed audiovisual materials together as a resource for research and community use.
The project ,”The Universal Language,” created by Katrina Partlow, explores the political messaging embedded in the visuals and lyrics of the Super Bowl LIX (Kendrick Lamar) and LX (Bad Bunny) halftime shows.
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This project by Darinelle Merced-Calderon examines how communities in Vieques and St. Croix express solidarity and resistance through music, protest, and performance, tracing the intertwined legacies of colonialism and cultural connection across U.S. territories.
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“Literary Sound Studies: English 483 Class Anthology” is a student-created AVAnnotate project in collaboration with Sam Turner that compiles course projects into a public anthology. It focuses on how literature is performed and heard, using time-coded annotations to analyze voice, rhythm, silence, and audience in recordings of poems and performances. The variety is striking: students
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This project by Leiah Bodden traces the artistic development of the New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde through a curated selection of audiovisual materials that include music videos, performances, and interviews. The annotations highlight the evolution of her style, themes, and public persona across her career, moving from the minimalist detachment of Pure Heroine to the emotional
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