Sound is a tool for us to unearth conscious and subconscious narratives that we embody. In this workshop, we will use sound as a method to connect with memory, histories, and embodied knowledges. Following our sonic engagement, we will dive into writing exercises designed to evoke and amplify these connections. This will be followed by a peer-reading session. Participants will examine how sound can serve as a catalyst for introspection and creative expression, unlocking layers of embodied knowledge often left untapped. At the end of the session, each participant will leave with a piece of written work. Writing materials will be provided, but participants are welcome to bring any preferred writing medium they use.

About the Instructor: Pooja Chopra is a practicing sound-theorist. A former Fulbright-Nehru scholar, Pooja has conducted archival research on women-led communist labor organizing in Puducherry, India from the 1930s where she also was studying the sitar under Sri Tapabrata Mitra. Her current research focuses on Gayl Jones’ sound-based technique and philosophy employed within her literary work. Pooja is a sound artist and co-founder of Jungle Network Zine, a zine dedicated to junglists and jungle-adjacent DJ-producers-artists across the U.S.