In Conversation
In Conversation is a podcast that features faculty from Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, talking with Dean Michael Horswell, Ph.D., about research and creative activity that spans the arts, humanities, and social sciences. Each episode spotlights a professor whose scholarly work is affecting the world in a significant way. Listeners will not only learn of the latest developments in the many academic disciplines of the college, but will gain insight into the creative and critical processes our scholars and artists brings to their projects. In Conversation is a production of Dr. Kevin Petrich and journalism students in FAU’s School of Communication and Multimedia Studies.
In Conversation
The Impact of Salsa Music on Latino & Latin American Communities with Andres Espinoza, Ph.D.
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Andres Espinoza, Ph.D.
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Season 3
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Episode 4
Dean Michael Horswell engages in conversation with ethnomusicologist, percussionist, composer and FAU music professor Andres Espinoza, Ph.D. about his upcoming book, Una Sola Casa: Salsa Consciente and the Poetics of the Meta-barrio, his analysis of the impact of Salsa music as an forging element of social and political identity within Latino and Latin American communities. He also speaks about his Born From the Drum audio and video project, rooted in ceremonial drumming.