In this talk, DJ, scholar, and writer Lynnée Denise will present a performative lecture and listening session highlighting and exploring ideas on gender, sexuality, race, technology, and musical-cross pollination in the 1980s through a Diasporic lens. Drawing on critical songs, album covers, visual culture, and select photographs from Janette Beckman's recent exhibition "Rebels" at FOAM in Amsterdam, Denise will demonstrate what she refers to as a "sound system of relations" to amplify key overlapping political and musical ideas that surfaced through the interfacing of punk culture, hip-hop, and disco. 

Additionally, the talk will trace the migratory nature of music and construct a living archive through engaging stories from neighborhoods, stages, studios, and dance floors that shaped the sonic landscape in select U.S., U.K., and Caribbean cities. 

Co-presented by Women & Gender Studies and African American Studies 

RSVP to majs@lmu.edu