Sounds of California
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Places
Boyle Heights
Bayview
Mayfair
Oakland
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
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Initiated in 2015, Sounds of California is a research and community engagement project that explores music and soundscapes as vital expressions of collective experience.
neighborhoods
2021
Boyle Heights
2018
Bayview
2017
Mayfair
2015
Oakland
2016
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
"When you listen to everyone else’s music and culture, you actually find the similarities that exist with all of us.”
Naomi Diouf
Diamano Coura West African Dance Company
SOC — Oakland 2015
Stories from
the community
STORY COLLECTION
Displacement & Belonging
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STORY COLLECTION
Storytellers & Culture Bearers
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STORY COLLECTION
Narratives of Migration
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