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Sherry Ostapovitch

Degree: Ph.D.
Year of Entry: 2020
Program: Social Justice Education
Department of Social Justice Education
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Biography

In the context of a popular education project, Sherry’s dissertation examines how members of social movements use sound and listening to reflect on their organizing work and amplify and document their struggles. She has been a part of community organizing and sound and music based-community education for adults and youth for 20 years. They currently teach “Auditory Cultures” as part of the graduate Sound Design Program at George Brown College in Toronto and have exhibited sound work internationally.

Degrees

  • Master of Music, Studio Composition
    Goldsmiths, University of London

Research Interests

  • Social Movements Students
  • Popular Education
  • Sonic Pedagogy
  • Sound and Listening
  • Anti-/De-Colonial Approaches