How does sound impact the production of social identity (race/class/gender)? How can sound (or silence) be used as a tool of gendered resistance? In what ways are cultural communities built upon shared sonic experiences? Why are shared sonic experiences crucial for movement building and collective healing processes? What is the relationship of sound to human empathy and/or trauma-bonding? In this course we will explore these questions (and more) as we read and discuss texts from current fields of cultural, sonic, and sound art studies.