Best Foot Music

Sounds recorded approaching, in and around the Qutub Shahi Tombs, Hyderabad. The 7 tombs were built between 1550 and 1667. The large domed structures create a natural reverb and are stunningly beautiful to walk around.

Soundscape from Nagpur, including a musician outside Deekshabhoomi, where B. R. Ambedkar converted to Buddhism as an action against the caste system and street sounds from the Itwari market district.

Soundscape made on the train journey from Hyderabad to Balharshah.

Gond people drumming, Chatgaon, Maharashtra, Jungle sounds and music from Markbodi. All recorded during events taking place on International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 9th of August.

Our last few days in Gadchiroli include; a candy floss vendor arriving outside the house, monsoon rains, a school choir, distant drums from a funeral on the far side of the river Kathani, morning sounds and insects on our final evening before making the journey to Hyderabad for our flight home (Hyderabad will be in the next episode)

Soundscape recording made in Gadchiroli, Maharashtra, whilst visiting family. Includes street and nature sounds, Sunday market and Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin parade.

The 4th and final part of this series. Intersectionality, the 5 'R's & concluding thoughts.

Kamla & Laila discuss their own experiences with arts-related projects.  

Topics include; Unlearning,  decision-making processes,  the 'right' voice, micro and macro biases and thinking from the margin.

The 4th and final part of this conversation will be published Friday 31st July 9.00 am UK time.

Trailer for Episode 3 (of 4) of Decolonising The Creative Space, with Kamla Jo Braithwaite & Dr Laila Kadiwal.

Part 2: Kamla Jo Braithwaite & Dr Laila Kadiwal from Trinidad and Tobago and India, discussing their own experiences of working in creative spaces. Chapter 2 includes; Problematic terminologies 'the other', who can tell a story? Black Lives Matter and the creative spaces in Trinidad and Tobago.