Thaís Amorim Aragão

sound, cities, medium
Brazil °1977
research interests: Media studies, sound studies, urban space
affiliation: Federal University of Ceará – UFC, Brazil
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Thaís A. Aragão holds a doctoral degree in Communications from Unisinos and works as producer at Radio Universitaria FM, at Federal University of Ceará – UFC, Brazil. She developed doctoral research as visiting scholar at the University of Westminster’s School of Media Arts and Design, London, and has a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from UFRGS.

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  • The Triangle and the Thin Biscuit: Reverberations of a Walking Practice (2020) author(s): Thaís Amorim Aragão published in: Journal of Sonic Studies
    The sound of the triangle played by street vendors who sell a kind of wafer, known as chegadinho, in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza is often associated with childhood memories. Taken together, however, these acoustically marked trajectories can reveal complex dynamics regarding the city's own territory and its relationship to other places in Latin America and Europe. This article aims to present data collected from street vendors who reported on how they use sound and space to communicate with the population. I also discuss documentary research on the precedence of the practice as well as its influence on Brazilian music.
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