María Edurne Zuazu

María Edurne Zuazu works at the nexus of music, sound, and media studies, researching the intersections of material culture and sonic/musical practices with cultural memory, social and environmental justice, and the production of knowledge and ignorance in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Zuazu’s research spans sound and multimedia art, popular music in nonfiction cinema, musical instruments, military aircraft sound, and weaponized and securitized sound technologies, including the Long-Range Acoustic Device, sirens, and audio surveillance. Currently working on the book project Ruin Sound, Zuazu teaches media and sound studies at New York University and music at the Aaron Copland School of Music, CUNY, and holds a PhD in Music and a Film Studies certificate from The Graduate Center, CUNY.