Dec 22, 2023
LAP contributing editor and ethnomusicologist Jonathan Ritter joins the podcast to discuss the May 2023 issue of LAP Music, Politics, and Social Movements in Latin America. Topics covered include the legacy of influential musical and political movements in Latin America alongside research on more contemporary mobilizations.
Jonathan Ritter is the department chair and associate professor of music at the University of California Riverside. His research focuses on the indigenous and Afro-Hispanic musical cultures of Andean South America.
Featured music:
"El derecho de vivir en paz" - Victor Jara: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkXise2bHE0
"El derecho de vivir en Paz" en las calles de Santiago (2019): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_xRSfjCyrg&t=40s
"Dina Asesina" canción himno de las protestas con la voz de mujeres Andinas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKABdgKRHRo
"Tukuy Llaqtakuna Hatarisunchik" - Liberato Kani: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhhfe9PXvqg
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