Between Language and Music: Black Acoustemologies | 3 hours
Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM (ET) | In-person
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Acoustemology, a hybridization of the words “acoustic” and “epistemology,” emphasizes sonic ways of knowing and being in the world. In this three-hour, generative poetry workshop, participants will study the use of sound in Black poetics before applying these lessons to their own work. By playing with musicality and crafting precise lyrics, we'll begin to unveil new ways of knowing and being known through poetry. This single-session workshop is open to writers of all backgrounds and experience levels.
Location: 1315 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Instructor: Hiwot Adilow is an Ethiopian American poet from southwest Philadelphia. She is co-winner of the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and author of the chapbooks In the House of My Father (Two Sylvias Press, 2018) and Prodigal Daughter (Akashic Books & African Poetry Book Fund, 2019). Her work appears in Callaloo, The Offing, Reconstructed Magazine, and elsewhere, and has been anthologized in The BreakBeats Poets Vol 2.0: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Books, 2018).
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Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM (ET) | In-person
Need financial aid? Apply here first.
Acoustemology, a hybridization of the words “acoustic” and “epistemology,” emphasizes sonic ways of knowing and being in the world. In this three-hour, generative poetry workshop, participants will study the use of sound in Black poetics before applying these lessons to their own work. By playing with musicality and crafting precise lyrics, we'll begin to unveil new ways of knowing and being known through poetry. This single-session workshop is open to writers of all backgrounds and experience levels.
Location: 1315 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Instructor: Hiwot Adilow is an Ethiopian American poet from southwest Philadelphia. She is co-winner of the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and author of the chapbooks In the House of My Father (Two Sylvias Press, 2018) and Prodigal Daughter (Akashic Books & African Poetry Book Fund, 2019). Her work appears in Callaloo, The Offing, Reconstructed Magazine, and elsewhere, and has been anthologized in The BreakBeats Poets Vol 2.0: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Books, 2018).
Read our FAQ
Saturday, February 22, 2025 | 1:00 – 4:00 PM (ET) | In-person
Need financial aid? Apply here first.
Acoustemology, a hybridization of the words “acoustic” and “epistemology,” emphasizes sonic ways of knowing and being in the world. In this three-hour, generative poetry workshop, participants will study the use of sound in Black poetics before applying these lessons to their own work. By playing with musicality and crafting precise lyrics, we'll begin to unveil new ways of knowing and being known through poetry. This single-session workshop is open to writers of all backgrounds and experience levels.
Location: 1315 Walnut Street, Philadelphia
Instructor: Hiwot Adilow is an Ethiopian American poet from southwest Philadelphia. She is co-winner of the 2018 Brunel International African Poetry Prize and author of the chapbooks In the House of My Father (Two Sylvias Press, 2018) and Prodigal Daughter (Akashic Books & African Poetry Book Fund, 2019). Her work appears in Callaloo, The Offing, Reconstructed Magazine, and elsewhere, and has been anthologized in The BreakBeats Poets Vol 2.0: Black Girl Magic (Haymarket Books, 2018).
