A while ago, we collaborated with MIT Colab on the Listening to the City initiative. A couple of projects came out of this collaboration. One is a two-day conference called Listening to the City: Engagement, Exploration + Intervention through Sound, bringing together ctivists, artists, residents, researchers, students, teachers, and community …

A repost from the our 3-part blog series that we published on Colab Radio through a collaboration with MIT Community Innovators Lab. This final post features Wendy’s ethnographic observations and sound walk of Boyle Heights. You can also read post #1 and #2. Mariachi musicians performing at Mariachi Plaza in …

A repost from the our 3-part blog series that we published on Colab Radio through a collaboration with MIT Community Innovators Lab. This post #2 features Steven’s investigation of our sonic data. You can read post #1. Boyle Heights Mural. Photo Credit: jondoeforty1. Standing at the intersection between East Cesar E …

This is a repost from the our 3-part blog series that we published on Colab Radio through a collaboration with MIT Community Innovators Lab. Part 1 of the series introduces LA Listens to the Colab Radio audience, urban planners and organizers with an interest to “deepen civic engagement, improve community …

We got invited to contribute to a blog post series on MIT’s Colab Radio, “a city and regional planning publication where people who are doing the daily work of improving communities can share their stories, document their projects, and express their ideas.” This is a super exciting opportunity for us. …