Sound violence in bus trips

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1809-58442023127pt

Keywords:

Music, Public transport, Violence, Public space, Youth

Abstract

The article focuses on the recurring and conflicting case of musical performance on public transport, analyzing the forced musical experience as an act of violence entangled with several other forms of violence. It discusses how fear conditions the listening of musical experience in urban environments, shaped by shared values, ideas, and prejudices about music that is spread in public transport. The imposition of a certain musical repertoire on other passengers is configured as a political action that claims to be heard by individuals who suffer different types of oppression. However, at the same time, it contributes to the sedimentation of stigmatization reinforced by forced listening. Informed by interviews in Rio de Janeiro, the text seeks to deepen the debate on the uses of music in public spaces, incorporating the complexities and contradictions that permeate sound and musical control in public transport in Latin American metropolises.

Author Biography

  • Felipe da Costa Trotta, Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói - RJ, Brazil, Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói - RJ, Brasil, Universidade Federal Fluminense. Niterói - RJ, Brasil

    He is a musicologist, professor at the Department of Media Studies of Universidade Federal Fluminense and coordinator Programa de Pós-Graduação em Comunicação. He has a PhD in Communication and Culture from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2006) and a master’s in Music (UNIRIO, 2001). He is president (2020-2022) of Section Latinoamericana da International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPMAL). He is the author of the books: O samba e suas fronteiras (Ed.UFRJ, 2011), No Ceará não tem disso não (Folio Digital, 2014) and Annoying Music in Everyday Life (Bloomsbury, 2020).

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Published

2023-12-11

Issue

Vol. 46 (2023)

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2023 Felipe da Costa Trotta

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How to Cite

Sound violence in bus trips. Intercom - Brazilian Journal of Communication Sciences, São Paulo, v. 46, p. e2023127, 2023. DOI: 10.1590/1809-58442023127pt. Disponível em: https://revistas.intercom.org.br/index.php/revistaintercom/article/view/4482. Acesso em: 21 jul. 2026.