Routines of re-encounter: Sound Practice in the Art of the Social

In this article we explore how two artistic practices related to sound and sound making worked as a routine of re-encounter across a yearlong qualitative research project exploring how Black and Indigenous creative collective evolve to sustain themselves over time. We situate our artistic practices—writing ritual performance scripts and composing audio tune-ins—in the art of the social: the presence and relations among ourselves, research collaborators, and those we bring with us in body and spirit. We share the processes of this artful inquiry and how they inspire imaginative possibilities with sound, sound design, performance, and ritual.