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Julian Henriques

is a professor of the Scriptwriting and Cultural Studies programmes at Goldsmiths, University of London, director of the Topology Research Unit, and a co-founder of the Sound System Outernational practice research group in the Department of Media and Communications. Prior to this, Henriques ran the film and television department at CARIMAC at the University of the West Indies, Kingston. His credits as a writer and director include the reggae musical feature film Babymother (Channel Four Films, 1998) and We the Ragamuffin (1992). Julian researches street cultures, music, and technologies and is interested in the uses of sound as a critical and creative tool. His sound sculptures include Knots & Donuts (2011) at Tate Modern and his books include Changing the Subject: Psychology, Social Regulation and Subjectivity (London: Routledge, 1998), Sonic Bodies (London: Bloomsbury, 2011) and Sonic Media (Durham: Duke University Press, 2018).
Other texts by Julian Henriques for DIAPHANES
  • art
  • cosmopolitics
  • politics
  • globalization
  • art theory