Ecos Nostálgicos

As a recipient of the 2025-2026 SPCUNY grant for projects surrounding art and social justice, I proposed a soundscape project of archived memories that I would collect from my students, NYC, and beyond—a cultural soundscape, archiving nostalgia through a collection of audio, sayings, music, and testimonies.

This sound project aims to recollect sounds, songs, sayings, testimonies, and audio from childhood, one’s surroundings, place, and spaces of nostalgia, of one’s family, and of one’s culture that have created lasting memories and that have even potentially made you the person you are today. In particular, the focus extends to include sound memories from immigrant families and those students who grew up within diverse cultures. Does a family saying, a lullaby, or even the sound from pots and pans from your mother’s cooking, transport you to a vivid memory of your upbringing and culture? These are the memories I want to collect and archive as a community and collective project that celebrates recovering the past to see how these nostalgic echoes emerge in the present.

Instructions: Download the app here: https://audio-spaces.com/

Hit record, upload to Ecos Nostálgicos: NYC Soundmap Project, or email me about your contribution! :-)