In his dissertation published in 2011, musician and music sociologist Johannes Ismaiel-Wendt explores the extent to which popular music contains, transports, and negotiates (post-)colonial knowledge.
“If the key concepts of postcolonial studies existed on vinyl, there might be The Black Atlantic by Gilroy on the one turntable. I’d have a 12” version of lyrics like “De-Linking” by Mignolo, or even a single like “London Lies in the Tropics” by Uh-Young Kim. The other deck would have an album spinning at the same time from Keziah Jones, Natacha Atlas, Jan Delay, Quio, Chronomad or Pinch. I would sync the beats from both turntables and mix tracks’n’treks with the mixer.” (Cf. blurb)
Johannes Ismaiel-Wendt 2011: tracks’n’treks. Popular Music and Postcolonial Analysis. Münster: Unrast