Our Core Values
Cooperative Design.
The goal of this research is to position participants as co-analysts and co-designers. Together, we’ll create new iterations of Song Club sessions and experiment with what we think works well, refining as we go. You will help choose episodes of our times together that you think were most impactful or meaningful. Your experiences are the center of this work.
Empathetic Exploration.
We are committed to listening to songs brought by others with respect, curiosity, and humility. We listen to each other and are willing to engage in argumentation, investigation, wondering, and wandering through thoughts and ideas. Each participant is treated with the same respect, dignity, patience, and care as the next.
Expansive Listening.
This research asks us to push our understanding of listening. We will only learn more about what it’s like to listen together if we do it…together. We’re a sonic team and we take everyone seriously, but don’t take anything too seriously.