Mercy sown, mercy reaped: Travelling over and under prison wires to build solidarity through collaborative songwriting

Book chapter

Mary Cohen, Naomi Davis, Michael Blackwell and Anthony Rhodd

Sound and Detention, pp.93-112

Bloomsbury Academic

2026

DOI: 10.5040/9798765114018.ch-007

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Penology

Carceral soundscapes

Ethnomusicology

Human Rights, Violence and Justice

Music & Sound Studies

politics of listening

prison soundscapes

sensory criminology

sonic creativity

sonic epistemologies

sound and justice

sound and power

Sound Studies

sound, music and social change

Title: Subtitle: Mercy sown, mercy reaped: Travelling over and under prison wires to build solidarity through collaborative songwriting
Creators: Mary Cohen
Naomi Davis
Michael Blackwell
Anthony Rhodd
Contributors: Lucy Frödén (Editor)
Kate Herrity (Editor)
Áine Mangaoang (Editor)
Resource Type: Book chapter
Publication Details: Sound and Detention, pp.93-112
DOI: 10.5040/9798765114018.ch-007
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic; New York
Language: English
Date published: 2026
Academic Unit: School of Music; Teaching and Learning
Record Identifier: 9985157525302771

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