Analyzing Sign Language Music with Dr. Anabel Maler



How do you talk about music that isn’t heard, but felt?⁠

Dr. Anabel Maler

UBC Assistant Professor of Music Theory, Dr. Anabel Maler speaks to Lydia Bangura (PhD student, University of Michigan) about how her work on Deaf music-making and Dip Hop is reshaping how we think about music, sound, and accessibility.⁠

💡 From her 2021 Music Theory Online article to her latest book, Seeing Voices: Analyzing Sign Language Music, Dr. Maler’s scholarship is bold, brilliant, and deeply impactful.⁠

Bangura’s podcast, Her Music Academia explores what it means to be a music researcher and how music can be used to foster community.⁠