Researchers uncover unconscious biases in the music of Carmen Sandiego
LAWRENCE — According to contributing authors in a new book on music for animation, some versions of the popular educational franchise Carmen Sandiego serve to “corroborate the power structures connoted in exoticist and imperialist narratives.”
University of Kansas School of Music doctoral candidate T.J. Laws-Nicola and their co-author, Brent Ferguson, who holds a doctorate in music theory from KU, wrote the chapter “Who on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? Two Case Studies in Aural Identity” in the new book “The Intersection of Animation, Video Games, and Music: Making Movement Sing” (Routledge), edited by Lisa Scoggin and Dana Plank.