The aim of the research is to trace mechanisms of social interaction and aesthetic creation in football supporters’ subculture via an examination of the sound practices shared by the nationally known group Brescia 1911. Relations between sound production and space construction are investigated especially in the light of dynamics of social control adopted in football grounds in the last years.

My research contributes to a better understanding of sound’s function in group identity formation and collective consumption as well as how sound performance and social repertoire evolve in relation to public security measures and space control.

As both an invited speaker and an attendee, from 2007 to the present, I have presented this research in multiple formats at a variety of academic and artistic venues such as: Mondiali Antirazzisti, Bologna 2008; Sounding Out, University of Sunderland 2008; The Buffer Zone, American Academy in Rome 2009; School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Sociology and Philosophy Department, University of Exeter 2009; The Same Moment, Raum, Bologna 2009.

Over the years I have developed a strong professional network. Members helped me to clarify my research focus and expressed sincere interest in my research. Among others, this list includes Tia DeNora, whose Sociology of Music course at University of Exeter I visited in Autumn 2009 and Jonathan Sterne, whose Sound Studies course at McGill University I visited in Autumn 2008.

My highest regard and greatest respect go to the football supporters group Brescia 1911 without whom this project wouldn’t exist. Ultras Liberi!

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