throughout the semester, we have engaged with diverse social topics through music. by engaging with the realm of sound and the different communities that demographically make up the united states of america, we have also deeply engaged in the long twentieth century's historical events that still shape us. for your last journal please provide no more than 500 words reflecting on this question: is it necessary for music and sound studies to engage in the political and social discourses that shape it this field? please support your answer (yes or no) through either el zein's or perea's articles as well as your personal opinion