The Tijuana Sound Arts Project is a nomadic laboratory for sound arts based on the city of Tijuana, Mexico. This paper evaluates the work done by the lab during the last ten years, focusing in recent activity. It also points out the importance of developing new contextually based models for computer music experimentation and creative application of media, other than the traditional studio. It argues for the need of a democratization of knowledge, critically examining how the persistent inequalities in education pose a challenge to the development of a community of sound artists and the construction of local narratives for the application of technology to music and sound. © July 2009- All copyright remains with the individual authors.