Hi everyone, As we agreed, we’ll go with excerpts from Holly Watkins’s book, Musical Vitalities (Chicago, 2018). We’ll be reading the introduction and Chapter 6, “On Not Letting Sounds Be Themselves”, which you can download from here. Here’s the blurb … Continue reading
A few things got in my way in terms of timeliness (lol dissertation) but if you’re still with us we’ve picked a new reading! Bowker, Geoffrey C., and Susan Leigh Star. Sorting things out: Classification and its consequences. MIT press, 2000. … Continue reading
I’m excited to be able to kick things off with my reaction to excerpts from Ruha Benjamin’s new book mentioned in the first Readings post. I’d encourage group members to write as little or as much as they feel willing … Continue reading
Hi everyone, thanks so much for all your reading suggestions and feedback on the Getting Started post. Based on your feedback, we propose a cluster of readings that relate to race and technoscience, centered on a new book by Ruha … Continue reading