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The annual meeting of sociologists offers both intellectual inspiration and anxiety as both new and established scholars try to connect with others in a sea of over 6,000 colleagues. I felt in the thick of it this year as a presenter, job seeker and attendee. My concerns about the grim job market were calmed by…
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University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK July 13-17, 2009 The meeting of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music in Liverpool was full of excellent papers from scholars around the globe. Sociologists, anthropologists, musicologists, ethnomusicologists, geographers, urbanists, and others presented work on the practice, expressive meanings and significance of popular music in a wide…
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Pyramid Atlantic Sliver Spring, MD Grapefruit Experiment’s first US performance for Queering Sound, a music and arts festival for DC Pride Week. Collaboration with Martin Terrazas. Photos by Hong Nguyen.
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University of North Carolina, Greensboro May 27-30, 2009 At my first conference as a “composer” and performer, rather than a sociologist, my trio the Pinko Communoids was featured on the third evening concert along with Monique Buzzarte and Tomie Hahn & Melaine Klein. Monique’s set offered a moving mix of conch shell, trombone and electronics.…
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Southwest Harbor, ME May 14-15, 2009 The Pinkos trekked up to Southwest Harbor Maine to record for EcoSono, a DVD project by composer Matthew Burtner that features improvised electro-acoustic performances in natural surroundings. We discovered that swearing fisherman, hemi trucks, and busloads of children are indeed part of the natural surroundings of this small coastal…
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As a follow up to last year’s Audio January, I worked with fellow local artists to curate a month of sound at the Bridge. See Hz Collective for media from the event.
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This year I presented a paper called “Local Musicians in the Age of Digital Reproduction,” which investigated how local musicians employ social networking technologies and what they think about the significance of these technologies. I was spotted by CITASA who kindly invited me to submit to a special issue of Information Communication and Society. This…
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I hesitated when first asked to teach the workshop on diversity in the classroom. Diversity can often be a code for tokenism, or treated as a resource to be exploited by those in the majority. Aiming to avoid these approaches, I decided to focus on individualized learning, I lead new and seasoned teaching assistants through…
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June 14-30, 2008 Following up preliminary fieldwork in Taiwan, this summer I delved deeper into the indie music scenes of Taipei City and Taizhong, Taiwan. I couldn’t help but notice the significant number of Waigoren (English speaking foreigners) on the scene. Digging a bit deeper I found that Waigoren, first American GIs of the Cold…
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I had the opportunity to work with colleagues at Virginia Commonwealth University and other area colleges as a member of the local arrangements committee. Lead by Sarah Jane Brubaker and Denise Bissler, we organized all local aspects of the conference, including the venue, accommodations, and literature about amenities, history and culture in the city of…
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