Guest: Dr. Bernard Geoghegan, Senior Lecturer in the History and Theory of Digital Media at King's College (London, UK). Also on Monoskop.
Reading: "Poeticizing Cybernetics:
Jakobson’s Informatic Infrastructure for Structural Linguistics," an excerpt from Dr. Geoghegan's upcoming book, Code: From Information theory to French Theory (Duke University Press, expected 2022).
Guest sessions are moderated. Our respondent this week will be Dr. Ted Gordon (Baruch College, Dept. of Fine and Performing Arts, Assistant Professor of Music).
We'll briefly introduce the visitor, begin with introductory remarks on the reading, then discuss participants' questions as well as topics of interest to the visitor as appropriate.
please note that the reading for this meeting is protected - reach out to ezrateboul@gmail.com for the password.
The proposed Sound and Technology working group is concerned with the a focus on scholarship coming from history of technology and science towards a history of sonic technocultures. This group welcomes scholars interested in sound and sound technology from all time periods, though the group’s reading and writing will focus on cases, debates, and actors that engage the conditions of sound’s technological reproducibility since the late 19th century. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the topic, relevant studies have been fragmented across a variety of fields within the humanities, arts, social sciences, engineering, acoustics, and the sciences. This working group will work across these disciplines to collectively interpret sources and commentary that share an interest in sound.
Group Conveners:
Eamonn Bell
Brian Miller
Magnus Schaefer
Past Meetings
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Guest: Dr. Alexandra Hui (Mississippi State University, Department of History)
Reading: Making Muzak Natural: The sounds of life, death, and the lyrebird in the built
environment, 1930–1970
Guest sessions are moderated.
We'll briefly introduce the visitor, begin with opening remarks on the reading, then discuss participants' questions as well as topics of interest to the visitor as appropriate.
All are welcome!
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No Meeting.
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*Note Special Time*
Guest Visit: Dr. Viktoria Tkaczyk (Humboldt University)
Readings:
"How to turn interior monologues inside out: epistemologies, methods, and research tools in the long twentieth century" (sound studies, 2020)
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"Disciplining Auditory Cognition" - Introduction to Thinking with Sound: A New Program in the Sciences and Humanities around 1900 (Dr. Tkaczyk's current book project)
Guest sessions are moderated.
We'll briefly introduce the visitor, begin with introductory remarks on the reading, then discuss participants' questions as well as topics of interest to the visitor as appropriate.
All are welcome!
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Guest: Dr. David Suisman (History, University of Delaware)
Reading:
G.I.s’ (Real) Soundtrack: A New History of Music in the U.S. War in Vietnam
Although all questions are welcome, please refer to David's opening comments regarding what he's hoping to get feedback on specifically. Don't hesitate to reach out to the conveners ahead of time if you have any questions!
We'll introduce Dr. Suisman briefly and let them introduce the text and context before moving on to discussion.
Looking forward to having you!
content note: some of the materials in this draft contain graphic descriptions of wartime violence and behavior.
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Guest Visit: Dr. Deirdre Loughridge (Northeastern University, Personal Website)
Reading: Loughridge, “Automaton Encounters: Vaucanson’s Flute-Player, Graffigny’s Letters & The Pleasure before Anxiety” (work-in-progress)
Guest sessions are moderated.
We'll briefly introduce the visitor, begin with introductory remarks on the reading, then discuss participants' questions as well as topics of interest to the visitor as appropriate. If you have trouble viewing the readings after you have downloaded them, please email the convenors.
All are welcome!
Group Conveners
Lawrence Kessler
Manager of Academic Programs, Consortium for History of Science, Technology & Medicine