July 19, 2009 at 8:04 am · Filed under Sociology/Anthropology
Former President Jimmy Carter has published a strong statement in the Guardian about the unacceptability of the religious oppression of women in any religious tradition: The words of God do not justify cruelty to women
This article mentions his work with the Elders, which is explained in an editorial note: “The Elders are an independent group of eminent global leaders, brought together by Nelson Mandela, who offer their influence and experience to support peace building, help address major causes of human suffering and promote the shared interests of humanity.” The Elders website is here; an article about them is here.
July 7, 2009 at 8:13 am · Filed under Music
The following announcement is being circulated. Note the August 1 deadline.
*Call for Submissions: Pop Culture Tools in the Music Classroom*
Authors are invited to submit potential contributions to an essay
collection on using popular culture in undergraduate- and graduate-level
music courses. The essays should focus on teaching and learning tools
derived from popular culture, and may also include generalized
considerations of popular-culture texts. The collection is intended to
serve as a framework for course design or as a supplementary text in
either pedagogy or music classes. Approaches concerning methods of using
popular culture to address either art or vernacular musics, from the
disciplines of musicology, ethnomusicology, music theory and analysis,
and performance studies are welcome. Topics may include, but are not
limited to:
· electronic media such as mp3s and other digital audio; Ipod culture;
streamed radio
· multimedia sources, including YouTube, music videos, television shows,
movies, soundtracks
· videogames such as Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Dance Dance Revolution, and
others
· online environments such as Second Life
· covers, versioning, parodies, mashups
**Essays should be 6,000-10,000 words in length and conform to /Chicago
Manual of Style/ guidelines. Authors will be responsible for acquiring
any necessary permissions for copyrighted materials included in their
works. Text should be submitted as Word files (.doc or .rtf format),
with musical examples in .tif, .pdf, .jpg, .gif, or .bmp format (.tifs
are preferred).
The collection will be published by Scarecrow Press in 2010. Materials
should be submitted electronically to Nicole Biamonte at
<nbiamonte@gmail.com> by *August 1, 2009*. Please include:
1) a cover letter or message, including the author’s name and essay title
2) an abstract of approximately 200 words
3) the proposed contribution, with author’s name and other identifying
information omitted
4) a brief biography (50 to 100 words)
5) a current cv
–
Renee Camus
Scarecrow Press
www.scarecrowpress.com
Centuries Historical Dance
www.centuriesdance.org
July 6, 2009 at 11:58 am · Filed under Sociology/Anthropology
danah boyd has a new article, “The Not-So-Hidden Politics of Class Online,” on the subcultural divide between MySpace and Facebook. If you’re skeptical of such a divide, ask yourself which site is seen by some as the “ghetto” of social software. Then read the article to see whether you guessed correctly.
I’m also interested in the most obvious difference between the two sites…real names/identities in Facebook vs. “handles” in MySpace. Maybe boyd will explore the meaning of this as well.
What do you think?
Further reading: boyd’s dissertation, available for free here.
(Thanks, Jessamyn!)
