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Visualizing Compression in the MP3 format
I’m just starting the work and fun of reading/writing/thinking/rereading/rethinking/rewriting my way through Jonathan Sterne‘s wonderful new book, MP3: The Meaning of a Format (introduction here). For those unfamiliar with his work, here’s a representative quote from the beginning: Because it uses both … Continue reading
Summer fun (Bruno Nettl visit)
One of the great joys of summer teaching is having guest speakers. Last week we welcomed my colleague, the eminent ethnomusicologist Bruno Nettl. We discussed the chapter “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? Teaching and Learning” from his wonderful The … Continue reading
Ubiquitous Music Learning in a Postperformance World [NSSE Yearbook chapter]
I have a chapter in the just released book, The place of music in the 21st Century: A global perspective. The one hundred-eleventh NSSE yearbook. My chapter, “Ubiquitous Music Learning in a Postperoformance World” looks how peopled changed and were changed … Continue reading
Play an instrument? Sing? Play these games!
Tomorrow (June 12, 2012) I’ll be presenting at the Games, Learning, Society 8.0 conference, along with Nick Jaworski and Ben Smith. We will be presenting in the Beefeaters hall at 3:30 p.m. The topic of our presentation is a suite … Continue reading
New secondary general music education book
Engaging Musical Practices, edited by Suzanne L. Burton, has a wealth of great ideas for secondary general music. I particularly appreciate the blend of practical ideas, research, and theoretical issues brought out by the authors. I wrote an endorsement for … Continue reading
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The Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities
It is an honor and a pleasure to share the news that I will be a Faculty Fellow of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities (IPRH) for the 2012-2013 school year, joining six faculty members and a group … Continue reading
The Politics of Journal Publishing (music education edition)
I’ve been sharing with friends and colleagues a wonderful article from cultural studies by Ted Striphas, “Acknowledged Goods: Cultural Studies and the Politics of Academic Journal Publishing.” I’ve gotten enough feedback, including a great discussion in our doctoral seminar at … Continue reading
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Tagged digital rights, music education research journals, oligopoly, Open access, Ted Striphas
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Media and Music Education (NAfME Philosophy SRIG)
A presentation I gave at the NAfME Philosophy SRIG ended up as a column for General Music Today, which you can see here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1048371314522646
Piece on Creative Rights [in Music Education Research]
Music Education Research has just published an article of mine on creative rights, “From compliance to creative rights in music education: rethinking intellectual property in the age of new media.” [Free open access post-print version available, or view on the MER site … Continue reading
Speaking at the Center for the Study of Education and the Musical Experience
I recently visited Northwestern University, where I shared a paper with the famed doctoral seminar at CSEME. The paper, “Ubiquitous music learning in a postperformance word” is my contribution to The place of music in the 21st century: The one hundred-eleventh … Continue reading
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