Some questions for future research on Jankelevitch, Levinas, & femininity/gender
I’m tidying up a paper on Jankelevitch, Abbate, musical ineffability, and implicit understanding. In the course of reading Jankelevitch, I came up with a ton of questions about his relationship to Levinas…questions which are waaaay beyond the scope…
Music For Drones: Introduction
[xposted at christian.ryan’s stardotstudio] Drones are trendy. These days, seems like everybody has some use for and/or opinion about them. They’re the subject of a lot of art and literature, too. What if, instead of making art about drones, we…
The Rain In Spain Falls Mainly On The Plain: On Sound & The Virgin/Whore Dichotomy
Here’s an excerpt from a rough draft of a paper I’m working up for the American Philosophies Forum at Emory in April. The theme of the meeting is “The Ineffable,” so I’m writing on Vladimir Jankelevitch‘s and Carolyn Abbate‘s work…
Neoliberal Madness
There’s an idiomatic expression, at least in American English, that goes: “Insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting different results.” I’ve noticed this idiom pop up in a few Top 40 pop songs. First, there’s Olly Murs’s “Troublemaker,”…
updated copy of my cv
In case you were wondering, here is a copy of my most recently updated CV. Thanks to christian.ryan for designing the template.
I’m Teaching Philosophy of Music This Summer
Syllabus coming soon. My summer 2013 course in Philosophy of Music is open to both undergrads and grad students from UNCC & elsewhere. Registration opens in a month!Students from outside UNCC: if you can locate yourself in Charlotte for 5 weeks…
Re-Viewing Neoliberalism–Full text of my CAA 2013 paper
I’m presenting a talk next Wednesday afternoon at the College Art Association meeting in NYC. The title is “Re-Viewing Neoliberalism.” I’ll be talking through the paper (because this is a talk), which you can find in full-on prose form here. I…
Check out my tumblr (reminder)
Just a note to remind everyone that I’ve started posting shorter-form, less formalized thoughts, ideas, links, quotes, etc., over at my new tumblr, itsherfactoryitsherduty.tumblr.com.Here is a link to a post collecting some of my thoughts on a few things music…
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