A few threads to collect from our class in this follow-up post, in
addition to the lecture slides now posted on BB. We began by considering
audiobooks in relation to a recording of a Martin Luther King sermon as
an aural text, and one related in turn to a controversy over inscription
and erasure on the MLK memorial in Washington, DC. If you're interested
in the example, it's worth checking out what the National Park Service's official website for the memorial
says -- and doesn't say -- about the controversial inscription "I was a
drum major for justice, peace and righteousness." For more on King's
sermon "The Drum Major Instinct," including a downloadable mp3
recording and historical background, see Stanford's King Institute's
page for the sermon: mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/documentsentry/doc_the_drum_major_instinct/. The section we listened to in class begins around 37 minutes into the recording.
We spent a bit of time on the topic of writing, and looked briefly at some research writing tips that I've also covered in my Research Methods class. You can view the slides for that class here: galeyinf1240.blogspot.ca/2016/02/week-4-follow-up.html.
I've also updated the reading lists with a few items that I've referenced in recent lectures. Nelson Goodman's chapter from Languages of Art which gives us the terms autographic versus allographic to describe different kinds of art forms is now included among the recommended readings for week 10. I've also added two items to the recommended readings for our class on sound and image in week 9. One is Matthew Kirschenbaum's article "Towards a Grammatology of the Hard Drive" (which is also a chapter in his book Mechanisms), and another is a collection of articles edited by Matthew Rubery called Audiobooks, Literature, and Sound Studies.
I should have our final blogging question of the year posted shortly. Stay tuned!
We spent a bit of time on the topic of writing, and looked briefly at some research writing tips that I've also covered in my Research Methods class. You can view the slides for that class here: galeyinf1240.blogspot.ca/2016/02/week-4-follow-up.html.
I've also updated the reading lists with a few items that I've referenced in recent lectures. Nelson Goodman's chapter from Languages of Art which gives us the terms autographic versus allographic to describe different kinds of art forms is now included among the recommended readings for week 10. I've also added two items to the recommended readings for our class on sound and image in week 9. One is Matthew Kirschenbaum's article "Towards a Grammatology of the Hard Drive" (which is also a chapter in his book Mechanisms), and another is a collection of articles edited by Matthew Rubery called Audiobooks, Literature, and Sound Studies.
I should have our final blogging question of the year posted shortly. Stay tuned!
