Thesis progress presentation, CMS Orientation, 26 August 2008
Fifteen minutes of me riffing on the main topics of my master’s thesis from the CMS orientation event. Two semesters to go, my dogs!
As always, you can grip the slides for more digital digging. (Hint: use the arrows to move forward and backward through them or press “a” […]
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Thesis progress presentation video
August 27th, 2008 academia, cms, hiphop, mit, presentation, scholarship, thesis, todomundo | No Comments »Dancefloor studies, feminism, and booty bass.
May 2nd, 2008 academia, bitchassdarius, cms, dance, dj, feminism, gender, hiphop, race, sexuality, writing | 4 Comments »
DJ Nephets in Paris, 18 May 2007
My prof, Henry Jenkins, just posted the most recent draft of an essay I am writing about the liberating potential of booty bass lyrics to his blog. Here’s a preview:
By reading the lyrics literally, I was ignoring their role inside the logic of dance music. If the dancefloor is […]
Leading my first class as a TA
March 4th, 2008 academia, djdrama, hiphop, lilwayne, mixtapes, noise, orality, pop, research, souljaboy, todomundo, triciarose, video | No Comments »Today, I lead a discussion in a CMS undergrad class that might interest some readers of this blog. The outline is roughly similar to my emerging thesis work so your feedback is extremely valuable.
The slides were made with HTML Slidy, an awesome web-based powerpoint alternative. You can check them here:
http://kevindriscoll.info/docs/presentations/hiphopapproach/
The Hip Hop Approach: Technology, […]
