Knowledge Commons | William Mason | Group Activity https://hcommons.org/members/willmasonmusic/activity/groups/ Public group activity feed of which William Mason is a member. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 14:39:58 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 6b9b290a5f87ad05f29a647500f27fae Matthew Kidd started the topic Participate in a survey on generative AI and archival research practices in the forum Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/groups/environmental-humanities/forum/topic/participate-in-a-survey-on-generative-ai-and-archival-research-practices-8/ Fri, 13 Feb 2026 11:18:45 -0500 Dear all,

We would like to invite you to take part in an anonymous online survey exploring how the growing use of generative AI tools (including ChatGPT) is reshaping user practices and expectations in relation to searching, discovering, and interpreting digitised and born-digital archival records.

The survey forms part of a research project…[Read more]

]]> 8f677f5f43a64e6d9c920bbeb430e7e3 José Angel GARCÍA LANDA replied to the topic Evolutionary thought in the forum Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/groups/environmental-humanities/forum/topic/evolutionary-thought/#post-98478 Fri, 30 Jan 2026 23:18:01 -0500 Bibliography on COMPLEXITY: https://bibliojagl.blogspot.com/2026/01/complejidad.html

]]> 395354d416b02d659e93ac5676d3fc73 Gregory F. Tague posted an update in the group Environmental Humanities: Climate stability is a matter of forests. Opinion essay in […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1930737/ Fri, 10 Oct 2025 13:28:34 -0400 Climate stability is a matter of forests. Opinion essay in The Ecologist (UK). https://theecologist.org/2025/oct/10/sovereign-forests

]]> 0 66003655a945bc3f81893a035fa3bed2 Barbara Franchi replied to the topic CFP; The Blue Humanities in the forum Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/groups/environmental-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-the-blue-humanities/#post-94102 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 16:40:14 -0400 This looks fantastic, I have saved and shared it.

]]> 1862c1362e2b97e0067eeec141f347d2 Serpil Oppermann started the topic CFP; The Blue Humanities in the forum Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/groups/environmental-humanities/forum/topic/cfp-the-blue-humanities/ Sun, 28 Sep 2025 15:00:34 -0400 <p class="p1"><b>Call for Papers: 4th International Environmental Humanities Conference — “The Blue Humanities”</b></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We are pleased to announce the </span><b>4th International Environmental Humanities Conference</b><span class="s1">, to be held </span><b>20–23 May 2026</b><span class="s1">at </sp…[Read more]

]]> 5d9bc3988896844c50ad272a694c5766 José Angel GARCÍA LANDA started the topic Economy & Organization in the forum Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/groups/environmental-humanities/forum/topic/economy-organization/ Fri, 26 Sep 2025 08:52:09 -0400 Bibliography on AGRICULTURE: https://bibliojagl.blogspot.com/2025/09/agricultura.html

]]> 23a929a12fceb97d5d6d57330719bedc Gregory F. Tague posted an update in the group Environmental Humanities: I'm pleased to announce the publication of my new book, […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1924444/ Sat, 02 Aug 2025 14:48:25 -0400 I'm pleased to announce the publication of my new book, Forest Sovereignty: Wildlife Sustainability and Ethics (Oxford: Peter Lang). Please ask your library to order a copy. https://sites.google.com/site/gftague/forest-sovereignty/

]]> 0 742a7e0e9a91f265681b674edec24136 Megan Lavengood posted an update in the group Society for Music Theory (SMT): We are working to create a new edition of Open Music Theory […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1918011/ Fri, 09 May 2025 17:34:42 -0400 We are working to create a new edition of Open Music Theory [Version 2]. As a part of this process, we’re gathering feedback from those using the current version about what doesn’t work and if anything is missing.
While we welcome any feedback, we are especially hoping for feedback on:

The flow of the text
Consistency across chapters
Gaps in the…[Read more]

]]> 0 3775ad37e61875e596f47707206149a5 Gregory F. Tague posted an update in the group Environmental Humanities: Darwin and the Art of Botany. Read my review on Leonardo, […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1917606/ Sat, 03 May 2025 16:26:27 -0400 Darwin and the Art of Botany. Read my review on Leonardo, here: https://leonardo.info/review/2025/05/darwin-and-the-art-of-botany-observations-on-the-curious-world-of-plants

]]> 0 80fb5ce0a0c19bae826157dc8a99fabd Vivien Jiaqian Zhu started the topic CFP 2026 MLA Convention in the forum Music https://hcommons.org/groups/music/forum/topic/cfp-2026-mla-convention-16/ Tue, 04 Feb 2025 22:48:37 -0500 Dear All,

 

I’m pleased to share with you the Call for Paper for the Working Group/Seminar session for the upcoming MLA Convention in Toronto. See https://mla.confex.com/mla/2026/webprogrampreliminary/Paper29934.html.

 

Best wishes,

Vivien Jiaqian Zhu

]]> 36dfc5594fb1959173f0f39f2a6edd1a Gregory F. Tague posted an update in the group Environmental Humanities: Humanity's language and nature, an opinion essay. […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1908094/ Mon, 06 Jan 2025 21:28:54 -0500 Humanity's language and nature, an opinion essay. https://www.asebl.net/2025/01/humanitys-language-meditation-on-nature.html

]]> 0 bf08a3813d3ae4da5ec432f8721ef6fd Stephen Lett started the topic SSRIG's 20th Anniversary Panel, Thursday November 7 at 7pm Eastern in the forum Society for Music Theory — Scholars for Social Responsibility https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-scholars-for-social-responsibility/forum/topic/ssrigs-20th-anniversary-panel-thursday-november-7-at-7pm-eastern/ Fri, 25 Oct 2024 15:55:27 -0400 Dear SSRIG,

I'm writing to invite you to our 20th Anniversary Panel on November 7, from 7 pm to 8:30 pm Eastern time

Bringing together some of the original organizers and former chairs of the group, this panel will consist of a series of stories from each panelist about what drew them to create and/or lead this group, followed by an informal…[Read more]

]]> 90eafdabb5a6fe607ae0ea405c74f168 Anne Pasek deposited DIY Methods 2024 in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1901183/ Wed, 09 Oct 2024 03:03:32 -0400 As the past years have proven, the methods for conducting and distributing research that we’ve inherited from our disciplinary traditions can be remarkably brittle in the face of rapidly changing social and mobility norms. The ways we work and the ways we meet are questions newly opened for practical and theoretical inquiry; we both need to s…[Read more]

]]> 0 b2200e9dc6585ba291a1fc8471f2525d Joel Edelman deposited On the Origin of Music; A Convergence of Theories in the group Society for Music Theory (SMT) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899093/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:00:58 -0400 Much of today's research into the nature of musical pleasure can be divided into two distinct areas - the study of the overtone spectra of musical consonance and the study of human physiological responses to musical sounds. The former is largely focused on adult participatory responses and the latter on the detection of biochemical activity.…[Read more]

]]> 0 e66c645b49b99ca26a968b8b3eea4b5d Joel Edelman deposited On the Origin of Music; A Convergence of Theories in the group Music and Sound https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1899092/ Wed, 18 Sep 2024 03:00:53 -0400 Much of today's research into the nature of musical pleasure can be divided into two distinct areas - the study of the overtone spectra of musical consonance and the study of human physiological responses to musical sounds. The former is largely focused on adult participatory responses and the latter on the detection of biochemical activity.…[Read more]

]]> 0 020521ac12371a6906767a68858af5b6 André Francisco Pilon deposited "The Party of the Dead": Join or Die, a Tale that Repeats Itself in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1897478/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 03:00:41 -0400 In this essay the author discusses the condition of man in today's world, overwhelmed by a huge political, economical and cultural machinery, which entangle people in surreptitious and shrewd ways, encompassing different aspects of the individual and collective project of life. Brutally affected by wars, disasters and scourges, mankind have only…[Read more]

]]> 0 fa6a0b84bcdc9f32881d08afdd7fc58c José Angel GARCÍA LANDA replied to the topic Pandemic literature in the forum Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/groups/environmental-humanities/forum/topic/pandemic-literature-2/#post-88819 Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:54:50 -0400 El alarmismo pandémico de la Covid-19: Una bibliografía https://www.academia.edu/62127938/

]]> a2ea78572b9464619d2f2fab2255e04e Joel Edelman deposited On the Origin of Music; A Mathematician's Perspective in the group Society for Music Theory (SMT) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896378/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 03:01:09 -0400 Recent studies of consonance combined with related neurological studies of musical pleasure both point to the prenatal exposure to the human voice as the origin of our affinity for harmonics sounds. The response of a neonate to the maternal voice is compared to the adult response to music, and the physical components of tonal sounds provide an…[Read more]

]]> 0 cccb65ee978b8dc40aa6313c76b0ec3a Joel Edelman deposited On the Origin of Music; A Mathematician's Perspective in the group Music and Sound https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1896377/ Fri, 16 Aug 2024 03:01:03 -0400 Recent studies of consonance combined with related neurological studies of musical pleasure both point to the prenatal exposure to the human voice as the origin of our affinity for harmonics sounds. The response of a neonate to the maternal voice is compared to the adult response to music, and the physical components of tonal sounds provide an…[Read more]

]]> 0 58b05dcd7b07b2e6c796be7cb435656f Timothy Cooper deposited ‘That Awful Night in October’: Sensory Experiences of Britain’s 1987 Hurricane in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1894817/ Sun, 28 Jul 2024 03:01:17 -0400 This article explores sensory experiences of the 1987 ‘Hurricane’ in Britain. Through mass observers’ testimonies, we examine the impact of sensory disruption to domestic ‘sensoria’. We examine in turn disturbing noises; the anxieties circulating around windows; the loss of power to heat and light domestic environments, and, finally, the kinetic p…[Read more]

]]> 0 e1ee71077847229433afaca0fd1b1f23 Francesco Luzzini deposited Going (More) Historical: On Environment, Science, and Discourse in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1891450/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 03:00:07 -0400 In: "Storia e Filosofia della Scienza: una nuova alleanza?", ed. F. Minazzi, Milan, Mimesis, 2024, pp. 175-182.

]]> 0 0a091293b655a6f810b947ec6c3b7fce Francesco Luzzini deposited Going (More) Historical: On Environment, Science, and Discourse in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1891449/ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 03:00:06 -0400 In: "Storia e Filosofia della Scienza: una nuova alleanza?", ed. F. Minazzi, Milan, Mimesis, 2024, pp. 175-182.

]]> 0 df5ac9ab48dfeebd31b826848ee948a2 Gregory F. Tague posted an update in the group Environmental Humanities: Is there a faculty member at a US institution who is willing […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1891134/ Sat, 06 Jul 2024 20:49:05 -0400 Is there a faculty member at a US institution who is willing to host a conference on Environmental Humanities: East-West Perspectives? I'm asking for a friend/colleague of mine in India. I can send a fact sheet if there's any interest. Contact me at ebibliotekos@gmail.com

]]> 0 c3b66849dde3b35c4b74490db101001b Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Sonic atmospheres in Mauritian devotional Islam: Sensing transoceanic connections in a Creole society in the group Music and Sound https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884700/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:31:54 -0400 Movement constitutes transoceanic spaces such as the Indian Ocean world. Sonic practices as atmospheres make such multilayered movements and connections palpable. The recitation of naʻt among Mauritian Muslims is an example of how sound and sonic practices can provide somatic evidence for transoceanic links in the Indian Ocean world. It is argued…[Read more]

]]> 0 fd7198dab9e3df44922471ef354e76a9 Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Atmospheres: The multisensoriality of spatially extended emotions in the group Music and Sound https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884697/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:31:39 -0400 In this essay, I introduce an analytic of atmosphere as a way to bridge the gap between the phenomenology of the felt-body and the anthropology of the senses. This analytic of atmospheres as multisensoriality partially aligns with, but also differs from other anthropological approaches to multisensoriality or the anthropology of the senses.…[Read more]

]]> 0 fd86ffaca9f3dd047290d7b65ff6f028 Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Sound, Voice, and the Felt Body in the group Music and Sound https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884661/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:28:14 -0400 As the meeting ground of language, the body, and subjectivity, voice has become a key con- cept in the humanities and social sciences. Nevertheless, analyses of the voice that do justice to all these three dimensions are rare. This also applies to linguistic anthropological work on the voice, whose main strength is investigating the interplay of…[Read more]

]]> 0 116ff10cd548994627fd53817cbe8df2 Patrick Eisenlohr deposited Sonic religion: The analysis of atmospheric half-things in the group Music and Sound https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1884658/ Wed, 01 May 2024 03:27:54 -0400 The chapter discusses work on sonic religion and the challenges it has encountered in coming to terms with sonic materiality. The study of material religion has so far been predominantly focused on objects, things, and images. The sonic, however, cannot be grasped by approaches suited to the latter phenomena. It is argued that its special kind of…[Read more]

]]> 0 3bfb2f941f3b6dffd31463153e1b783a Claus Tieber deposited Screenwriting sound and music: Towards a new field of study in the group Music and Sound https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1882924/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 03:01:58 -0400 Extensive research in film and media studies on film music and sound has delved into various aspects of their role in cinema, recognizing their significance. However, a crucial element in film production – the screenplay – has often been overlooked in the exploration of sound and music integration. Concurrently, studies on screenwriting have dis…[Read more]

]]> 0 8a7ad654a3bd09d812b92318418de030 Sara Bowden replied to the topic Orgs in Jacksonville and Study Group in the discussion Society for Music Theory — Scholars for Social Responsibility https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-scholars-for-social-responsibility/forum/topic/orgs-in-jacksonville-and-study-group/?view=all#post-82799 Wed, 20 Mar 2024 17:37:51 -0400 I am interested in joining the study group!

]]> 63b9d3f26c0ed9be7199aa01586adc00 Stephen Lett started the topic Orgs in Jacksonville and Study Group in the discussion Society for Music Theory — Scholars for Social Responsibility https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-scholars-for-social-responsibility/forum/topic/orgs-in-jacksonville-and-study-group/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 15:53:38 -0400 Hi everyone,

I hope this finds you well. I'm excited to be working with you all in the coming couple of years as the chair of the Scholars for Social Responsibility IG.

I wanted to let you all know what I'm pursuing in the coming months with the group.

First, in anticipation of our upcoming meeting in Florida, I'm working on getting in touch…[Read more]

]]> 5cf118336571cd90cfdd40f74069e88b Gabriela Méndez Cota deposited The Gift of Gender: Ivan Illich, Feminism, Infrapolitics in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1877411/ Thu, 22 Feb 2024 03:01:35 -0500 With the aim of exploring the relevance of Ivan Illich’s thinking for infrapolitical reflection, this article focuses on his book Gender (1982) and what it suggests about feminism today, at a time of perishing (Williams). Beyond problematizing, as academic feminism did swiftly at the time of the book’s publication, Illich’s seemingly nosta…[Read more]

]]> 0 a311d7f85867a2711d71627c35e30bdb Paulino Capdepon deposited CONMEMORACIONES DEL PRIMER CENTENARIO DE LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN EN MADRID (1927): LA ACTIVIDAD ORQUESTAL in the group Society for Music Theory (SMT) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1875797/ Sun, 11 Feb 2024 03:02:48 -0500 In 1927, Madrid experienced a great musical activity to celebrate the first anniversary of Beethoven's death. This chapter focuses on the activities organized by orchestras, societies, associations, etc., and their reflection in the press of that time. Critics from the main Madrid newspapers such as Adolfo Salazar, Juan José Mantecón, Víctor Es…[Read more]

]]> 0 dc314049bc8d0b62b1b2a731882e91bf Paulino Capdepon deposited CONMEMORACIONES DEL PRIMER CENTENARIO DE LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN EN MADRID (1927): LA ACTIVIDAD ORQUESTAL in the group Music and Sound https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1875795/ Sun, 11 Feb 2024 03:02:41 -0500 In 1927, Madrid experienced a great musical activity to celebrate the first anniversary of Beethoven's death. This chapter focuses on the activities organized by orchestras, societies, associations, etc., and their reflection in the press of that time. Critics from the main Madrid newspapers such as Adolfo Salazar, Juan José Mantecón, Víctor Es…[Read more]

]]> 0 03956243dfb54288038de01175efa1fb Paulino Capdepon deposited EL ESTRENO DE LA NOVENA SINFONÍA EN RE MENOR OPUS 125 DE BEETHOVEN EN ESPAÑA (1882): HISTORIA Y RECEPCIÓN in the group Society for Music Theory (SMT) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1875792/ Sun, 11 Feb 2024 03:01:42 -0500 The premiere in 1882 of the Ninth Symphony by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) at the Teatro Principal in Madrid marked a significant historical and musical milestone for the history of Spanish symphonic music. Until then, the reception of the great German composer in Spain had been limited since the 1840s to individual…[Read more]

]]> 0 4c8203a222ffd963d0abeb97edb6ef81 Paulino Capdepon deposited EL ESTRENO DE LA NOVENA SINFONÍA EN RE MENOR OPUS 125 DE BEETHOVEN EN ESPAÑA (1882): HISTORIA Y RECEPCIÓN in the group Music and Sound https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1875791/ Sun, 11 Feb 2024 03:01:37 -0500 The premiere in 1882 of the Ninth Symphony by the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) at the Teatro Principal in Madrid marked a significant historical and musical milestone for the history of Spanish symphonic music. Until then, the reception of the great German composer in Spain had been limited since the 1840s to individual…[Read more]

]]> 0 863223425274c7334635e53804235221 Gabriela Méndez Cota deposited Anthropocene Infrapolitics Introduction & Table of Contents in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1875181/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 03:00:49 -0500 This is the Guest Editors' Introduction and the Table of Contents (with hyperlinks) of Anthropocene Infrapolitics, vol 23 of Culture Machine.

]]> 0 711d34f4ab51a72fd583ea3ea974b94b Samuel Rosado-Zaidi deposited Metabolismos de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México: Resultados preliminares in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1875016/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 03:00:55 -0500 Resultados preliminares de las propuestas y problemáticas de los metabolismos de la Ciudad de México

]]> 0 5bc6104a6ef47ab609a51c9106b85475 José Angel GARCÍA LANDA replied to the topic Evolutionary thought in the discussion Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/groups/environmental-humanities/forum/topic/evolutionary-thought/#post-80613 Sat, 03 Feb 2024 18:58:05 -0500 Illuminations from 'This Thing of Darkness': https://vanityfea.blogspot.com/2014/02/illuminations-from-this-thing-of.html

]]> 341b62820a98736586ca1efcd3e25463 Sara Bowden started the topic SSRIG Chair Election - Jan 15 to Feb 1 in the discussion Society for Music Theory — Scholars for Social Responsibility https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-scholars-for-social-responsibility/forum/topic/ssrig-chair-election-jan-15-to-feb-1/ Fri, 12 Jan 2024 23:36:27 -0500 Hello all,

If you're receiving this notification through Humanities Commons, you are eligible to vote in our SSRIG Chair election. Candidate statements are included in the voting platform. You will receive a link to vote through OpaVote in the inbox of the email you used to subscribe to the old SSRIG listserv. If you encounter any problems or do…[Read more]

]]> 76385c2c442c7396fd280b7276d357bd John Peterson posted an update in the group Society for Music Theory (SMT): REMINDER that we are conducting research into the […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1868600/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 14:38:10 -0500 REMINDER that we are conducting research into the demographic statistics of scholars who author articles published in varied music theory periodicals, and we need your help before January 1!

Please consider completing an online survey that will take approximately 5–20 minutes depending on the number of articles that you authored in the selected j…[Read more]

]]> 0 2f755bde759c1f64951b8a28d82c9106 Samuel Rosado-Zaidi deposited Las escalas de la lucha en defensa del territorio in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1867516/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 03:00:11 -0500 Las luchas por el territorio ocurren en localidades específicas, con expresiones únicas. Sin embargo, nunca es sólo una mina, un relleno sanitario, un gasoducto, un tren, una refiniería; detrás de estos proyectos existen diversas escalas en las que el mercado mundial conecta la maquinaria, gran industria, comercio y las regiones de sacr…[Read more]

]]> 0 45059f5b21703c21b47449ec0be7b498 Gabriela Méndez Cota deposited Infrapolitical Epimetheia: A Wondrous Machine in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1866568/ Sat, 02 Dec 2023 03:00:40 -0500 This essay derives from a conference paper in Spanish titled Figuras de Epimeteo, which revisited interpretations of the Greek myth of Epimetheus, the forgetful brother of Prometheus and the forgotten husband of Pandora. Ivan Illich (1922-2002) and Bernard Stiegler (1952-2020) borrowed the figure of Epimetheus in the process of elaborating an…[Read more]

]]> 0 094897b8739a596540d68b2d8084e106 Cagdas Dedeoglu deposited Posthuman citizenship in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1866339/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 03:01:26 -0500 Citizenship and the posthuman have not been often theorized together. In this paper, I want to think about their coalition both as a new episode in the efforts of politics for citizenship, including knowledge politics, and as a source of rebalancing power against governmental and corporate interests in citizenship politics. Here, I seek to address…[Read more]

]]> 0 0128405a492ec5e747c7cf14b33f6b1f Sara Bowden started the topic Call for New Co-Chairs for the SSRIG in the discussion Society for Music Theory — Scholars for Social Responsibility https://hcommons.org/groups/society-for-music-theory-scholars-for-social-responsibility/forum/topic/call-for-new-co-chairs-for-the-ssrig/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:36:00 -0500 Hi all,

I hope you are well. Following our Denver 2023 hybrid meeting, the SSRIG is in need of a new chair or co-chairs. Here is a short breakdown of the time commitment to serve as the SSRIG chair:

The elected (co-)chair(s) will decide for themselves when, how often, and how long to meet based on their own schedules and ambitions. Past…[Read more]

]]> 8b9793eb28489e008d562c6dfae8eb49 James Louis Smith deposited “Too Much Loose Sand:” Narrating Coastal Erosion in Southeast Ireland in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1865779/ Fri, 24 Nov 2023 03:00:19 -0500 Comprised of soft glacial cliffs and sandy beaches, the southeastern coastline of Ireland is dominated by unconsolidated Quaternary-aged sediments with fewer rock exposures than Ireland’s other coasts. Facing Britain across a rough sea, County Wexford has been prone to incursions from both political and environmental forces throughout history. T…[Read more]

]]> 0 ce9e4750914ee9fd6c7a07e43cd7f012 Jonathan Basile deposited The Epic of Genesis: Catherine Malabou and the gêne of Epigenetics in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1863582/ Sat, 04 Nov 2023 03:00:38 -0400 This article examines the conflicting representations of plasticity and epigenetics in the work of philosopher Catherine Malabou and evolutionary theorists Mary Jane West-Eberhard and Eva Jablonka. Malabou effaces the unsettled debates within the life sciences in order to speak of a new biological ‘paradigm’ and to attribute values of novelty or…[Read more]

]]> 0 7c8c657a39d703b753c1ae2849503746 Eric Dienstfrey deposited "Introduction" from Making Stereo Fit: The History of a Disquieting Film Technology in the group Music and Sound https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1863577/ Sat, 04 Nov 2023 03:00:13 -0400 Surround sound is often mistaken as a relatively new phenomenon in cinemas, one that emerged in the 1970s with the arrival of Dolby. Making Stereo Fit reveals that, in fact, filmmakers have been creating stereo and surround-sound effects for nearly a century, since the advent of talking pictures, and argues that their endurance owes primarily to…[Read more]

]]> 0 adef483d7209330df3e73c2840b197e4 Gregory F. Tague posted an update in the group Environmental Humanities: Nick Zangwill and Peter Godfrey-Smith recently (past year or […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1863549/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 20:14:49 -0400 Nick Zangwill and Peter Godfrey-Smith recently (past year or so) have openly lobbied on behalf of animal agriculture. Here's an open letter/short article that seems to get to the heart of the matter defending animals and the environment, if anyone is interested. https://www.asebl.net/2023/07/an-open-letter-to-peter-godfrey-smith.html

]]> 0 435098f1c66a3de9690841d5d970c60f Jim Clifford deposited British ghost acres and environmental changes in the Laurentian forest during the nineteenth century in the group Environmental Humanities https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1863281/ Wed, 01 Nov 2023 03:00:46 -0400 This article explores the consequences of the environmental transformations of the Laurentian Valley on the timber trade uniting the Province of Canada and the industrialization of Great Britain during the nineteenth century. The notion of ghost acres used to describe the ecological footprint of resource consumption from abroad is extended to…[Read more]

]]> 0 cc7a9f6253524bc046f07e3657c49379 John Peterson posted an update in the group Society for Music Theory (SMT): We are conducting research into the demographic statistics […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1863236/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 18:21:11 -0400 We are conducting research into the demographic statistics of scholars who author articles published in varied music theory periodicals, which will be reported to the music academic community to help the field better understand its publication representation.

If you published one or more articles in one or more of the following journals between…[Read more]

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