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Author Archives: Jonathan Sterne
Attack on Academic Freedom
It’s a big topic in among US academics, with Horowitz’s “Discover the Network,” the attacks on Ward Churchill, and some smaller skirmishes as well. And yet I’ve been saying all along that humanities intellectuals are not on the cutting edge of the attack but rather a secondary front. Today’s Globe and Mail has an article …
“Cud-Chewing Misogyny”
is the phrase I’ve heard applied to Frank Rich. Having just returned home from Sin City I’d have to say that it’s fitting. Definitely one of the most creatively misogynist movies I have ever seen.
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Tomorrow is P-Day
The permanent residency packet is assembled and goes out registered mail tomorrow. I even made sure I had my accents right on “Montreal” and “Quebec” (don’t know how to do them in .html yet). Our awesome friend Greg arrives tomorrow.
Gertrude Robinson
Today, I met Gertrude Robinson, one of the founders of Canadian Communication Studies. A founding mother, really. She was also one of the first tenured women at McGill. Robinson got her PhD from the Institute of Communications Research at the University of Illinois and wound up here, in the sociology department. She gave a talk …
Dash for the Finish Line
On Tuesday, the 12th of April I head out of town for a week of work in the midwest — presentations at the U of Chicago and Chicago Art Institute (hey Chicago friends, yes I’ve been lazy and need to email you!) and then back to Pittsburgh for a set of Friday-Monday defenses. Until then, …