Hypermediations
We engaged with Fred Moten’s and Stefano Harney’s The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study this week in CMRC seminar. Our conversation explored questions of fellowship and listening building off of Moten’s sermon from January 2020. Below are a few reflections we had from our conversation on these texts. Moten’s call for a politics of […]
This week we read Stewart Hoover’s latest article for IJOC on Trump’s Lafayette Square Bible photo-op. Our conversation explored the false binary between religion and politics and the importance of mediatization to contemporary politics. Hoover claims the event “was an act of mediation, a visual articulation of an argument,” while advocating that media studies needs […]
This week we participated in the international #ScholarStrike against racism. Those who participated watched remote teach-in videos, brought anti-racist conversations into their classrooms, had reflective conversations, and so much more. You can find anti-racist resources from the #ScholarStrike on YouTube, the strike’s website, and on Twitter. In this issue of the digest, CMRC fellows reflect […]
Welcome to the Seminar Digest for CMRC. Following the Center’s meetings each week during the academic year, research fellows will share reactions, reflections, and connections related to the discussion. This issue of the Seminar Digest reflects on recent events ranging from Falwell’s resignation to the party conventions. The names connected to each entry are those […]
Kamala Harris, coming out, napping, and a special issue invitation