I am mostly in Montreal teaching COMS 411: Disability, Technology, and Communication. There will be trips to Penn State, the University of Chicago, Northwestern (Great Lakes Association for Sound Studies), Atlanta (American Studies), Oslo. I am submitting a SSHRC Insight Grant application on artificial intelligence and culture. Winter term, I will be returning full time… Continue reading Fall 2018
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Summer 2018
Mostly in Montreal with a 2 week tour of Europe in June and some vacation. I’m working on a paper on AI and mastering (co-authored with Elena Razlogova), a SSHRC grant application, and an essay on my voice, among other things. I will return to Tuning Time: Histories of Sound and Speed (co-authored with Mara… Continue reading Summer 2018
Fall 2017
I am in residence as a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, in the Epistemes of Modern Acoustics Group. With Mara Mills, I will be completing a co-written book manuscript tentatively titled The Speed of Sound: Sequences from the History of Time-Stretching and Pitch Shifting (or is it Tuning… Continue reading Fall 2017
Summer 2017
I am in Montreal mostly, transitioning into sabbatical, which officially begins on 1 July. In fall term I will be in residence as a visiting scholar at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, in the Epistemes of Modern Acoustics Group. There, with Mara Mills, I will be completing a co-written book manuscript… Continue reading Summer 2017
Winter 2017
I am teaching COMS 611: History/Theory/Technology and COMS 350: Sound Culture. I’m also doing a bunch of service, so travel and writing will be limited. Current writing projects include missile mail, audio mastering, a few signal processing projects, and the experience of loudness.
Fall 2016
I am teaching COMS 411: Disability, Technology, Communication, wrapping up some grant applications, attending other writing projects as time allows and continuing research on a range of topics: missile mail, audio mastering, the future of instruments, and the experience of loudness.
Summer 2016
I am mostly in Montreal, writing a major CFI grant for a digital humanities space at McGill with colleagues, attending to other writing projects as time allows and continuing research on a range of topics: missile mail, audio mastering, the future of instruments, and the experience of loudness.
Summer 2015
I am mostly in Montreal for Summer 2015, writing about missile mail and time-stretching (but not together), and preparing two new courses for winter 2016: an undergrad lecture course on sound studies, and a grad seminar on instruments and instrumentalities.
Winter 2015
I am serving as acting director of Media@McGill for 2014-5. I am teaching my undergrad seminar on Disability, Technology and Communication. I’m also writing about time-stretching and Shakespeare, but not together.
Fall 2014
I am serving as acting director of Media@McGill for 2014-5. I am co-organizing the Sound, Vision, Action symposium 14-15 November 2014, and teaching a seminar connected with it. I’m also writing about time-stretching and Shakespeare, but not together.