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  • The Academic Minute for 2015.11.2-11.6

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    Catch up with The Academic Minute from 11.2 – 11.6 Monday, November 2 Joseph Reagle – Northeastern University Peeple Joseph Reagle is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern. He’s been a resident fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard (in 1998 and 2010), and he taught and received his Ph.D. at NYU’s Department…

  • Paul Elvers, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics – Musical Omnivores

    Paul Elvers, Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics – Musical Omnivores

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    Musical taste can follow along predictable class boundaries. Paul Elvers, research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, explores how this long held belief may be changing. My research is located at the intersection of musicology, psychology and aesthetics. In my dissertation I investigate musical experiences as technology of the self and self-enhancement…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.11.2)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2015.11.2)

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    This Week on The Academic Minute 2015.11.2 Monday, November 2 Joseph Reagle of Northeastern University delves into the ramifications of a people rating app. Tuesday, November 3 Nicole Gardner-Neblett of the University of North Carolina explores how storytelling improves literacy for African-American children. Wednesday, November 4 Lynn Perry of the University of Miami examines the iconicity of languages. Thursday, November 5…