Cultures Online (with Lauren Michele Jackson & Richard Jean So)

August 10, 2020 00:54:40
Cultures Online (with Lauren Michele Jackson & Richard Jean So)
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Cultures Online (with Lauren Michele Jackson & Richard Jean So)

Aug 10 2020 | 00:54:40

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What new cultural forms are developing in the vast universe of the internet? How can observers and scholars keep up with the accelerated pace of human creativity online? And how do racial aesthetics, money, and power play out in internet cultures?   Guests: Lauren Michele Jackson teaches in the departments of English and African American [...]

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