Podcasting adventures
One of the things I’ve been most impressed with since I transferred my PhD study to Leeds has been the range of training available for postgrads. Last month I attended … Continue reading
Filling the Hauntologist’s stocking
People often reminisce on the endless summers of youth, or hark back to long cold winters of the past, but there’s little rumination on enduring autumns. Maybe it’s working in … Continue reading
Cultural memory: In theory and terrifying practice
It was my PGR induction on Monday which coincided with freshers week. It felt very peculiar to be a new starter again 19 years on from the first time I … Continue reading
Can I get a rewind?
‘If I could turn back time’ Cher famously sang, ‘if I could find a way…’. And as far as I’m aware, correct me if I’m wrong, she never did succeed … Continue reading
Alternative Histories of Electronic Music 2016
I woke up this morning feeling refreshed after a night in my own bed, without being troubled, as I was for the last three nights, by the 6.30 alarm call … Continue reading
Spirits of Place
A disappointing start to my weekend; an email informing me that I hadn’t been successful in my application for AHRC funding (again). Little did I know when I was claiming … Continue reading
Monochrome Memories
Five months on from reading a paper by Paul Grainge (which I blogged about here), last week I finally got my hands on a copy of his book Monochrome Memories … Continue reading
Kraftwerk day
For all but a blissful week I have spent the whole of 2016 so far battling with one form of cold or another. This week is no exception, feeling thoroughly … Continue reading
Fun with contact mics
I decided last week that it was time for a very thorough re-reading of Svetlana Boym’s The Future of Nostalgia. I bought it a couple of years ago, when I … Continue reading
Functions of nostalgia
February, so far, has been an admin-heavy month with most of my dedicated ‘study days’ eaten up with preparation for and travel to a supervision meeting, making the arrangements to … Continue reading
