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Sunday, October 13, 2024

Political Scientist Sean Gray’s typology of political silences (10/13/24)

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 I read Sean Gray’s article on silence in the political sphere with interest, both in the middle of a busy US election season and as a promp...
Saturday, October 12, 2024

Some Further Silences of Christina Rossetti (10/12/24)

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A table of Rossetti's silences -- green for positive emotions; blue for  negative Silence is often seen as passive—a withdrawal from th...
Sunday, October 6, 2024

Summer’s Soundscape Research--by the Numbers (10/6/24)

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Sampling of frescoes, St Nikolaus, Ludesch, Vorarlberg, Austria My summer’s research was focused on Thalbach, a women’s convent of “devoted ...
Saturday, October 5, 2024

Christina Rossetti and the contemplation of silence (10/5/24)

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  Portrait of Christina Rossetti from The Poetical Works (1904) I’m preparing to teach a medievalisms class, and Christina Rossetti (183...
Friday, October 4, 2024

Why Silence (10/4/24)

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This post continues my meditation on the phenomena that fuel both my scholarly and personal curiosity these days. As I settled on writing a ...
Monday, September 30, 2024

Why Sound? (9/30/24)

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While my current book project on Thalbach nuns centers on the question of sound and ceremony, my fascination with sound and soundscapes also...
Sunday, September 29, 2024

Introduction (9/29/24)

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  Buch der Kunst, dadurch der weltlich Mensch mag geistlich werden ( Augsburg : Johann Bämler, 1491.08.23 ), München, Bayerische Staatsbib...