Thinking alongside Stoever, I'll be leading our next "Mediating Race" class as a Critical Karaoke event. Jennifer Stoever writes in The Sonic Color Line (2016) that “listening operates as an organ of racial discernment, categorization, and resistance" (6). As long as you follow the first three rules, the rest is really up to you.Ĭritical Karaoke was introduced by Joshua Clover at the Experience Music Project (now MoPOP) annual Pop Conference and has been replicated at different forums since, including at Graduate Center English Program Friday Forums in 2014, 2015, and 2019. You might incorporate some of the lyrics into your talk (if there are lyrics). You might pause at special moments where your analysis meets the music. (3) while the song is playing in the background. What is Critical Karaoke, you ask? Here are the rules:
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