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Vance’s views on older women are an opportunity for Harris

October 31, 2024

Stacy Torres, Center for Ethnographic Research faculty affiliate, has written an op-ed in the San Francisco Chronicle on JD Vance's views on older women. Torres argues that Vance’s retrograde “pro-family” views not only severely limit the freedom of women of all ages but pose serious and specific social and economic implications for women voters aged 65 and older. She continues, “The Harris campaign has an...

"Radio, Sound, Time: The Occupation of Alcatraz Through an Indigenous Sound Studies Framework."

October 31, 2024

A new working paper by ISSI Graduate Fellow Everardo Reyes has just been published. This paper examines the relationship between radio, sound, music, humor, and political activism emanating from the 1969 occupation of Alcatraz by the Indians of All Tribes. Through what he calls an Indigenous Sound Studies (ISS) framework, Reyes highlights how sound, space, and time intersect to build relations, remember the past, foster solidarity, and imagine new futures. The sonic moments of...

Naniette Coleman and the fight against misinformation

October 22, 2024

Naniette Coleman, ISSI graduate student affiliate, is featured by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Coleman is the executive director of the Coleman Research Lab/Interdisciplinary Research Group on Privacy which she founded in 2016. The lab has approached the task of raising tech-safety literacy and combating misinformation by helping undergraduates conduct research, produce and edit articles...