David LowAram Sinnreich ’94 is the author of Mashed Up: Music, Technology and the Rise of Configurable Culture (University of Massachusetts Press) in which he chronicles the rise of “configurability,” an emerging musical and cultural moment rooted in today’s global, networked communications infrastructure. For his book, Sinnreich interviewed dozens of prominent DJs, attorneys, and music industry executives and argues that today’s battles over sampling, file sharing, and the marketability of new styles such as “mash-ups” and “techno” foretells social change on a broader scale. For centuries, music has possessed a unique power to evoke emotions, signal identity, and bond or divide…
David PesciThe Wesleyan Community welcomes the Class of 2011
National focus on science and math should not occur at the exclusion of the other liberal arts
The former and current student are featured for founding a school and clinic in a Nairobi, Kenya slum
Proposal from an international conference hosted by the College of the Environment is picking up supporters
An inexperienced new president promises change, but reality in Haiti looks strikingly familiar
Initially allowed by the government, the statue of the "radical philosopher" has now been taken away
The futures of President Obama, the C.I.A and Al-Qaeda's have all irrevocably changed
Students worked with local providers and Bon Appetit to expand the quality and quantity of choices
The American Studies professor says the parks were created somewhat reluctantly and maintained begrudgingly
The Film Studies Professor discusses notable mother characters from film history right up to the present
"You Hurt My Feelings," written and directed by the Film Studies prof. screens at the prestigious film fest