Sam Cronk, visiting lecturer in music at Scripps College, lectures on “Digital/Social Media and Music Communities, from Katrina to Occupy” at noon on Oct. 3 in the Hampton Room at Malott Commons, 345 E. 9th St. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Cronk, who is also a fellow and visiting scholar at the Claremont Colleges, examines visual anthropology, American studies, media studies and telecommunications. His research focuses on race, gender and power in all mediums of contemporary media.
This event is part of the Scripps College Humanities Institute’s fall lecture series, “Social Media/Social Change: Negotiating Access, Control and Unrest in the Information Age.” Throughout the fall semester, distinguished scholars and experts explore, both at a local and a global level, the big-picture implications and the practical realities surrounding social networking and online collaborations. For more information, please call 909/621-8237 or visit scripps-staging.skybox0.com/hi.