J P 7/15/25 J P 7/15/25

Conflict & Consensus in Swarms

Viewing the internet sideways through ant swarms reveals that AI platforms encode power by shaping information flows, deciding who collaborates, and what meanings are possible.

J P 6/9/25 J P 6/9/25

BIBLIOGRAPHY.

J P 4/13/24 J P 4/13/24

Information & Identity Profiteering

Situating music’s political role and describe how digital streaming services shape our identities.

J P 4/8/24 J P 4/8/24

Gamified Persuasion in the Metaverse

Just as the idea of play, rewards, and positive experience extends beyond the realm of gaming, so should the insights from engaging gamification.

J P 6/11/21 J P 6/11/21

Music Activism vs. Market Capitalism

Can artists struggle against the systems they serve?  Dope Saint Jude: A case-study of hip hop’s activist potential in queer Africa.

J P 4/20/21 J P 4/20/21

Neoliberalism in the Music Industries

Culture, commodity, copyright, conglomeration, censorship… the creative industries: a literature review.

J P 3/22/21 J P 3/22/21

Sounding the Ineffable

Using sound to challenge the Western essential form of knowledge and force a thoughtful consideration of non-lexical, experiential knowledge-types.

J P 12/7/20 J P 12/7/20

Music as a Marker for Globalization

Localizing global flows through musical listening: 31 in-depth interviews across rural and urban Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

J P 11/16/20 J P 11/16/20

Field in Kenya

It takes 21 hours of travel to arrive at the reception hut of our campsite. I had just started the first day of a 3-month field study across Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania.

J P 9/27/20 J P 9/27/20

McGill Interview

After I returned from my year abroad, my department at McGill asked to do a promo interview here, which I’m recreating in this journal.