If you're curious about how whiteness operates unchecked, look no further than Music City, USA. Almost 20 years of data shows how the country music industry excludes and devalues BIPOC artists (a thread) ⬇️

🏆 Congratulations to Professors Jada Watson and Isabelle Bourgeois for receiving the Knowledge Mobilization Excellence Award for their work on the music industry and community services! 🎶👥 🔗  https://t.co/nKMpJYBG6Z

🏆 Félicitations aux professeures Jada Watson et Isabelle Bourgeois qui ont remporté le Prix d'excellence en mobilisation des connaissances pour leurs travaux sur l'industrie de la musique et les services communautaires! 🎶👥 🔗  https://t.co/HZw1W2oXZN

With a pathway toward Grammy consideration in either direction, the Recording Academy has created more opportunity in country music — including for Black artists. "And that’s what we’ve been fighting for all along.” @AndreaWillWrite https://t.co/tsHyez9XVJ via @tennessean

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"With his raised eyebrows and slight chuckle, Shaboozey didn’t just cast doubt on country music’s century-old fiction. He also acknowledged the Black creatives who will never stand at the front of a stage or sing into a mic—but who are important, and influential, all the same."

💡 Big data, données nettoyées, données biaisées… Comment garantir une recherche éthique et inclusive? Participez à la série de conférences de l'IRLD avec @data_jada & Kim Girling sur l’équité des données et l’EDIA dans la recherche. 📅 Inscrivez-vous: https://t.co/SKtcwzWsQq

💡 Big data, clean data, biased data … how do we ensure ethical, inclusive research? Join the DLRI Speaker Series with @data_jada & Kim Girling on data equity & EDIA in research. 📅 Register now: https://t.co/SKtcwzWsQq

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Congratulations @forked_queer! Cannot wait to read this!

Something that Tanya Talaga said a couple of weeks ago that hasn’t left me: when you think of Murray, think of the weight of hearing thousands of accounts of untold horror, and the toll it would take on your body. Think of taking that on.

At @MITdusp and @MIT_SCC we are thrilled to announce a TT position seeking an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, Computing, and Health of the Planet (see here https://t.co/d5W3A8UAjs). I wanted to make a 🧵to explain a bit about what we are looking for… 1/16

Honored to be part of Louder: The Soundtrack of Change, a documentary produced by @selenagomez & @staceyabrams, celebrating fearless women in music. Premieres Oct 17 on @StreamOnMax #LouderTheSoundtrackOfChange #MaxOriginal

This is @PeteButtigieg with the only acceptable answer.

Another storming foray into audiovisual newness for you! A book packed with original thought on the cultural context in which music videos are produced and the web of intertextuality that drives contemporary audiovisual culture. Just what we all need!

Shaboozey's “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” surpasses Morgan Wallen's “Last Night” to become the #1 biggest country chart hit of the 2020s decade globally.

So grateful to have this opportunity to write about representation on Canadian country radio for Front Porch Music. I did things a little differently this time around and used daily logs instead of aggregated data and friend... things ain't right round here. 🤠