Alexander G. Weheliye: Phonographies M Nourbese Philip We cannot simply ‘fix ourselves’

We cannot simply ‘fix ourselves’ under a system that demands and takes so much of us

A messy and raw depiction of striving to live in a world that doesn’t cater to your brain chemistry

selecting—among a sea of influences—authors and/or translators whose works were key to their own practice

Slow Spatial Reader offers a collection of essays about ‘Slow’ approaches to spatial practice and pedagogy from around the world

From their earliest meetings

Alexander G. Weheliye: Phonographies M Nourbese Philip We cannot simply ‘fix ourselves’Duke University Press, 2005, softcover, 300 pages, 14. 9 x 23. 5 cm Phonographies explores the numerous links and relays between twentieth century black cultural production and sound technologies from the phonograph to the Walkman. Highlighting how black authors, filmmakers, and musicians have actively engaged with recorded sound in their work, Alexander G. Weheliye contends that the interplay between sound technologies and black music and speech