Joella Bitter

anthropologist, ethnographer, writer, artist, wonderer | text, sound, multimodal | citymaking otherwise | Uganda, U.S.

[Jonathon L. Earle @JonathonLEarle]

I hope everyone will read Patrick Otim's @BatesCollege remarkable new book @OhioUnivPress. Here is my blurb: "With this book, Patrick William Otim becomes a leader in rethinking Uganda’s intellectual history. Drawing deeply from ethnographic and Acholi archival sources, Otim moves us beyond the political terrain of chiefs into the inner worlds of war leaders, royal messengers, public healers, poets, musicians, and aspiring historians. This work also manages to push Ugandan history writing beyond its obsession with kingdoms toward a more inclusive vision of republican history writing. Scholars and students of Ugandan and African political thought owe Otim a tremendous debt of gratitude."

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[JACS_Africa @AfricaJacs]

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[JACS_Africa @AfricaJacs]

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In her article, "Vital Atmospherics: Sonic City-Making in Africa" @joellabitter writes about the broadcast of loud music as part of a vital atmospheric which makes the city and sustains everyday life in Gulu, Uganda.

[JACS_Africa @AfricaJacs]

The last issue of 2023 is finally here, with a set of innovative and exciting articles themed around Sound Studies in African contexts.
https://t.co/5QddS2Ms6h
Thank you to @susannalsacks and Scott Newman for bringing together this group of authors and articles.

[Society for Cultural Anthropology @culanth]

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DUE *June 15, 2023*
Accepting submissions problematizing the link between the ethnographer’s identity & their work, the category of “native” in anthropology, the epistemological relevance of Others & more! #AnthroTwitter
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[Society for Cultural Anthropology @culanth]

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[Joella Bitter @aberjoella]

“Exam time” as a Listening Party of students’ collaborative Final Podcasts was such a wonderful capstone to a theory course. Theory discussed conversationally, comfortably, at times vulnerably, at times irreverently, and critically on their terms. Grateful and proud.

[Joella Bitter @aberjoella]

Me as parent, trying the “give-two options” approach: “Do you want to sit on the stool or on the floor?”

Toddler, choosing secret option #3: “On the bed.”

Anthropologist-me: yas kid, resist those binaries! question boundaries! “Ok bed works.”

amirite #momacademia @Momademia

[Joella Bitter @aberjoella]

My anthro theory students made memes about state power in class yesterday and they were 🔥. We laughed and heavy sighed and grimaced and I was reminded it’s never too late in the semester to catch that collective learning vibe.

[Joella Bitter @aberjoella]

👋 and thanks to the amazing editorial team @AmAnthroJournal

[American Anthropologist @AmAnthroJournal]

Read one of the new and exciting research articles of American Anthropologist 125-1:

"Sampling as ethnographic method/remixing Gulu City", on producing Gulu SoundTracks, a digital sonic ethnographic project
By Joella Bitter.

#multimodality #anthropology

https://t.co/jHAtyqZQR1

[American Anthropologist @AmAnthroJournal]

Our first issue of 2023 is out! Featuring 12 articles, a collection of responses to Gupta and Stoolman's "Decolonizing US Anthropology," several essays, and more! #anthrotwitter https://t.co/hcpqtSG9Rj

[Joella Bitter @aberjoella]

Anyone else teaching this fabulous new Anth Theory textbook this term? Grateful for your collective critical work, A. Lynn Bolles, @ruth_g_munoz, Bernard C. Perley, and Keri Vacanti Brondo. @utpress

[Joella Bitter @aberjoella]

@ruth_g_munoz also @utpress

[Joella Bitter @aberjoella]

@ruth_g_munoz also @utpress

[Joella Bitter @aberjoella]

Any one else teaching this fabulous new Anthro Theory textbook this term? Grateful for your collective critical work, A. Lynn Bolles, @ruth_g_munoz, Bernard C. Perley, and Keri Vacanti Brondo.

[Unarchiving Blackness @unrchvngblcknss]

One of Dr Reese's initial questions for speculative fieldwork: What do we do with memories in the wake of spatial loss? Redevelopment, displacement, gentrification...

[SONCITIES @soncities]

We're delighted to share documentation of the Soundscapes of Social Justice symposium.
The symposium featured keynote speakers @ainbailey and #LouisChudeSokei, and invited speakers @ears_in_space, #Edziu, #OlaniEwunnet, @jaceksmolicki, #ChristabelStirling, and @tom_western.

[Joella Bitter @aberjoella]

It’s out!!!

[American Anthropologist @AmAnthroJournal]

Now on early view: "Sampling as Ethnographic Method/Remixing Gulu City" by Joella Bitter #AnthroTwitter https://t.co/1gs9SrxNf1