Robert Dahm

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

Helen of Troy is canonically a person of colour

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser @fmlehman ...does the (non-trivial) amount of time I spent studying non-western musics take away from "other things" that were more directly my field?

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser @fmlehman (c) does the validity of your argument here reverse? e.g. ...

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser @fmlehman (b) is the removal of mt to be replaced by theoretical groundings of similar rigour?

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser @fmlehman (a) then explicitly stream the program, rather than making it an opt-in for everyone (including those for whom this is really mandatory)

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser @fmlehman I understood that that's what you were talking about. I don't understand how defending the req is analogous to defending ws or whm

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@fmlehman @kellyhiser it's analogous to pointing out that waiving the requirement to read english in an english lit degree is problematic

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@fmlehman @kellyhiser pointing this out is not a defence of white supremacy, or analogous to a call for white history month

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@fmlehman @kellyhiser there is huge pressure, in both uk and us institutions to reduce mt, because students/"customers" don't like it, which is problematic

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@fmlehman @kellyhiser beyond which, I don't necessarily believe it's *absolutely* fair in today's academic environment to paint wmt as de fact oppressive majority

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@fmlehman @kellyhiser but again, what was said was not a critique of its position, but a statement that a defence of its value was a defence of white supremacy

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@fmlehman @kellyhiser no question that western mt is hegemonic. no question that there is a multiplicity of other traditions that need to be better taught

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@fmlehman @kellyhiser and please don't think I'm unaware, uneducated, or even unevangelical about that context and constellation of issues

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser Well, didn't mean to be condescending. Was trying to engage politely, if critically. Sorry to have bummed you out if criticism is unwelcome

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser I get that maybe what you were trying to say came from a good place, but, y'know, words have meanings...

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser but literally noone is suggesting that. And you weren't criticising an attack, you were criticising a defence.

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser Engagement with non-western traditions should of course be expanded. And an attack on non-western trads *would* be white supremacist

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser To be clear: I get what you intended to say. And the defence of musical traditions other than western ones is absolutely vital

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser Sure, and an echo chamber is a wonderful thing. What makes you think I'm "uneducated" on the topic?

[Robert Dahm @soundisgrammar]

@kellyhiser And, with respect, I don't think it's fair to be "sick of having this conversation" when it's one sparked by engagement with *your* words