Ben @benbyrne@avantwhatever.org

just finished freire's 'pedagogy of the oppressed'. its framing of a co-operative and problem-based education process both speaks to my approach to teaching and pushes me to extend it. i particularly appreciate the focus on praxis, supported by freire's argument that 'human activity is theory and practice; it is reflection and action'. @doktorb thanks for the push to finally read it.

Sinjin Hawke and Zora Jones' dreamRooms(); is still online as of right now if anyone wants to catch it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5s_CpOBw10&feature=youtu.be

Great new record from Rian Treanor - perfect for Friday arvo grinding through .docx track changes https://riantreanor.bandcamp.com/album/file-under-uk-metaplasm

@becfary this might be relevant for your work

Australia Council for the Arts has just published an updated document on Protocols for Using First Nations Cultural and Intellectual Property in the Arts https://www.australiacouncil.gov.au/programs-and-resources/Protocols-for-using-First-Nations-Cultural-and-Intellectual-Property-in-the-Arts/?mc_cid=1384a8c89d&mc_eid=ab96446b74

For me, for you by Natalia Newling in the new issue of Runway has an interesting online listening interface http://runway.org.au/natalia-newling/

the excellent Amplify 2020 festival of releases has just come to a close with this from Maria Chavez, followed by a megamix: https://amplify2020.bandcamp.com/album/the-rain-of-applause

Loads of great stuff in the Unsound Intermission program announcement - Machine Listening with Liquid Architecture, Fractal Fantasy, James Hoff and Speaker Music (killleerrrr), a deep listening workshop with Laraaji, etc - kicks off Oct 1 with limited rego for some sessions https://www.unsound.pl/en/intermission/schedule_intermission

just catching up on the news. wild. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/golden-gate-bridge-san-francisco-sings

Weird podcast :) https://secretbroadcast.net/

📢 New Peter Blamey album!
https://peterblamey.bandcamp.com/album/storm-shower-mouth

Hi @darius I've just finished setting up a Hometown server @avantwhatever.org with a view to starting an experimental meeting space for some like minded folk. I may yet break everything but that's part of the fun right? Anyway, just reaching out to say thanks for all your work on it. The local-only feature is a really key contribution I think. Super interested in what you're doing with events too.