Department of Music Lecture: Paula Harper
"Viral Musicking: Practices, Platforms, and Aesthetics of Online Contagion"
Paula Clare Harper, currently a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the Department of Music at Washington University in St. Louis, is a musicologist who specializes in music, sound, and the internet. Her research analyzes virality and musical memes, fandom, digital platforms and circulation, and practices of soundmaking and listening in digital culture.