We will host Volume 04 on Thursday.

The event will feature Joseph Klett, a sociologist of culture and technology with a focus on sonic practices. He is currently teaching SOCY115: Introduction to Sound Studies.

Klett brings an invaluable perspective to the Sociology Mixtapes series, as he both studies and practices how we make meaning of sounds from a sociological perspective. In addition to working with UCSC students to create a range of approaches to understanding sound (including mixtapes), he has published scholarship on the work of audio engineers, experimental musicians, and music teachers

Check out the Volume 01 playlist:

• Influences: Cass McCombs, “What Isn’t Nature?”
• Collaborations: Oneohtrix Point Never, “Same”
• Deep cut: Smog, “Not Lonely Anymore”
• Greatest hits:  Protomartyr, “Windsor Hum”

Joseph Klett is a Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at University of California, Santa Cruz. He received a PhD in Sociology from Yale University in May 2015. Klett’s primary research involves work & organizational culture, science & technology studies, sociological theory, and sound studies. The topics of his research tend to include some combination of technology, sound, music & the arts, education, environments, and animals.

For more information about Joseph Klett, see his website: https://www.josephklett.com