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Archer Porter

@archerporter.bsky.social
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Scholar of performance in digital culture. Especially interested in body-centric media || Author of Homebodies: Performance and Intimacy in the Age of New Media (2026) Linktree: linktr.ee/archerporter

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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Here's a strange Google Books experience for #academicsky to ponder. Two days ago, I searched for Michel de Certeau's Practice of Everyday Life in Google Books to grab its citation—couldn't find it...
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
As seen on the streets of Glasgow #displaywindows #glasgow #singingforsnorers
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
@socialmediaandsociety.org gets down with a performance by Scottish band, bagpipe and all. Way to kick things off!
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Delighted to join University of Texas at Dallas in the fall as Visiting Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities!
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I put my book to the "page 99 test." It's based on Ford Madox Ford's prompt to "open the book to page ninety-nine and read, and the quality of the whole will be revealed to you." Check out if the magic works on Homebodies: page99test.blogspot.com/2026/03/l-ar...
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L. Archer Porter's "Homebodies"
Archer Porter interrogates the social, cultural, and economic life of performance in digital culture. She holds a PhD in Culture and Perfor...
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
I just published a short piece on a strange iPhone quirk I encountered: The Phrase My iPhone Won’t Let Me Type medium.com/p/the-phrase...
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The Phrase My iPhone Won’t Let Me Type
My iPhone won’t let me type the phrase “white men.”
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
I created a video overview of my book, Homebodies: Performance and Intimacy in the Age of New Media For anyone who is interested: www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQ1Q...
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How Intimacy Gets Stages on Social Media 📸 Homebodies by L. Archer Porter
YouTube video by Archer Porter
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It’s official: my book Homebodies: Performance and Intimacy in the Age of New Media is out now with @umichpress! This project has been years in the making—so grateful to everyone who helped shape it. More soon, but for now: it exists! DM me for a coupon code 🌟 press.umich.edu/Books/H/Home...
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Homebodies
Homebodies: Performance and Intimacy in the Age of New Media sheds light on a fascinating yet often overlooked phenomenon: how ordinary people transform their private lives into captivating performanc...
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Woohoo! Homebodies, my forthcoming book, has a cover design 🎉 press.umich.edu/Books/H/Home...
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Homebodies
Homebodies: Performance and Intimacy in the Age of New Media sheds light on a fascinating yet often overlooked phenomenon: how ordinary people transform their private lives into captivating performanc...
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
My 5 year old niece is in her technique era 🖌️✨
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 25/04/2025
🫤 "This is because all of the programs from the Office of Digital Humanities are currently cancelled."
This is to inform you that NEH Grant Application DOC-308335 for project "AI in Supply Chains" has been marked as Withdrawn by Agency. This is because all of the programs from the Office of Digital Humanities are currently cancelled.
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
My digital clutter index is directly proportional to the number of Google Docs I have with the name “Untitled document” 😆
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Working on a theory involving “Finst@” accounts on Inst@gram (subterranean accounts intended for a select audience), but reaching a conundrum of research design. How do you study that which escapes visibility?
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Pleased to share my new essay, part of a special issue of communication +1 on "Media Aesthetics." In it, I describe my theory of intimaesthetics, or the aestheticization of intimacy. Shout out to editors @hankg.bsky.social and Zachary McDowell openpublishing.library.umass.edu/cpo/article/...
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Choreographies of the Digital Everyday: Intimacy and the Aesthetics of Home Dance Productions
Bodies are central to new media and its corollary repository of images. Not only do bodies produce media through their engagements with technology, but they also help define the composition of a produ...
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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 14/01/2025
Really interesting: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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A crisis of trust in the classroom (opinion)
The work of teaching has never been harder, Seth C. Bruggeman writes.
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Excited to share the release of my article in the special issue of Documenta. My essay considers the phenomenon of dance on the blockchain, evaluating both the novelty of collectability and the historical extensions of commodification. Check it out: documenta.ugent.be/article/id/9...
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Sitting Here, Collecting Dance. Choreography’s affect and value in the Crypto Landscape
This essay explores the emerging phenomenon of dance as a collectible within the crypto landscape, exploring how blockchain technology is reshaping the way dance is valued and experienced. Through the...
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Just saw a few of the hand-drawn illustrations that will appear in my book. Super excited about this aspect of Homebodies. So much better than screenshots of Instagram videos! Shout out to the artist, Meagan Willoughby 🤘
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Publishing my first book and trying to do the index myself. So time-consuming! Curious how AI will change that profession.
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
Bulletin board poetry
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 20/07/2024
A multi-million $$ deal for Taylor & Francis, $0 for authors, no notice of the sale, no permission granted www.thebookseller.com/news/academi...
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Academic authors 'shocked' after Taylor & Francis sells access to their research to Microsoft AI
Authors claim they have not been told about the AI deal, were not given the opportunity to opt out and are receiving no extra payment.
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 09/07/2024
Received event emails today from Jacob's Pillow and Issue Project Room, which led me to their websites, which prompted my renewed appreciation for their digital archives archives.jacobspillow.org + watch.jacobspillow.org issueprojectroom.org/media
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Trailer: Hip Hop Across the Pillow Documentary
Enjoy the magic of Jacob's Pillow from the comfort of your home with full-length presentations from select performances from past Festivals, Inside the Pillow Lab Film Series, virtual commissions, and...
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
Found this on my dining room table and have no idea where it came from.
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 22/04/2024
Grading papers before chatGPT: “oh there’s a word choice issue. I should point that out to the student” Grading papers after chatGPT: “a word choice issue! ChatGPT wouldn’t dare, but a mere human inadvertently shows that they care. Warms my heart!”
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Lori Emerson @loriemerson.net · 13/02/2024
just thought I'd pop in to say: in 1964 you could use a Picturephone booth in New York, Chicago, or D.C. and spend about $160 (in 2024 dollars) on a three minute conversation 😬 #othernetworks
Bell add for Picturephone in 1964. older woman with greying hair is smiling into a screen. a younger woman is smiling and holding a child on the screen. the screen device is oval shaped and deep. it sits next to a telephone handset/receiver
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Archer Porter @archerporter.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
After listening to the latest episode of Hard Fork, I decided to check out bsky. Super impressed with the customizable feed. A win for decentralization!
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