Craig Robertson
@craigrobertson.bsky.social
thinking about the work needed to make paper work as paperwork; histories of the passport and filing cabinet https://bit.ly/2RMo1Qa; from Aotearoa; part-time Chris Knox biographer
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I said I'd write a few words about Craig Robertson's much-anticipated Chris Knox bio, which I love.
These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally
opdiner.substack.com/p/cause-when...
#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally
opdiner.substack.com/p/cause-when...
#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
'Cause, when it all comes down to dust
Can I say that Craig Robertson's bio of Chris Knox is anticipated? It is, and it's arrived.
opdiner.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I said I'd write a few words about Craig Robertson's much-anticipated Chris Knox bio, which I love.
These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally
opdiner.substack.com/p/cause-when...
#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
These are personal reflections on what will likely be the definitive history of a man who changed indie/alt music globally
opdiner.substack.com/p/cause-when...
#aotearoa
@audioculturenz.bsky.social
In hindsight not a great idea to have your hobby be writing a book when your day job is writing books but a decade in the making my bio of Aotearoa NZ musician Chris Knox is coming out in a few months.
What a year for the legends of NZ music. The Don McGlashan doco. The Shayne Carter doco. And now the Chris Knox biography, out in Oct. aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/chris-knox/
Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly
The story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude.
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz
July 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
In hindsight not a great idea to have your hobby be writing a book when your day job is writing books but a decade in the making my bio of Aotearoa NZ musician Chris Knox is coming out in a few months.
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What a year for the legends of NZ music. The Don McGlashan doco. The Shayne Carter doco. And now the Chris Knox biography, out in Oct. aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/chris-knox/
Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly
The story of the man, the music, the art, the attitude.
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz
July 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
What a year for the legends of NZ music. The Don McGlashan doco. The Shayne Carter doco. And now the Chris Knox biography, out in Oct. aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/chris-knox/
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"Not This Way- Knot This Way!"
Internal GPO poster advising on the correct knotting method. Unknown artist, September 1964.
Ref POST 110/1569, Royal Mail Archive
Internal GPO poster advising on the correct knotting method. Unknown artist, September 1964.
Ref POST 110/1569, Royal Mail Archive
May 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
"Not This Way- Knot This Way!"
Internal GPO poster advising on the correct knotting method. Unknown artist, September 1964.
Ref POST 110/1569, Royal Mail Archive
Internal GPO poster advising on the correct knotting method. Unknown artist, September 1964.
Ref POST 110/1569, Royal Mail Archive
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Some more background on the history of passports & free Black people pre 14th Am. States could issue passports & abolitionists exploited this to use ppts to argue for citizenship. And while numbers are low the State Dept did issue more than 2 passports (1)
May 17, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Some more background on the history of passports & free Black people pre 14th Am. States could issue passports & abolitionists exploited this to use ppts to argue for citizenship. And while numbers are low the State Dept did issue more than 2 passports (1)
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This is content you need - an Instagram account devoted to poles www.instagram.com/polesofcambr...
April 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is content you need - an Instagram account devoted to poles www.instagram.com/polesofcambr...
This is content you need - an Instagram account devoted to poles www.instagram.com/polesofcambr...
April 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is content you need - an Instagram account devoted to poles www.instagram.com/polesofcambr...
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I don't know why I hadn't heard before about Jan Banning's Bureaucratics project — documenting the material culture of civil administrations in Bolivia, China, France, India, Liberia, Russia, the United States, and Yemen janbanning.com/2022/07/01/b...
April 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
I don't know why I hadn't heard before about Jan Banning's Bureaucratics project — documenting the material culture of civil administrations in Bolivia, China, France, India, Liberia, Russia, the United States, and Yemen janbanning.com/2022/07/01/b...
As many of you know Jonathan Sterne is in hospice. If you would like to send a message to Jonathan and Carrie please send an email to heyjonandcarrie@gmail.com
Carrie is receiving these messages and sharing them with Jonathan
Carrie is receiving these messages and sharing them with Jonathan
March 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
As many of you know Jonathan Sterne is in hospice. If you would like to send a message to Jonathan and Carrie please send an email to heyjonandcarrie@gmail.com
Carrie is receiving these messages and sharing them with Jonathan
Carrie is receiving these messages and sharing them with Jonathan
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If a passport is an ID document for citizens you don’t need to include gender. But a passport has always been a tool to manage citizenship & behavior of citizens that’s why it has a gender marker.
(see quotes)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
(see quotes)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Transgender Americans Challenge Trump’s Passport Policy in Court
The A.C.L.U. filed a lawsuit after the president’s administration stopped issuing passports that reflect the gender identity of transgender and nonbinary people.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If a passport is an ID document for citizens you don’t need to include gender. But a passport has always been a tool to manage citizenship & behavior of citizens that’s why it has a gender marker.
(see quotes)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
(see quotes)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
If a passport is an ID document for citizens you don’t need to include gender. But a passport has always been a tool to manage citizenship & behavior of citizens that’s why it has a gender marker.
(see quotes)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
(see quotes)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
Transgender Americans Challenge Trump’s Passport Policy in Court
The A.C.L.U. filed a lawsuit after the president’s administration stopped issuing passports that reflect the gender identity of transgender and nonbinary people.
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
If a passport is an ID document for citizens you don’t need to include gender. But a passport has always been a tool to manage citizenship & behavior of citizens that’s why it has a gender marker.
(see quotes)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
(see quotes)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Dirt/Night Gallery's books of assorted iPhone notes: the 21st-c version of the epistolary novel - meets - commonplace book - meets- critical edition (considering a lot of iPhone notes are *drafts* of things people bang out cathartically but never send :) nightgallery.metalabel.com/notes?varian...
Notes
Notes is the first book collaboration between Dirt and Night Gallery. A tribute to the humble iPhone note, the collection features 100 phone notes from 100 creative contributors. Ranging from packing ...
nightgallery.metalabel.com
January 23, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Dirt/Night Gallery's books of assorted iPhone notes: the 21st-c version of the epistolary novel - meets - commonplace book - meets- critical edition (considering a lot of iPhone notes are *drafts* of things people bang out cathartically but never send :) nightgallery.metalabel.com/notes?varian...
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Doesn't this feel familiar? @craigrobertson.bsky.social writing on the dominance of the passport as a governing technology (and why many of us fear online age identity verification is a trojan horse w/ implications for all internet users).
January 22, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Doesn't this feel familiar? @craigrobertson.bsky.social writing on the dominance of the passport as a governing technology (and why many of us fear online age identity verification is a trojan horse w/ implications for all internet users).
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A powerful review of Pagan’s new book on the history of the rape kit.
She Changed History, Then Erased Her Own www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/b...
Book Review: ‘The Secret History of the Rape Kit,’ by Pagan Kennedy
In “The Secret History of the Rape Kit,” Pagan Kennedy explores the tangled story of a simple but life-changing innovation, and the woman who fought for it.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A powerful review of Pagan’s new book on the history of the rape kit.
A powerful review of Pagan’s new book on the history of the rape kit.
She Changed History, Then Erased Her Own www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/b...
Book Review: ‘The Secret History of the Rape Kit,’ by Pagan Kennedy
In “The Secret History of the Rape Kit,” Pagan Kennedy explores the tangled story of a simple but life-changing innovation, and the woman who fought for it.
www.nytimes.com
January 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A powerful review of Pagan’s new book on the history of the rape kit.
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Offices look different now than they did a few years ago, which is to say many of them are a lot emptier. But, other than humans, something else has disappeared from the modern office space: filing cabinets.
How did filing cabinets revolutionize data storage? - Marketplace
Craig Robertson, a media historian at Northeastern University, is the author of "The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information."
mktplc.org
December 14, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Offices look different now than they did a few years ago, which is to say many of them are a lot emptier. But, other than humans, something else has disappeared from the modern office space: filing cabinets.
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@marketplaceapm.bsky.social asked me to talk filing cabinets for their new series on short takes on overlooked tech www.marketplace.org/2024/12/09/f...
How did filing cabinets revolutionize data storage? - Marketplace
Craig Robertson, a media historian at Northeastern University, is the author of "The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information."
www.marketplace.org
December 11, 2024 at 11:34 PM
@marketplaceapm.bsky.social asked me to talk filing cabinets for their new series on short takes on overlooked tech www.marketplace.org/2024/12/09/f...
@marketplaceapm.bsky.social asked me to talk filing cabinets for their new series on short takes on overlooked tech www.marketplace.org/2024/12/09/f...
How did filing cabinets revolutionize data storage? - Marketplace
Craig Robertson, a media historian at Northeastern University, is the author of "The Filing Cabinet: A Vertical History of Information."
www.marketplace.org
December 11, 2024 at 11:34 PM
@marketplaceapm.bsky.social asked me to talk filing cabinets for their new series on short takes on overlooked tech www.marketplace.org/2024/12/09/f...
As they say there’s always a local angle: for identification technology scholars
November 5, 2024 at 10:54 PM
As they say there’s always a local angle: for identification technology scholars
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oooooooo! Nick Popper's book on #earlymodern archives coming up! 🗃️ press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
The Specter of the Archive
An exploration of the proliferation of paper in early modern Britain and its far-reaching effects on politics and society. We are used to thinking of ourselves as living in a time when more informa...
press.uchicago.edu
December 30, 2023 at 8:40 PM
oooooooo! Nick Popper's book on #earlymodern archives coming up! 🗃️ press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
And Diana Kamin is now here - @dianakamin.bsky.social
Diana Kamin’s fantastic book is out! I happily wrote a blurb “In this remarkable book, Kamin shows how 20thC social networks of paper & touch shaped today's digital image economy. An invaluable perspective and a major contribution to media & info studies.” Open access! direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Picture-Work: How Libraries, Museums, and Stock Agencies Launched a New Image Economy
How the image collection, organized and made available for public consumption, came to define a key feature of contemporary visual culture.The origins of today'
direct.mit.edu
November 22, 2023 at 3:48 PM
And Diana Kamin is now here - @dianakamin.bsky.social
Diana Kamin’s fantastic book is out! I happily wrote a blurb “In this remarkable book, Kamin shows how 20thC social networks of paper & touch shaped today's digital image economy. An invaluable perspective and a major contribution to media & info studies.” Open access! direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...
Picture-Work: How Libraries, Museums, and Stock Agencies Launched a New Image Economy
How the image collection, organized and made available for public consumption, came to define a key feature of contemporary visual culture.The origins of today'
direct.mit.edu
November 21, 2023 at 8:43 PM
Diana Kamin’s fantastic book is out! I happily wrote a blurb “In this remarkable book, Kamin shows how 20thC social networks of paper & touch shaped today's digital image economy. An invaluable perspective and a major contribution to media & info studies.” Open access! direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...