Mark Porter
@markporter.co.uk
Sometimes post about my research (music/religion/ecology), sometimes about other things.
markporter.co.uk
markporter.co.uk
Better blacklist their future film appearances
September 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Better blacklist their future film appearances
"we noticed how depressing your writing seems to be at the moment"
September 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"we noticed how depressing your writing seems to be at the moment"
Such a tempting way to buy an ebook
September 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Such a tempting way to buy an ebook
Theoretically I'm behind projects like Libreoffice. In practice, I need it to stop doing things like this before it feels usable.
August 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Theoretically I'm behind projects like Libreoffice. In practice, I need it to stop doing things like this before it feels usable.
"we're your bank, please talk to our AI about your personal data" just seems an incredibly bad idea.
August 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
"we're your bank, please talk to our AI about your personal data" just seems an incredibly bad idea.
Disappointed in whoever reverted this wikipedia image edit
July 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Disappointed in whoever reverted this wikipedia image edit
Is Ocado some kind of undercover vampire conspiracy?
July 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Is Ocado some kind of undercover vampire conspiracy?
Another lovely review of the book in @readingreligion.bsky.social
readingreligion.org/978033406568...
readingreligion.org/978033406568...
![In a polarizing world, Porter offers a thoughtful and timely contribution that moves beyond finding the “right answers” and instead focuses on finding contextually appropriate responses. […] He convincingly argues for the value of considering this diversity in practice, resisting efforts to reduce musical innovation into uniformity. […] For the practitioner, Porter offers an overview of musical responses to the climate crisis. For the academic working on ritual, liturgy, and/or hymnology, the work provokes further consideration of power relations in music and the meaning of ritual within contexts where action and transformation are desired.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3spqfqe3c5yyhcdvxr7lbvmk/bafkreifkob2tauqmurt5x6uhvuqzudf6xqvpn7unc6cucq7twmycwkt3ye@jpeg)
June 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Another lovely review of the book in @readingreligion.bsky.social
readingreligion.org/978033406568...
readingreligion.org/978033406568...
Such an interesting claim (from a doctoral thesis by Melanie L. Williams).
May 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Such an interesting claim (from a doctoral thesis by Melanie L. Williams).
Nice review of my @scmpress.bsky.social book in the latest issue of @greenchristian.org.uk magazine
May 12, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Nice review of my @scmpress.bsky.social book in the latest issue of @greenchristian.org.uk magazine
Not the worst choice of nickname
May 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Not the worst choice of nickname
Spending a couple of months in Heidelberg as a guest of @sfb1671.bsky.social. Definitely picked the right time of year to be here.
April 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Spending a couple of months in Heidelberg as a guest of @sfb1671.bsky.social. Definitely picked the right time of year to be here.
This is the first time I've had to promise that I'm not a scientologist in order to sign a work contract
January 28, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This is the first time I've had to promise that I'm not a scientologist in order to sign a work contract
Posting this Call for Papers again, this time with an image www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/fa...
December 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Posting this Call for Papers again, this time with an image www.uni-erfurt.de/fileadmin/fa...
and something slightly poetic about the accompanying pronunciation guide. "lewd oil celestial character – delicious giant, his adhesion. Thomas. Attraction."
December 4, 2024 at 10:25 PM
and something slightly poetic about the accompanying pronunciation guide. "lewd oil celestial character – delicious giant, his adhesion. Thomas. Attraction."
something fishy about this genealogy
December 4, 2024 at 10:24 PM
something fishy about this genealogy
A nice surprise from an academic publisher for once – free open access publishing because of an existing agreement with universities
December 4, 2024 at 11:10 AM
A nice surprise from an academic publisher for once – free open access publishing because of an existing agreement with universities
Just got a citation notifcation and it's both flattering and slightly humorous to be compared directly with Boethius and Pythagoras
November 28, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Just got a citation notifcation and it's both flattering and slightly humorous to be compared directly with Boethius and Pythagoras
Call for Papers – Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives 2025 congregationalmusic.org/call-papers-...
September 2, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Call for Papers – Christian Congregational Music: Local and Global Perspectives 2025 congregationalmusic.org/call-papers-...
ICE 314 the last couple of weeks...
December 16, 2023 at 12:54 PM
ICE 314 the last couple of weeks...