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Jason Petrulis
@petrulis.bsky.social
History prof in Hong Kong. My award-winning articles:

“A Country of Hair”: ROK Wigs, Kor Am Entrepreneurs, Af Am Hairstyles, & Cold War Industrialization
http://bit.ly/3PENmX0

The jawbone/quijada as global Black musical instrument
https://bit.ly/4nAl7ba
Private clinics listed by the govt sometimes get confused bc they offer free shots that are govt subsidized, which you are NOT asking about, but they get hung up on:

www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/li...

Try calling Marina or OTP directly.
www.chp.gov.hk
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Per this govt poster, you still should be able to pay for it yourself (at a private clinic):
www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/po...
October 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Elizabeth LaCouture, Dwelling in the World -- esp chs 3, 4, and 5, depending if you want to emphasize city or home, and culture or politics and law
September 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Reposted by Jason Petrulis
💬 "The committee was impressed by the article's significant contribution to organology as it recontextualizes the jawbone/quijada, highlighting its multifaceted cultural roles." www.facebook.com/100064526028...
🏆 Learn more about the prize: www.amis.org/frances-dens...
July 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reposted by Jason Petrulis
📄 "From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument" @projectmuse.bsky.socialmuse.jhu.edu/pub/34/artic...
Project MUSE - From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument
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July 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Last: In "From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument," I tried to capture how music makes portals across time and space (see the conclusion esp!):

scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/am/artic...
From Jonkonnu and Son de los diablos to Congo Square and Son Jarocho: Global Histories of the Jawbone/Quijada as a Black Musical Instrument
In his left hand, Pompey held a jawbone by its chin, on an empty spot between the animal's front incisors and back molars. In his right hand, the 26-year-old Black mule-wagon driver held a “highly pol...
scholarlypublishingcollective.org
July 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
And don't miss @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social history and music podcast series "American Railroad," on the many traditions that intersected in US railroad music:

www.silkroad.org/american-rai...
American Railroad Podcast — Silkroad
www.silkroad.org
July 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The big Sinners musical scene connected Chinese American, Irish American, and Black American music; @rhiannongiddens.bsky.social, another musical advisor, regularly makes these connections thru her work w Silkroad. Here's a banjo, pipa, and shakuhachi combo:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHmN...
Newport Sessions: The Silkroad Ensemble, "Our Instruments And Where They Come From"
YouTube video by Newport Folk Festival
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July 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Blount's Vox.com video on the banjo is a great starting point for learning how his music connects with history:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrRf...
Why this instrument explains Black American folk music
YouTube video by Vox
www.youtube.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A star-studded cast of musical advisors includes @jakeblount.com, whose "Jail the Zombie: Black Banjoists, Biopolitics, and Archives" is a wonderful recent addition to a growing literature on the banjo as a Black musical instrument:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Jail the Zombie: Black Banjoists, Biopolitics, and Archives | Modern American History | Cambridge Core
Jail the Zombie: Black Banjoists, Biopolitics, and Archives - Volume 7 Issue 2
www.cambridge.org
July 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
She is in conversation with a NY Times Mag piece on Wiley and Thomas by John Jeremiah Sullivan:

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie (Published 2014)
On the trail of the phantom women who changed American music and then vanished without a trace.
www.nytimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Short 🗃️ 🧵 on Sinners-esque history:

Ch 5 of Daphne A. Brooks's Liner Notes for the Revolution discusses Geeshie Wiley and Elvie Thomas, whose "Pick Poor Robin Clean" plays a big role in the movie (and is on the soundtrack):

www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...
Liner Notes for the Revolution — Harvard University Press
Winner of the Ralph J. Gleason Music Book Award, Rock & Roll Hall of FameWinner of the American Book Award, Before Columbus FoundationWinner of the PEN Oakland–Josephine Miles AwardWinner of the MAAH ...
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July 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
And if you *still* can't get enough Census history, check out Dan Bouk's Democracy's Data:
us.macmillan.com/books/978037...
Democracy's Data
ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS OF 2022From the historian Dan Bouk, a lesson in reading between the lines of the U.S. census to unc...
us.macmillan.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Thank you for this! For more:

Images + explanations of race/ethnicity categories from Census questionnaires, 1790-2020:
usafacts.org/articles/how...

A fascinating interactive map of Census race/ethnicity categories, 1790-2010:
www.census.gov/data-tools/d...
Measuring Race and Ethnicity Across The Decades: 1790—2010 - U.S. Census Bureau
www.census.gov
July 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM