Grafton Tanner is the author of Babbling Corpse: Vaporwave and the Commodification of Ghosts. His latest book, The Circle of the Snake: Nostalgia and Utopia in the Age of Big Tech, will be published with Zero Books in 2020.
Grafton Tanner
Articles
Make America Mayberry Again
The fictional town of Mayberry provides a clue to the root of our national poison, and show us how we picked the wrong lawman.
Classroom Management: Simon Sinek, ClassDojo, and the Nostalgia Industry
How social media in the classroom trains students to be corporate over-achievers.
Digital Detox: Big Tech’s Phony Crisis of Conscience
A critique of neoliberal panaceas for social media addiction.
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