Rayvon Fouché
Biographic Data
| ID | 254897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rayvon Fouché |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rayvon |
| FAMILY NAME | Fouché |
| SIGNATURE | FOUCHÉ R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4813-4978 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The fitness boom and the pursuit of body ideals
This study explores the use of smartwatches within fitness spaces in Ghana. As part of the fitness boom, the pursuit of body ideals has become increasingly intertwined with digital self-tracking, health, and moral imaginaries of self-improvement. The use of smartwatches in fitness spaces is crucial for understanding these connections. The study draws on interviews and participant observations with fitness enthusiasts in gyms and keep-fit clubs. W…
The Matter of Black Living
Reviewed by: The Matter of Black Living: The Aesthetic Experiment of Racial Data, 1880–1930 by Autumn Womack Rayvon Fouché (bio) The Matter of Black Living: The Aesthetic Experiment of Racial Data, 1880–1930 By Autumn Womack. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022. Pp. 288. As our varying cultures, societies, and communities embrace the changing nature of identity and we become more comfortable with the differences that define human existence…
Game Changer
Game Changer
We like to think of sports as elemental: strong bodies trained to overcome height, weight, distance; the thrill of earned victory or the agony of defeat in a contest decided on a level playing field. But in Game Changer, Rayvon Fouché argues that sports have been radically shaped by an explosion of scientific and technological advances in materials, training, nutrition, and medicine dedicated to making athletes stronger and faster. Technoscience,…
Lateral alignments – engineering and the politics of race
Aren't Athletes Cyborgs
Aren’t Athletes Cyborgs?: Technology, Bodies, and Sporting Competitions Rayvon Fouché (bio) In a special edition about the idea and the proliferation of the term “viral,” it is more than appropriate to consider the work of Donna Haraway. I, and I assume many others, first met Donna Haraway in class. For me it was as a graduate student in science and technology studies that I first encountered “A Manifesto for Cyborgs.” The conceptualization of cy…
Shepherding Science & Technology Studies Beyond Matthew and Matilda
Cycling's 'Fix
The Inventive Spirit of African Americans
Reviewed by: The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity Rayvon Fouché (bio) The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity. By Patricia Carter Sluby. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2004. Pp. xxxviii+313. $39.95. Within the study of African-American life, black inventors have taken up a unique position as celebrated race champions and heroes who have contributed to the development of American society. Unfortunately, al…
The Wretched of the Gulf
(2006). The Wretched of the Gulf: Racism, Technological Dramas, and Black Politics of Technology. The Black Scholar: Vol. 36, Hurricane Katrina, pp. 7-12
Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud:African Americans, American Artifactual Culture, and Black Vernacular Technological Creativity Rayvon Fouché (bio) The actual beginnings of our expression are post Western (just as they certainly are pre-western). It is only necessary that we arm ourselves with complete self knowledge[;] the whole technology (which is after all just expression of who ever) will change to reflect the essence of a freed people. …
Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation
"In this study, Rayvon Fouche examines the life and work of three African Americans: Granville Woods (1856-1910), an independent inventor; Lewis Latimer (1848-1928), a corporate engineer with General Electric; and Shelby Davidson (1868-1930), who worked in the U.S. Treasury Department. Detailing the difficulties and human frailties that make their achievements all the more impressive, Fouche explains how each man used invention for financial gain…
Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud:African Americans, American Artifactual Culture, and Black Vernacular Technological Creativity Rayvon Fouché (bio) The actual beginnings of our expression are post Western (just as they certainly are pre-western). It is only necessary that we arm ourselves with complete self knowledge[;] the whole technology (which is after all just expression of who ever) will change to reflect the essence of a freed people. …
The Wretched of the Gulf
(2006). The Wretched of the Gulf: Racism, Technological Dramas, and Black Politics of Technology. The Black Scholar: Vol. 36, Hurricane Katrina, pp. 7-12
Cycling's 'Fix
Aren't Athletes Cyborgs
Aren’t Athletes Cyborgs?: Technology, Bodies, and Sporting Competitions Rayvon Fouché (bio) In a special edition about the idea and the proliferation of the term “viral,” it is more than appropriate to consider the work of Donna Haraway. I, and I assume many others, first met Donna Haraway in class. For me it was as a graduate student in science and technology studies that I first encountered “A Manifesto for Cyborgs.” The conceptualization of cy…
Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation
"In this study, Rayvon Fouche examines the life and work of three African Americans: Granville Woods (1856-1910), an independent inventor; Lewis Latimer (1848-1928), a corporate engineer with General Electric; and Shelby Davidson (1868-1930), who worked in the U.S. Treasury Department. Detailing the difficulties and human frailties that make their achievements all the more impressive, Fouche explains how each man used invention for financial gain…
The Inventive Spirit of African Americans
Reviewed by: The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity Rayvon Fouché (bio) The Inventive Spirit of African Americans: Patented Ingenuity. By Patricia Carter Sluby. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2004. Pp. xxxviii+313. $39.95. Within the study of African-American life, black inventors have taken up a unique position as celebrated race champions and heroes who have contributed to the development of American society. Unfortunately, al…
The Wretched of the Gulf
(2006). The Wretched of the Gulf: Racism, Technological Dramas, and Black Politics of Technology. The Black Scholar: Vol. 36, Hurricane Katrina, pp. 7-12
Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud
Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud:African Americans, American Artifactual Culture, and Black Vernacular Technological Creativity Rayvon Fouché (bio) The actual beginnings of our expression are post Western (just as they certainly are pre-western). It is only necessary that we arm ourselves with complete self knowledge[;] the whole technology (which is after all just expression of who ever) will change to reflect the essence of a freed people. …
Cycling's 'Fix
Shepherding Science & Technology Studies Beyond Matthew and Matilda
Aren't Athletes Cyborgs
Aren’t Athletes Cyborgs?: Technology, Bodies, and Sporting Competitions Rayvon Fouché (bio) In a special edition about the idea and the proliferation of the term “viral,” it is more than appropriate to consider the work of Donna Haraway. I, and I assume many others, first met Donna Haraway in class. For me it was as a graduate student in science and technology studies that I first encountered “A Manifesto for Cyborgs.” The conceptualization of cy…
Lateral alignments – engineering and the politics of race
Game Changer
Game Changer
We like to think of sports as elemental: strong bodies trained to overcome height, weight, distance; the thrill of earned victory or the agony of defeat in a contest decided on a level playing field. But in Game Changer, Rayvon Fouché argues that sports have been radically shaped by an explosion of scientific and technological advances in materials, training, nutrition, and medicine dedicated to making athletes stronger and faster. Technoscience,…
The Matter of Black Living
Reviewed by: The Matter of Black Living: The Aesthetic Experiment of Racial Data, 1880–1930 by Autumn Womack Rayvon Fouché (bio) The Matter of Black Living: The Aesthetic Experiment of Racial Data, 1880–1930 By Autumn Womack. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2022. Pp. 288. As our varying cultures, societies, and communities embrace the changing nature of identity and we become more comfortable with the differences that define human existence…
The fitness boom and the pursuit of body ideals
This study explores the use of smartwatches within fitness spaces in Ghana. As part of the fitness boom, the pursuit of body ideals has become increasingly intertwined with digital self-tracking, health, and moral imaginaries of self-improvement. The use of smartwatches in fitness spaces is crucial for understanding these connections. The study draws on interviews and participant observations with fitness enthusiasts in gyms and keep-fit clubs. W…
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