Lilian Radovac
Biographic Data
| ID | 780933 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lilian Radovac |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lilian |
| FAMILY NAME | Radovac |
| SIGNATURE | RADOVAC L |
| AFFILIATIONS | , |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Detour
This article reflects on Jonathan Sterne’s scholarship and the continuities and detours in his last published book, Diminished Faculties: A Political Phenomenology of Impairment. It also considers some of his longstanding social justice commitments, particularly to labor organizing, and amplifies his call for disability justice in both scholarly and activist work.
Re/mediating the archive
Alternative Toronto is a pilot digital humanities project that is building a collaborative archive and historical map of the city’s radical, countercultural and trans*/feminist/queer communities of the 1980s. This essay discusses the project’s origins as well as its methodological and epistemological foundations. Alternative Toronto is rooted in twin frustrations: with approaches to Canadian history that ignore its radical edges as well as its fe…
Muting Dissent
This essay examines the regulation of amplified public speech in New York City from 1930 to 1948. It documents the emergence of the public address system as a political communication tool and traces its use by radical organizations and minor parties to expand the acoustic territory of street speech, highlighting the city's efforts to restrict this territory through antinoise ordinances and targeted permit denials. This lingering tension culminate…
Mic Check
As used by Occupy Wall Street, the human microphone played a central role in the formation of an auditory space that was animated by the principles of direct democracy that guided the movement. However, the practice also allowed the occupiers to confront and subvert the monopoly on amplified public speech that the government of the City of New York had possessed for nearly eighty years. This paper presents a brief history and analysis of the city…
"The "War on Noise
This essay documents New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's "war on noise," which he declared in 1935 and waged throughout his three terms in office. For La Guardia, noise was a symptom and even a cause of urban disorder, which flourished during the Great Depression and required a new set of strategies to bring under control. These included New York's first comprehensive noise ordinance, increased policing and surveillance, and, ultimately, th…
"The "War on Noise
This essay documents New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's "war on noise," which he declared in 1935 and waged throughout his three terms in office. For La Guardia, noise was a symptom and even a cause of urban disorder, which flourished during the Great Depression and required a new set of strategies to bring under control. These included New York's first comprehensive noise ordinance, increased policing and surveillance, and, ultimately, th…
Muting Dissent
This essay examines the regulation of amplified public speech in New York City from 1930 to 1948. It documents the emergence of the public address system as a political communication tool and traces its use by radical organizations and minor parties to expand the acoustic territory of street speech, highlighting the city's efforts to restrict this territory through antinoise ordinances and targeted permit denials. This lingering tension culminate…
Mic Check
As used by Occupy Wall Street, the human microphone played a central role in the formation of an auditory space that was animated by the principles of direct democracy that guided the movement. However, the practice also allowed the occupiers to confront and subvert the monopoly on amplified public speech that the government of the City of New York had possessed for nearly eighty years. This paper presents a brief history and analysis of the city…
Re/mediating the archive
Alternative Toronto is a pilot digital humanities project that is building a collaborative archive and historical map of the city’s radical, countercultural and trans*/feminist/queer communities of the 1980s. This essay discusses the project’s origins as well as its methodological and epistemological foundations. Alternative Toronto is rooted in twin frustrations: with approaches to Canadian history that ignore its radical edges as well as its fe…
"The "War on Noise
This essay documents New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia's "war on noise," which he declared in 1935 and waged throughout his three terms in office. For La Guardia, noise was a symptom and even a cause of urban disorder, which flourished during the Great Depression and required a new set of strategies to bring under control. These included New York's first comprehensive noise ordinance, increased policing and surveillance, and, ultimately, th…
Mic Check
As used by Occupy Wall Street, the human microphone played a central role in the formation of an auditory space that was animated by the principles of direct democracy that guided the movement. However, the practice also allowed the occupiers to confront and subvert the monopoly on amplified public speech that the government of the City of New York had possessed for nearly eighty years. This paper presents a brief history and analysis of the city…
Muting Dissent
This essay examines the regulation of amplified public speech in New York City from 1930 to 1948. It documents the emergence of the public address system as a political communication tool and traces its use by radical organizations and minor parties to expand the acoustic territory of street speech, highlighting the city's efforts to restrict this territory through antinoise ordinances and targeted permit denials. This lingering tension culminate…
Re/mediating the archive
Alternative Toronto is a pilot digital humanities project that is building a collaborative archive and historical map of the city’s radical, countercultural and trans*/feminist/queer communities of the 1980s. This essay discusses the project’s origins as well as its methodological and epistemological foundations. Alternative Toronto is rooted in twin frustrations: with approaches to Canadian history that ignore its radical edges as well as its fe…
Detour
This article reflects on Jonathan Sterne’s scholarship and the continuities and detours in his last published book, Diminished Faculties: A Political Phenomenology of Impairment. It also considers some of his longstanding social justice commitments, particularly to labor organizing, and amplifies his call for disability justice in both scholarly and activist work.
Media studies (3 works) · Music History and Culture (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Acoustics (2 works) · Art, Politics, and Modernism (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · activist scholarship (1 work)