Caring Archives: Tift Merritt on Care and the Music Industry
Tania Rispoli
17 March 2025The Revaluing Care Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute invites you to an in-person talk by Tift Merritt on the intersections of care and the music industry in the era of digital streaming. The event will take place on Tuesday, March 19, from 11:45 AM to 1:00 PM ET, at the Revaluing Care Lab in Durham.
In the class Women at Work, led by Dr. Tania Rispoli, Tift Merritt, a singer-songwriter and Grammy-nominated artist, will discuss how care manifests in the music industry, particularly in the era of digital streaming and shifting archival practices. This talk will explore the emotional and material labor of sustaining artistic work under the pressures of platforms like Spotify.
Wednesday, March 19, 11:45 AM – 1:00 PM ET
Speaker:
Tift Merritt – Caring Archives: Working in the Music Industry in the Times of Spotify
Location:
Revaluing Care Lab, C106, Bay 4, Smith Warehouse, 114 S Buchanan Blvd, Durham
Please RSVP at revaluingcarelab@duke.edu.
This seminar is funded through the Revaluing Care Lab at the Franklin Humanities Institute.