Lend Us Your Earbuds: Shakespeare/Podcasting/<i>Poesis</i>

• Main Authors: Devori Kimbro, Michael Noschka, Geoffrey Way
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2019-03-01
• Series: Humanities
• Subjects: podcasting; poesis; Shakespeare studies; composition; multimodality
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/8/2/67

Podcasts by nature break down traditional economic barriers to making and accessing content. With low costs to both distribute and access, does podcasting provide a new outlet for academics, practitioners, and audiences to explore typically &#8220;high-minded&#8222; art or scholarly discussions usually blocked by the price of a theater ticket or a subscription to a paywalled database? To answer these questions, we define a <i>poetics</i> of podcasting&#8212;one that encourages humanities thinking par excellence&#8212;and, more importantly, carries with it implications for humanities studies writ large. To think in terms of poetics of podcasting shifts attention to the study of how we can craft, form, wright, and write <i>for</i> and <i>with</i> different communities both inside <i>and</i> outside the academy. In examining the current field of Shakespeare studies and podcasting, we argue podcasting incorporates elements ranging from the &#8220;slow&#8222; professor movement, to composition studies, to the early modern print market, discussing different methods that are both inspired by and disrupt traditional forms of knowledge production in the process.