Larisa Kingston Mann

LK Mann’s work analyzes the relationship between law, technology, sovereignty and creativity, focusing on how changing media technologies affect communities’ ability to flourish. She is especially interested in historically marginalized communities’ autonomous cultural expressions, especially music, and in the capability of music to generate intimacy and decolonize identity among oppressed people. She also examines how and when cultural practices such as music play important roles in people's material survival and in broader political engagement, and especially the implications that has for how we understand privacy and surveillance. She has written on dj culture, pirate radio, video cameras, feminist media studies and more. She has also worked for 26 years as a performing DJ, music writer/blogger and event organizer.