Byrd McDaniel is an ethnographer who analyzes music, digital worlds, listening norms, and American popular culture. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Emory University in the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry.
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Byrd McDaniel is an ethnographer who analyzes music, digital worlds, listening norms, and American popular culture. He is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Emory University in the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry.
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