Richard Rogers' Dissertation

Welcome to my dissertation, "Drumming to the Edge of Discourse: Rhythm, Discipline and Resistance," Department of Communication, University of Utah, 1994, directed by Leonard Hawes.

Introduction (Title, Abstract, Table of Contents, Prologue)

1. Process

2. Discipline

3. Order

4. Struggle

5. Consciousness

6. Drumming

Works Cited

Key words: rhythm, percussion, drumming, discipline, resistance, drum circles, drumming circles, world music, world beat, Fordism, Taylorism, muzak, assembly line, fluidity, solidity, Koyaanisqatsi, order, mind/body, struggle, entrainment, Modern Times, functional music, jazz, rock and roll, dance, disciplinary aesthetics, discourse, struggle, dialogics, dialogism, nostalgia, commodification, Other, polyrhythmic, consciousness, semiotic, symbolic, materialism, fractals, chaos theory, cyborg, strategy, tactics, purity, impurity, gender, binaries, dualisms, post-structuralism, New Age, oppression, domination, nature, culture, environment, environmentalism, multiculturalism, rhythmic sensibilities, epistemology, ontology, criticism, centrifugal, centripetal, Talking Heads, Stop Making Sense, isomorphism, signifier, signified, biogenetic structuralism, code, organization, digital, analog, will to power, primitive, jouissance, pleasure, subjectivity, becoming, ludic, postmodernism, organization, trace, possession, altered states of consciousness, auditory driver, cultural imperialism, preservation, authenticity, Neuromancer