Luke Gannon (She/Her)

 

Self-Bio:  I am a current Division III looking to work in the radio industry as a research assistant, interviewer, or host. I have always had a dream of starting a little business with books and coffee where people could sit down have a cup of coffee and read from some of the rarest collections in the world. I would love to work for an organization where I travel and take photographs. I want to enter the Peace Corps. I want to be in a like-minded community that is constantly creating, generating new ideas and art, and bettering the world.

Year of div 3: 2021

Name of div: An Ethnography of Land through writing, photography, and sound.

 Summary of your div 3: I am a current Div III working on a podcast and book/newspaper/gallery. The research consists of twenty interviews of people from Teton Valley, ID (my hometown) on the politics of land. The podcast is primarily focused on the privatization of the west and the book is a more personal narrative of the area and what the lands means to residents who have lived there for various amounts of time. I will have a gallery that showcases my photographs, book, and sections of the podcast that you can play as you walk through.

Hampshire influence: I am currently in school so it is incredibly influential! It is what I am devoting all my time and passion into!

What place on campus was significant to you? : The yurt. Throughout my years at Hampshire I have spent a significant amount of time in the Yurt, doing podcasts with friends and learning about what radio means. After bad management for the past years at the Yurt and the Yurt’s slow demise I have been granted the opportunity to rebuild the Yurt. This year I am helping managing it which means finding new DJ’s, learning all of the ins and outs of the space and what it takes to run it. As a Hampshire Students Division II I feel like working at the Yurt brings me back in time and also forward. I am able to look at the massive amount of dedication when I walk by or am in the Yurt every day and this gives me hope and desire to put the same amount of effort into my responsibilities and passions. The yurt, as radio is timeless and I believe in the timelessness of the world.

Describe the on-campus place as you remember it. :Three desktop computers.  Lots of audio mixing equipment. In the middle of the woods with hardly a path to reach. Two couches. Lots of records and cd’s.  A sign noting ‘happy birthday’ probably made years ago. Musty. Two chairs, three microphones. Microphone hanging from ceiling. Comfortable, relaxing, makes you feel involved in the world and far away from the world all at the same time.

What place off-campus was significant to you? : Iconica Social Club in Northampton

Describe the off-campus place as you remember it. : Lovers own the coffee shop and are both always welcoming you there. A collection of antiques from all over the world make up the downstairs and the upstairs. On the tables are chess and scrabble. The bathrooms are covered in blueprints from some old building farther south. Even the register, cups, spoons, and barista tools are antique. It feels like you are walking into another world from another time.