Vince Carducci is a cultural critic and dean emeritus at

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. His essays, feature articles and reviews on the arts, culture and other topics have appeared in numerous publications since the mid-1980s, including Art and Australia,

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, BrandChannel.com, the

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, Logos, Public Seminar and Sculpture magazine. Since 2010, he has published the blo
Motown Review
Past assignments include: Detroit correspondent for

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, contributing editor and Michigan editor for

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and editor of Detroit Focus Quarterly. He has also been a contributing writer for

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, Detroit's leading weekly newspaper, and a staff writer for

PopMatters ''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, fi ...

, a webzine of global culture. Carducci has additionally worked as a marketing executive and branding consultant, including senior vice president and director of marketing and corporate communications for Standard Federal Bank, now part of

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. From 2012 to 2020, he served as Dean of Undergraduate Studies at

in Detroit. He has also taught at

Oakland University Oakland University is a public research university in Auburn Hills and Rochester Hills, Michigan. Founded in 1957 through a donation of Matilda Dodge Wilson, it was initially known as Michigan State University-Oakland, operating under the Mi ...

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

and

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

. In 2008, he coordinated the Critical Studies/Humanities program at

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. In 2010, he received a Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship, awarded by the

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, for his art criticism.

Carducci Carducci is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bartolomeo Carducci (1560–1610), Florentine artist * Giosuè Carducci (1835–1907), Italian poet * Joe Carducci (born 1955), American writer and record producer * Marco C ...

has a bachelor's degree from

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and a master's and PhD degrees from the

New School for Social Research The New School for Social Research (NSSR) is a graduate-level educational institution that is one of the divisions of The New School in New York City, United States. The university was founded in 1919 as a home for progressive era thinkers. NSSR ...

in New York City. He was born in Detroit in 1953.

Selected works

Carducci has written several journal articles, some of which are listed below. * ''Detroit: The Dream is Now: The Design, Art, and Resurgence of an American City'', Michigan Historical Review, Vol.43, Iss.2, pp. 81–82, Central Michigan University, 2017. * ''Warhol, Andy'', The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Consumption and Consumer Studies, John Wikey & Sons, Ltd., 2015. * ''The art of the common: Envisioning real utopias in postindustrial Detroit'', The New School, 2014. * ''Radical Consumption: Shopping for Change in Contemporary Culture'', Journal of Consumer Culture, Vol.9, Iss.3, pp. 422–424, Sage Publications, Inc., 2009. * ''Cultural jamming: A sociological perspective'', Journal of Consumer Culture, Vol.6, Iss.1, pp. 116–138, Sage Publications, 2006. * ''Confidence Games on Canal Street: The Market for Knockoffs in New York City'', Consumers, Commodities, & Consumption, Vol.6, Iss.2, 2005.

References

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