19/12/2016
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on Documentary: Made in Birmingham: Reggae Punk Bhangra
‘Made in Birmingham: Reggae Punk Bhangra’ tells the story and development of these three genres in Birmingham from the mid 70s to the mid 90s through rare and uncovered archive footage and interviews from those who were actually there. Directed … Continue reading
15/12/2016
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on Open until Dec. 16th: The Place of Music, 28-29 June 2017, Loughborough University
Call for papers It is almost twenty years since the publication of the landmark text ‘The Place of Music’ (Leyshon et al. 1998) put the complex relationships between music and place firmly on the research agenda. In those twenty years, … Continue reading
15/12/2016
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on Sites of Interest: Exploring the Urban in Art Worlds, May 11th-13th, 2017 – Berlin
For the 2017 DGS Sociology of Arts meeting in Berlin, we invite papers researching the ways that cities shape art at different levels. The goal of this event is to share research and invoke dialogues about the ways that the … Continue reading
15/12/2016
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on Welcome
Hi, in the end, we are online! With this Blog, we´d like to connect scholars of different disciplines and all interested actors working on the varying relationships between music and the city. Therefore, we collect and share information about available … Continue reading
14/12/2016
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on Local scenes, conditions of music making and neoliberal city management
A paper containing critical evaluation of conditions of music makers in the city of Hamburg by Robin Kuchar: Local scenes, conditions of music making and neoliberal city management Source: Guerra, Paula/ Moreira, Tania (Hg.) (2014): Keep it simple, Make it … Continue reading
14/12/2016
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on How to define creativity?
An article by Alenka Barber-Kersovan discussing different aspects of creativity as paradigm of local music politics. Creative Class, Creative Industries, Creative City. Ein musikpolitisches Paradigma Source: Sound and the City. Populäre Musik im urbanen Kontext Beiträge zur Popularmusikforschung 35, Hg. … Continue reading
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