Urban Music Studies

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09/01/2020
by R. Kuchar
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Groove the City 2020 – Conference Programme and Registration Online

The second international conference of the Urban Music Studies Scholars´Network is fastly approaching. We are very pleased to announce that the preliminary programme is out now! Around 80 lectures, paper presentations and workshops awaiting you from Febr. 13th to 15th, … Continue reading

06/01/2020
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
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11th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association Research Network Sociology of the Arts

The 11th Midterm Conference of the European Sociological Association Research Network Sociology of the Arts will take place from 8-11 September 2020 in Helsinki, Finland. The deadline for paper, panel, roundtable and workshop submissions is February 15, 2020. The theme … Continue reading

05/12/2019
by R. Kuchar
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Keynote Lectures Groove the City 2020

We are very happy to announce the keynote lectures for our conference Groove the City 2020 – Constructing and Deconstructing Spaces through Music from Feb. 13th – 15th at Leuphana University of Lüneburg. Sara Adhitya (University College London) will give … Continue reading

05/11/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
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This Must Be The Place – An Architectural History of Popular Music Performance Venues

This Must Be The Place by Robert Kronenburg is the first architectural history of popular music performance space, describing its beginnings, its different typologies, and its development into a distinctive genre of building design. More here

29/09/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
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Journal of Urban Affairs Special Issue on The Arts and the City

This special issue of the Journal of Urban Affairs aims is calling for original papers that will empirically examine or conceptually extend the understanding of the connections between the arts and the city. The special issue will bring together scholars … Continue reading

25/08/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
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CfP-Reminder Groove the City 2020 – Constructing and Deconstructing Urban Spaces through Music

The Call for Papers for the second international Urban Music Studies conference ”Groove the City 2020 – Constructing and Deconstructing Urban Spaces through Music” which will take place from the 13th to the 15th of February 2020 at the Leuphana … Continue reading

14/08/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
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Art and Economics in the City

Emerging forms of alternative economic frameworks are changing the structure of society, redefining the relationship between centre and periphery, and the social dynamics in the urban fabric. In this context, the arts can play a crucial role in formulating a … Continue reading

31/07/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
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The Great Music City – Exploring Music, Space and Identity

Based on case studies of Melbourne, Austin and Berlin Andrea Jean Baker interrogates Richard Florida’s creative cities thesis and applies a much-needed synergy of urban sociology and musicology to the concept. More here