17/07/2019
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on Call for Papers: Groove the City 2020 – Constructing and Deconstructing Urban Spaces through Music
We are happy to announce that the call for the second international conference of the Urban Music Studies Scholars´Network is open now. The conference will take place from Feb. 13th to 15th at Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany. We are … Continue reading
27/06/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on Manchester’s Post-punk Heritage: Mobilising and Contesting Transcultural Memory in the Context of Urban Regeneration
Urban memories are remediated and mobilised by different – and often conflicting – stakeholders, representing the heritage industry, municipal city branding campaigns or anti-gentrification struggles. As Dagmar Brunow states in her article, the Post-punk ‘retromania’ coincided with the culture-led regeneration … Continue reading
17/06/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on Call for Papers | Sustainable Art Cities and Tourist Attractions: Coping with Overtourism and Promoting Revitalisation
A special issue of the open access Journal Sustainibility This special issue opens the debate on new perspectives on the economics and management of tourism, especially cultural tourism, how sustainability challenges (e.g., overtourism, revitalization) have been addressed. We invite both … Continue reading
04/06/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on Musical Cities
Based on Henri Lefebvre’s philosophy of rhythmanalysis the book Musical Cities by Sara Adhitya represents an innovative approach to scholarly research and dissemination. A digital and interactive ‘book’, it explores the rhythms of our cities, and the role they play … Continue reading
24/05/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on Listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Places, like people, have pulses – if only you know how to measure them More here
13/05/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on Old Town Road and Authentic Country Music
Cristobal Young, Gabriel Rossman, Joseph Cohen and Leslie Hinkson discuss on Sociocast, a public sociology service of the City University of New York, the song Old Town Road, a viral hit that rose to the top of the country music … Continue reading
02/05/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on Music City Manual
Sound Diplomacy are proud to present the Music Cities Manual, a set of tools, case studies and lessons to increase the value of music in your city, town or place. The Music Cities Manual provides 13 comprehensive, common-sense steps for … Continue reading
25/03/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on Music, Heritage, People and Place – Home of Metal Symposium and Workshop
Call for Papers Home of Metal (HoM) is a heritage project created and led by the Capsule organisation. Launched in 2011, supported by volunteers, building a crowd-sourced archive and curating a range of popular public events in Birmingham and the … Continue reading
20/03/2019
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on OPERATION TON #12 – Festival & Conference – March 29th/30th, Hamburg
Rockcity presents the 12th edition of Operation Ton as a platform for thinking of and discussing the future of music in Hamburg. This year´s thematic focus is on ‘Unity’ in (pop) music . The conference consists of Workshops, Panels, Lectures, … Continue reading
13/03/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
Comments Off on CALL FOR PROPOSALS: CKC 2019
In July 2018, the Digital Cultures Research Centre at the University of the West of England convened the first Creativity, Knowledge, Cities (CKC) Conference to critically explore the tensions between the creative sector, cities and universities. We invite scholars to build … Continue reading
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