Urban Music Studies

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27/06/2019
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
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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

07/11/2018
by R. Kuchar
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Book of Abstracts ‘Groove the City – Urban Music Policies between Informal Networks and Institutional Governance’

The Book of Abstract of our conference is completed! We are looking forward to “Groove the City” and invite you to have a look inside:

01/06/2017
by R. Kuchar
Comments Off on New Book on Cultural Policy, Urban Music & Migration by Lisa Gaupp: Die exotisierte Stadt. Kulturpolitik und Musikvermittlung im postmigrantischen Prozess.

New Book on Cultural Policy, Urban Music & Migration by Lisa Gaupp: Die exotisierte Stadt. Kulturpolitik und Musikvermittlung im postmigrantischen Prozess.

The book sketches the interaction between music mediation, cultural policies, urban popular music and identityconstruction in today’s complex societies. Likewise, this study reveals how a global transcultural youth culture is emerging and developing under the influence of institutional structures in … Continue reading

14/12/2016
by Alenka Barber-Kersovan
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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
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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