Vol 11, No 1 (2021) This Special Issue is motivated by, but not limited to, the current processes and effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the global civic rights movement related to “Black Lives...
Matt Stahl, University of Western OntarioOlufunmilayo Arewa, Temple University [Article first published in The Conversation, 12 May 2021] In the summer of 2020, Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests and activism included voices arguing for...
Matt BrennanUniversity of Glasgow [This blog post is excerpted from the author’s book, Kick It: A Social History of the Drum Kit (Oxford University Press, 2020).] Q: What’s the difference between a drummer and a savings...
As part of the “Women in music during Covid19” series, Viva Sanchez Reinoso granted us an interview on her situation as a musician during lockdown in Switzerland. Interview by Nuné Nikoghosyan, 22 June 2020....
Martin Cloonan University of Turku I feel that my work has nothing to contribute to either understanding or helping to solve this disaster. I am superfluous and my work is a luxury which can...
Marc Perrenoud University of Lausanne Occupational health problems affect all musicians. However, those whom I have called “musicos1” or “ordinary musicians”, the musicians who stand on the lower levels of the professional pyramid and mostly...
Since the Covid-19 outbreak was announced as a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020, most countries announced lockdown or semi-confinement measures almost immediately, with all public events being cancelled. This had...
Published August 2019 by Oxford University Press Why is classical music predominantly the preserve of the white middle classes? Contemporary associations between classical music and social class remain underexplored, with classical music primarily studied...
Pierre Bataille, University of LausanneLouise de Brabandère, Université Libre de Bruxelles From political discourses to scientific journals, the “gig economy” is everywhere. This buzzword is most of the time used to present the degradation...
By Nuné Nikoghosyan University of Geneva While streaming first appeared in the early 2000s and has become an everyday activity, a sociologist of music can’t help but question the reality of streaming services and...
By Robert Faulkner Professor emeritus, University of Massachusetts Amhersthttp://www.robertfaulkner.org Guest of honour La Rochefoucauld remarked that one can know things well only when one knows them in detail. Yet detail is infinite. Hence our...
21 June 2019 University of Huddersfield https://musicdemocracystudydays.wordpress.com Convened by Igor Contreras Zubillaga (British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Huddersfield) and Robert Adlington (University of Huddersfield) Keynote speaker: Esteban Buch (CRAL/EHESS, Paris) Democracy has been an ideal for musicians...
Sociologist and musician Howard S. Becker on deviance, studying piano with Lennie Tristano, how in his day live music was a function of geography, strong union leadership, and cheap beer. Plus why jazz is...
Migrating through the Arts:Rethinking worlds of music and dance through the lens of contemporary (im)mobilities International conferenceUniversity of Lausanne6-7 June 2019 The mobility turn has generated considerable renewals in social sciences since the 1990s....
Appel à contributions (délai: 30 septembre 2018) Né il y a plus de trente ans dans les ghettos noirs américains, le hip-hop s’est progressivement détaché de son premier contexte d’émergence et a circulé d’un...
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