Call for Papers: MUSIC AND PLACE
This is the first call for papers for a major international conference on Music and Place organised
by Manchester Institute for Popular Culture at Manchester Metropolitan University, 8th -10th June,
2006
The connections between musicians and the place in which their work begins has always been stressed
- by the musicians themselves, by members of the 'local scene', by city marketers, by social
scientists, cultural historians, by 'local music industry' policy makers, and often by the people
who live and play in the city. This conference attempts to explore the connections between music and
place from these different perspectives.
We want to use Manchester as a thematic case study for these questions, and it will form a constant
reference point during the conference. But the conference will not be restricted to Manchester -
other UK and international examples are actively welcomed as well as more general and theoretical
papers on the relation of music and place.
Themes may include:
The Post-Industrial Urban Landscape
Dance and Club Cultures
Music and the 'Night Time Economy'
Gender, Music and Place
Local Music Industry Policies
Music, Place and Ethnicity
Music and Local Identity
Scenes, Venues and Cliques
Key Note speakers include:
Simon Frith
Dave Haslam
Sheryl Garratt
Simon Reynolds
Jon Savage
Sara Cohen
Steve Redhead
Please send abstracts of not more than one side of A4 to either Katie Milestone
[log in to unmask] or Justin O'Connor [log in to unmask] by 12th January 2006
Thanks.
Dr. Mark Banks
Senior Lecturer
Department of Sociology
and Manchester Institute for Popular Culture
Manchester Metropolitan University
M15 6LL.
T: 0161 247 3441
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