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*SITES OF POPULAR MUSIC HERITAGE -- SYMPOSIUM**
*Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool
8--9 September 2011
*_CALL FOR PAPERS_*

We invite proposals from a broad range of academic disciplines for a 2 
day symposium examining sites of popular music heritage: from 
institutions such as museums, to geographic locations, websites and 
online archives. Papers are welcomed that explore popular music within 
narratives of heritage and identity, real and imagined geographies, 
cultural memory and contested histories. The event will focus on three 
thematic areas:

*Popular Music Heritage in the Museum**
*In recent years museums have increasingly engaged with popular music 
heritage, as evidenced in a proliferation of exhibitions including those 
in the UK such as Kylie: The Exhibition at the V&A and the British Music 
Experience at the O2. Museum interaction with popular music heritage 
enables methods of narration beyond traditional written histories, 
engaging visitors with objects, sounds and images. The place of popular 
music in the museum raises issues of how music is both represented and 
used to represent and explore social histories, personal and collective 
identities, memories, and geographies. Possible themes for papers include:

.Popular music and locality in the museum

.Disseminating popular music heritage in museums beyond text

.History and memory in popular music exhibitions and collections

*Heritage, Place and Local Identity**
*While ideas of heritage and cultural memory play an increasingly 
important role in popular music historiography, the spatial and 
geographic frameworks underpinning the production of popular music 
histories remain comparatively under-examined in studies to date. The 
spatial embedding of popular music heritage raises questions as to the 
ways in which ideas of local, regional and national identity are shaped 
by geographies of music and place; the role of mobility practices in the 
production of local music histories; and the capacity for popular music 
memoryscapes to stimulate (and sustain) embodied and emotional 
attachments to places and localities. Possible themes for papers include:

.Contested geographies of popular music heritage

.Routes of popular music heritage: mobility, migration, wayfinding

.Cartographies of popular music history

*Digital Archives and Online Practice**
*Heritage practices have proliferated in the digital age and a large 
part of related activity online is devoted to popular music. 
'Authorised' or otherwise, social media groups, blogs and web pages are 
organised and defined by, amongst other things, genre, artist, period 
and geography. Sites dedicated to the popular music of Birmingham, 
Manchester, Sheffield, Coventry, Bristol, Woolongong, Brisbane or 
Detroit speak simultaneously to the hyper-local and global quality of 
popular music culture. The nature of such online practices raise 
questions about the ontology of the archive, the digital 'artefact' and 
collective memory. In light of the challenges presented to the music 
industries by digitisation, key questions concern the role of music and 
related intellectual property in online 'folk' histories. Possible 
themes for papers include:

Contested geographies of popular music heritage

.Authorising popular music heritage and archiving practice online

.Building music cultures and communities of memory online

.         Online music heritage, music industries and ownership


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Please submit proposals for papers (300 words max) to Dr Rob Knifton 
([log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> 
) and Dr Les Roberts ([log in to unmask] 
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).

Deadline for abstracts:*30 April 2011**
*Date for registration:*30 June 2011**
*Deadline for submission of draft papers:*01 Aug 2011

*

·Further information and registration details will be posted shortly at 
www.liv.ac.uk/music/ <http://www.liv.ac.uk/music/>

·Papers presented at the symposium will be considered for publication.

*This event is co-organized with the Centre for Media and Cultural 
Research at Birmingham City University.*

-- 
Dr Les Roberts
Research Associate
Institute of Popular Music
School of Music
University of Liverpool
80-82 Bedford Street South
Liverpool
L69 7WW
Tel: 0151 794 3102


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