Dear Colleagues,
We are co-organizing a session on the archaeology of popular music for the 2018 Society for Historical Archaeology Conference in New Orleans next January. We’re aiming to bring together an energetic and interesting group of scholars who are conducting research or experimenting with the archaeology of popular music in its various manifestations, particularly in urban environments. Contributors to the session are welcome to focus on any aspects of popular music heritage and to discuss archaeological approaches to the sites and people associated with music production, performance, and consumption. We invite creative approaches to this topic and to presentations, including the use of sound and multimedia.
If you interested in contributing to our session, please let us know by May 20th, [log in to unmask] and [log in to unmask] Abstracts will be due to the SHA submission site by June 30th (https://sha.org/conferences/). We would require that all texts or outlines of presentations are submitted to our session discussant no later than December 15th. I’ve attached the session abstract below.
All the best,
Krysta Ryzewski and Lorin Brace
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“You Can Feel It All Over”: Places of Popular Music in Historical and Contemporary Archaeology
Abstract:
Popular music production and performances are the heartbeats of past and present urban experiences in countless Western cities. The symbolic identities of places like New Orleans, Memphis, Liverpool, and Detroit are intimately connected with music production, performance, and consumption, as local popular music legacies and deeper-rooted musical traditions inspire and counterbalance the fleeting fame of chart-toppers. Lasting connections between ephemeral sounds, physical remains, and personal or collective memories are powerful inspirations for scholarship and community collaborations in archaeological practices. The papers in this session discuss a variety of archaeological approaches to sites, materials, and people associated with legacies of urban popular music from the 19th to 21st century. Case studies examine the interplay between material culture and acoustic landscapes to reveal the potential for music-making legacies to address issues of urban well-being, preserve memories of musical heritage, and participate in revitalization efforts, reaching disparate communities in the process.
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