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David Hesmondhalgh The Value of Music: Participation, Sociability and Community Wednesday 5 March 2014, 6pm, Action Zone, National Media Museum What contribution can cultural forms such as music make to our lives? Music seems to have especially strong links to sociability and community. But how can we best understand these aspects of music? In what ways can music enhance people's efforts to flourish together, and what constrains it from doing so? This talk addresses these issues, building on a sympathetic critique of the leading theorists of musical participation. David Hesmondhalgh is Professor of Media in the Institute of Communications Studies (soon to be renamed School of Media and Communication) at the University of Leeds. He is the author of Why Music Matters (Blackwell, 2013), Creative Labour: Media Work in Three Cultural Industries (Routledge, 2011, co-written with Sarah Baker), and The Cultural Industries, now in its third edition (Sage, 2012). He is also editor or co-editor of five other books. He recently co-edited (with Anamik Saha) a special issue of the journal Popular Communication on Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Production. TIMECODE a seminar series in media Run by the Communication Culture and Media research group in the School of Media Design and Technology, this regular seminar series explores the increasingly important relationship between media, technology, culture and society. MDT has a long tradition of operating across artistic and scientific academic disciplines and is expanding its creative portfolio. Hosted by the National Media Museum, and supported by their superb facilities, the series recognises the importance of the National Media Museum as a forum for these critical debates. All seminars are FREE and begin at 6pm, National Media Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 1NQ. Tel: 0870 70 10 200 http://www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/ For more information on the series contact: Mark Goodall ([log in to unmask]) Tel +44 (0)1274 236071 http://bms.brad.ac.uk/research/timecode.php http://bradccm.wordpress.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the Film-Philosophy list, please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/film-philosophy.html -- Film-Philosophy Journal: http://www.film-philosophy.com/ Film-Philosophy Conference 2014 (University of Glasgow 2-4 July): http://www.film-philosophy.com/conference/ --