Special Issue: Popular Music, Decolonization and Indigenious Studies
https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/issue/view/71
Continue readingSpecial Issue: Popular Music, Decolonization and Indigenious Studies
https://iaspmjournal.net/index.php/IASPM_Journal/issue/view/71
Continue readingDifferentiating Sound Studies: Politics of Sound and Listening
In response to demands for an extension of deadline in the midst of holiday season, we have decided to extend the submission deadline for “Differentiating Sound Studies: Politics of Sound and Listening” until 7 January 2022. Those who have already submitted their abstracts may revise their submissions until the new deadline, if necessary.
Continue readingMethodological Approaches to Music and Dance:
Exploring the Field of Heavy Metal and Its Genre Boundaries
September 08 – September 09, 2022, University of Siegen
Music and dance are connected intimately and especially in popular music cultures dance plays a vital role. Even though academic attention so far has rather attended to forms such as tap dance, salsa, hip hop or various forms of electronic dance music, heavy metal is no exception in this respect: It has developed characteristic, music-related bodily practices that at times serve to designate cultural membership as, for example, the term “headbangers” indicates. At concerts, the music is accompanied by common movements like headbanging and moshing and even more unconventional forms such as conga lines or ‘folkloristic’ circle dances can be found. As this suggests, the boundaries to other music genres are not rigid but porous: Historically, for instance, moshing and stage diving entered metal culture via hardcore and (music-)stylistic crossovers can entail extensions of a genre’s dance styles. The specific forms of movement are situated within a complex, relational structure and can vary by (sub-)genre, the course of a concert, the interaction among dancers, the dancers’ evaluation of the music, or the music’s aesthetic character and materiality to name but a few aspects.
Continue readingWe are pleased to announce the first “Call for Papers” (https://www.journalofglobalpopcultures.com/submissions) for the 1st edition of our upcoming “Journal of Global Pop Cultures”, an initiative of Shared Campus and of its the theme group “Pop Cultures” in particular (https://shared-campus.com/themes#pop-cultures).
Continue readingProgressive Rock, Metal, and the Literary Imagination
Chris Anderton and Lori Burns, editors
Progressive Rock, Metal, and the Literary Imagination will present analyses of progressive rock and metal music that reveals a striking engagement with literary texts and themes – from classic literature, mythology and poetry to science fiction, horror, and other genres. While many of the extant publications on progressive rock and metal have focused on the history of progressive rock, few have examined the ways that it intersects with the literary imagination, whether drawing on myths, legends, and stories as source material, or using storytelling modes to create new stories and worlds. Progressive rock musicians have often created concept albums based around these source materials and worlds, and they offer more than simply fantasy and escapism, with narratives and themes that comment on the social, cultural, and political milieux in which they are made.
Continue readingDifferentiating Sound Studies: Politics of Sound and Listening
The Journal of Audiovisual Ethnomusicology (JAVEM) is a newly established, bi-annual, peer-reviewed streaming journal of ethnomusicological film and video sponsored by the Society for Ethnomusicology.
JAVEM aims to advance the use of video/film as a method for exploring music and its entanglements, and as a medium for presenting those explorations.
We invite the submission to JAVEM of original audiovisual contributions.
Continue readingThe following job posting at Carleton University in Ottawa might be of interest to IASPM members. Sorry for any cross-posting…
About the Position
Field of Specialization: Music and Culture
Academic Unit: School for Studies in Art & Culture: Music
Category of Appointment: Preliminary
Rank/Position Title: Assistant Professor
Start Date: 1 July 2022
Closing Date: 15 January 2022, or until the position is filled
Continue readingThe abstract submission deadline for the joint IASPM Canada and Working in Music 2022 conference has been extended until 1 December 2021.
We welcome topics within the conference theme of “Starting Over? Popular Music and Working in Music in a Post-Pandemic World,” or any aspect of popular music studies, broadly defined.
The conference will take place in London, Ontario, Canada, from May 22 to 25, 2022.
Further information and submission link available on the IASPM Canada website: https://www.iaspm.ca/2022conference
The Department of Musicology at the University of Oslo invites applications for 3 PhD fellowships in musicology in relation to societal challenges and crises. The deadline is 9 January 2022. The positions are open with regard to time period, geographic area, and musical genre or tradition—which certainly includes popular music topics. Further info can be found here: https://www.hf.uio.no/imv/english/about/vacancies/.
Doctoral fellowships in Norway are full-time salaried positions with social benefits. Questions about the positions can be directed to the contacts listed in the job ad, or relevant academic staff.