New EDM research paper: "Electronic Dance Music: From Spectacular Subculture to Culture Industry"
I'm pleased to announce
the release of a new academic paper that I've been involved with,
co-written by my friend Professor Chris Conner of the University of
Missouri, and his colleague Nathan Katz. It's one of the first domestic
academic papers devoted to the evolution of electronic music in America.
I was happy to provide photographs and some insights for Professor
Conner.
https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/DJRYWKBHQX2439MWBJIC/full
This is a work that's definitely aimed at other higher academics (and not the general public), and as such there's a lot of references to other professors and historians that most people probably won't be cognizant of. It's also written in language that you wouldn't find in your average music publication, so be prepared to do some heavy verbal lifting at times.
This paper is valuable because (a) it approaches the genre of electronic music from a previously unexplored direction, and (b) it signals that the genre is just as worthy of higher study as classical, jazz, rock and roll and hip-hop are.
You may not completely agree with all of Conner and Katz' observations, but that's the whole point of academic discussion--the discussion itself, to bring about one's own conclusions later. This is not like a social media post, designed to trigger a specific response like click-bait. Rather, it's a starting point for a hopefully greater debate, in future papers and journals.
https://journals.sagepub.com/eprint/DJRYWKBHQX2439MWBJIC/full
This is a work that's definitely aimed at other higher academics (and not the general public), and as such there's a lot of references to other professors and historians that most people probably won't be cognizant of. It's also written in language that you wouldn't find in your average music publication, so be prepared to do some heavy verbal lifting at times.
This paper is valuable because (a) it approaches the genre of electronic music from a previously unexplored direction, and (b) it signals that the genre is just as worthy of higher study as classical, jazz, rock and roll and hip-hop are.
You may not completely agree with all of Conner and Katz' observations, but that's the whole point of academic discussion--the discussion itself, to bring about one's own conclusions later. This is not like a social media post, designed to trigger a specific response like click-bait. Rather, it's a starting point for a hopefully greater debate, in future papers and journals.
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