Geographically Isolated and Peripheral Music Scenes
Global Insights and Perspectives
1st Edition
Published on 25. October 2021
XII, 210 pages
978-981-16-4581-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the influence of geographical isolation and peripherality on the functioning of music industries and scenes which operate within and from such locales. As is explored, these sites engage dynamic practices to offset challenges resulting from geographical isolation and peripherality.
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Christina Ballico
Geographically Isolated and Peripheral Music Scenes
Global Insights and Perspectives
Book
10/2021
Palgrave Macmillan
€139.09
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Dr Christina Ballico
is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, Griffith University, Australia, and the co-editor of
Music Cities: Evaluating a Global Policy Concept
(2020).
Content
Introduction.- Heard, not scene? Dublin's popular music viewed from the inside and outside.- You get to know the scene inside out, but the cost of travel is a burden: The impacts of isolation and peripherality on the contemporary music scene of Perth, Western Australia.- Wild Nights in the Cool North: Embracing Otherness in Icelandic and Faroese Music Festivals.- The Dawson City Music Festival and a Small-town Scene at the Periphery of the Music Industries.- Social media in Chile's indie music scene: crossing local and global boundaries.- Linguistic and Geographic Diversity's Impact on Popular Music in Papua New Guinea.- Industrial Isolation and Cultural Self-Exile: The Formation of an Independent Music Scene in Montreal.- Don't Mess With Texas: Austin's Roundtrip Journey from the Periphery to the Center of the Earth.- Conclusion.
