Event: Online Popular Music Studies Symposium "New Directions in Popular Music Studies" (06.09.2024)

New Directions in Popular Music Studies
6 September (Online), BST
Registration here.

• 10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction

• 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Women, the Electric Guitar and the Music Industries
  Peter Grant, City University London: “Annie Clark as Prog Rock Guitarist”
  Ria Bagley, University of Huddersfield: “Practitioner’s Perspective on Working in the Guitar Industry”
  Kate Lewis, Brunel University London: “What are We Doing Here?: The Electric Guitar, Gender and Re-framing Functional Approaches”

• 12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. Break

• 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Online Music Cultures
  Daniel Lee, The University of Adelaide: “Collective Taxonomies: How Online Learners of Guitar Approach Theory”
  Gabrielle Kielich, University of Huddersfield: “Women Electric Guitarists’ Views on and Use of Online Spaces”
  1:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Break
  2:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Keynote
  Jess Reia, University of Virginia: “Cultural Policy, Data and Urban Music Governance: Why they Matter for Popular Music Studies”
  2:45 to 3:00 p.m. Break
  3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Live Music and Touring
  Sergio Pisfil, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas: “Live Music Research Perspectives from Latin America and Peru”
  Jake Faraday, Edinburgh Napier University: “In-Ear Monitors and Backstage Care on a Large-Scale Tour”