The new geographies of popular music (in a pandemic) : Guilty geographies and compressed intimacies
(2021) In POPULÄR – Nordic Journal for Popular Culture Research 2. p.9-27- Abstract
- In this paper, I analyse developments in the relationship between popular musicians and their audiences that have intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–21. The first, guilty geographies, concerns musicians and music venues becoming increasingly reliant on charitable audience support, appealing to fans’ ethical consciences through the crowdfunding (or fan-funding) model. The second, compressed intimacies, relates to the conditions of musical production and reception, and the new geographies of musical listening, that emerge from this guilt-based relationship. Focusing on examples from Sweden, I argue that while some artists and venues have engaged creatively with guilty geographies and compressed intimacies, these... (More)
- In this paper, I analyse developments in the relationship between popular musicians and their audiences that have intensified during the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020–21. The first, guilty geographies, concerns musicians and music venues becoming increasingly reliant on charitable audience support, appealing to fans’ ethical consciences through the crowdfunding (or fan-funding) model. The second, compressed intimacies, relates to the conditions of musical production and reception, and the new geographies of musical listening, that emerge from this guilt-based relationship. Focusing on examples from Sweden, I argue that while some artists and venues have engaged creatively with guilty geographies and compressed intimacies, these trends should be resisted. (Less)
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- Dodds, Philip LU
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- 2021-07
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- popular music, guilty geographies, fan-funding, intimacy, sonic compression, streaming platforms, Mona Masrour, Alice Boman, Jens Lekman, Sweden
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- POPULÄR – Nordic Journal for Popular Culture Research
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- 2
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- 9 - 27
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- Lund University, Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper.
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- English
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