Digital Methods Workshops for Music Researchers

We are delighted to announce the dates for a series of interactive workshops taking place in May 2022. The workshops introduce web-based digital methods to music researchers interested in studying music’s circulation and reception online. Monday 9th May 2022: Introduction to Mozdeh and SentiStrength with Mike Thelwall This workshop introduces Mozdeh and SentiStrength for analysing … Continue reading “Digital Methods Workshops for Music Researchers”

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On Internet Subcultures & PC Music (Part II): A Reappraisal

Contact Info: I would love to hear from you if you have questions & comments or would like to draw upon & cite material from this post. My email address is e dot c dot k dot spencer at bham dot ac dot uk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Towards the end of the previous post, I highlighted the way … Continue reading “On Internet Subcultures & PC Music (Part II): A Reappraisal”

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On Internet Subcultures & PC Music (Part I): A Review

  Contact Info: I would love to hear from you if you have questions & comments or would like to draw upon & cite material from this post. My email address is e dot c dot k dot spencer at bham dot ac dot uk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here at Birmingham, we have access to the archives of … Continue reading “On Internet Subcultures & PC Music (Part I): A Review”

(Algo|Afro)Futures Mentoring Programme

In collaboration with Antonio Roberts, Alex McLean, FoAm Kernow, and Vivid Projects, we are excited to announce:  (Algo|Afro)Futures  a mentoring programme for early career Black artists who want to explore the creative potential of live coding. (Algo|Afro)Futures will take place from April – June 2021 at Vivid Projects in Digbeth and online. The programme will … Continue reading “(Algo|Afro)Futures Mentoring Programme”

Conference Announcement: ‘Information Overload? Music Studies in the Age of Abundance’ (8-10 Sept)

We are thrilled to announce the details for our forthcoming conference: Information Overload? Music Studies in the Age of Abundance 8th – 10th September 2021 University of Birmingham & Online via Zoom Keynote Speakers: Robin James (University of North Carolina at Charlotte) Nick Seaver (Tufts University) MORE SPEAKERS TO BE ANNOUNCED For those investigating any … Continue reading “Conference Announcement: ‘Information Overload? Music Studies in the Age of Abundance’ (8-10 Sept)”

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Hello World.

Welcome to the blog for Music and the Internet: Towards a Digital Sociology of Music (‘DIGSOCMUS’). The internet and digitalisation have created new social conditions, transforming the relations between knowledge, society and social research (cf. Marres 2017). This project asks what these changes mean for music and for musicological research. We will use this blog … Continue reading “Hello World.”