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Genre, Boundary Drawing and the Classificatory Imagination (and a special issue on Field Analysis and Cultural Sociology)

Posted on May 31, 2013 by davidgbeer

A special issue on Field Analysis in Cultural Sociology has just been published in the journal Cultural Sociology. It’s been edited by Mike Savage and Elizabeth B. Silva. The issue covers a range of topics from art, to music, to … Continue reading →

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Music and Meaning event: some reflections

Posted on November 7, 2012 by davidgbeer

I spent this afternoon at a small event I organised on the topic of ‘Music & Meaning‘. I planned it as a bit of a distraction and as a bit of informal space for the discussion of ideas. I gave … Continue reading →

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Making revisions…adding more on genre and field

Posted on August 4, 2012 by davidgbeer

My job for this week is to make some revisions to a piece on music genre. Above are the books I want to add references to. I need to make some connections between my piece and some other work on … Continue reading →

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The chaos of music genres

Posted on May 4, 2012 by davidgbeer

My piece ‘The Chaos of Music Genres’ has just been published by Berfrois. Here’s a link.

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