Research Guides: INQ 300-G Contemporary Issues: The Ecology of Music: Reading Responses

Reading Response #1 (40 pages)

Sound Futures: Exploring the Ecology of Music Sustainability.
Schippers, Huib. 2016. “Sound Futures: Exploring the Ecology of Music Sustainability.” In Schippers and Grant (ed.), Sustainable Futures for Music Cultures: An Ecological Perspective (New York: Oxford University Press), 1-17.
Music Sustainability: Strategies and Interventions.
Grant, Catherine. 2016. “Music Sustainability: Strategies and Interventions.” In Schippers and Grant (ed.), Sustainable Futures for Music Cultures: An Ecological Perspective (New York: Oxford University Press), 19-41.

Global Perspectives: The IMC Report on Forces Affecting Music Sustainability.
Letts, Richard. 2015. “Global Perspectives: The IMC Report on Forces Affecting Music Sustainability.” The World of Music 4 (1), Sound Futures: Exploring Contexts for Music Sustainability: 89-102.
Hip-Hop & the Global Imprint of a Black Cultural Form.
Morgan, Marcyliena and Dionne Bennett. 2011. “Hip-Hop & the Global Imprint of a Black Cultural Form.” Daedalus 140 (2) Race, Inequality & Culture: 176-196.

Introduction to the Third Edition.
Feld, Steven. 2012. Introduction to the Third Edition. Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics, and Song in Kaluli Expression (Durham, NC: Duke University Press), xiii-xxxvii.
Decomposed: A Political Ecology of Music.
Devine, Kyle. 2015. “Decomposed: A Political Ecology of Music.” Popular Music 34 (3): 367-389.

Foreword: Music as Intangible Heritage in Memories from the Past and Visions for the Future.
Lazzeretti, Luciana. 2021. “Foreword: Music as Intangible Heritage in Memories from the Past and Visions for the Future.” In de-Miguel-Molina et al (ed.), Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Economic, Cultural and Social Identity (Open Access: SpringerBriefs in Economics), v-xi.
Introduction: Music, from Intangible Cultural Heritage to the Music Industry.
de-Miguel-Molina, Blanca and Rafael Boix-Doménech. 2021. “Introduction: Music, from Intangible Cultural Heritage to the Music Industry.” In de-Miguel-Molina et al (ed.), Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Economic, Cultural and Social Identity (Open Access: SpringerBriefs in Economics), 3-8.
Conclusions: Music as an Economic, Social, Cultural, Creative and Resilient Activity.
de-Miguel-Molina, María and Virginia Santamarina-Campos. 2021. “Conclusions: Music as an Economic, Social, Cultural, Creative and Resilient Activity.” In de-Miguel-Molina et al (ed.), Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Economic, Cultural and Social Identity (Open Access: SpringerBriefs in Economics), 139-144.
Musical Instruments as Tangible Cultural Heritage and as/for Intangible Cultural Heritage.
Howard, Keith. 2022. “Musical Instruments as Tangible Cultural Heritage and as/for Intangible Cultural Heritage.” International Journal of Cultural Property 29: 23–44.

Come Together: An Introduction to Music and the City.
Kloosterman, Robert C. 2005. “Come Together: An Introduction to Music and the City.” Built Environment 31 (3) Music and the City: 180-191.
Digital Liveness: A Historico-Philosophical Perspective.
Auslander, Philip. 2012. “Digital Liveness: A Historico-Philosophical Perspective.” Journal of Performance and Art 34 (3): 3-11.
Visiting Pop Concerts and Festivals: Measuring the Value of an Integrated Live Music Motivation Scale.
Mulder, Martin and Erik Hitters. 2021. “Visiting Pop Concerts and Festivals: Measuring the Value of an Integrated Live Music Motivation Scale.” Cultural Trends 30 (4): 355-375.

Classification as Culture: Types and Trajectories of Music Genres.
Lena, Jennifer C. and Richard A. Peterson. 2008. “Classification as Culture: Types and Trajectories of Music Genres.” American Sociological Review 73 (5): 697-718.
Chance the Rapper, Spotify, and Musical Categorization in the 2010s.
Johnson, Tom. 2020. “Chance the Rapper, Spotify, and Musical Categorization in the 2010s.” American Music 38 (2) Platforms, Labor, and Community in Online Listening: 176-196.

Beyond the Black Box in Music Streaming: The Impact of Recommendation Systems upon Artists.
O’Dair, Marcus and Andrew Fry. 2020. “Beyond the Black Box in Music Streaming: The Impact of Recommendation Systems upon Artists.” Popular Communication 18 (1): 65-77.
Conclusion: What Do You Believe In?
Gross, Sally Anne and George Musgrave, “Conclusion: What Do You Believe In?” Can Music Make You Sick?: Measuring the Price of Musical Ambition (London: University of Westminster Press, 2020), 115-141.