A Sociology of Sound Technicians

Making the Show Go on

Andy Battentier (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXXI, 140 Seiten

2021 | 1st ed. 2021
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-33028-6 (ISBN)

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If art, and especially music, has been framed in cultural sociology as a collective production relying on a variety of actors, technicians have been mostly framed as "support personnel" marginally impacting the meaning of a cultural production. This book analyzes sound technicians as technical intermediaries. They are autonomous actors of cultural production, and contribute in various ways to the meaning of live or recorded music performances, framed as a form of interaction rituals. From this analysis, it argues that artists should not be considered at the center of art worlds, and proposes a model including various types of actors in different roles, all necessary to produce a cultural object.

lt;p>Andy Battentier is a PhD in cultural sociology and former sound technician for theater and music.

INTRODUCTION: SOUND ENGINEERS AS A RESEARCH OBJECT.- TECHNICAL INTERMEDIARIES AND THE AGENCY OF OBJECTS: QUESTIONING GENERALIZEDSYMMETRY.- A COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO MAKING A LIVING FROM SOUND ENGINEERING.- CREATIVE CRAFT IN MUSIC: CAREERS AND ROLES OF SOUND TECHNICIANS.- THE POWER OF SOUND TECHNICIANS OVER THE SCRIPT: NEGOTIATIONS AROUND THE SHAPE OF THE PERFORMANCE'S OBJECT.- GROUP ENGAGEMENT OF TECHNICIANS AND AUDIENCES IN CONCERTS.- CONCLUSION: TECHNICAL ABILITY, ART WORLDS, AND PERFORMANCE PERSPECTIVE

Erscheinungsdatum	28.05.2021
Reihe/Serie	Musik und Gesellschaft
Zusatzinfo	XXXI, 140 p. 38 illus.
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	231 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
Schlagworte	Actor-Network Theory • Economy of culture • music • Sociology • Sound Engineers • Technology
ISBN-10	3-658-33028-7 / 3658330287
ISBN-13	978-3-658-33028-6 / 9783658330286
Zustand	Neuware