A Sociology of Sound Technicians (eBook)

Making the Show Go on

Andy Battentier (Autor)

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2021 | 1st ed. 2021
XXXI, 140 Seiten
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden (Verlag)
978-3-658-33029-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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. 

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

 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 23.7.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Musik und Gesellschaft
• Reihe/Serie: Musik und Gesellschaft
• Zusatzinfo: XXXI, 140 p. 38 illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Actor-Network Theory • Economy of culture • music • Sociology • Sound Engineers • Technology
• ISBN-10: 3-658-33029-5 / 3658330295
• ISBN-13: 978-3-658-33029-3 / 9783658330293