We Want More: Feedback!

The We Want More: Feedback! Young scholars workshop is part of the international popular music studies conference We Want More: Music / Sociology! The Erasmus University Rotterdam research centre Rotterdam Popular Music Studies (RPMS) will host this afternoon together with the Benelux Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. IASPM Benelux has as a key objective to nourish academic talent in the field of popular music studies within the Benelux region, for example through its annual student conference and thesis prize. 

Themes

RPMS and IASPM Benelux invite young scholars (i.e. MA students, PhD canidates) to submit paper abstracts from all disciplines of popular music studies (sociology, cultural studies, geography etc.). Themes may include: 

• AI, streaming, algorithms, and the platformization of music
• Music, care, health, and well-being
• Production, labour, and careers in the music industry
• Audience (live) experiences, taste, and consumption in music
• Social inequalities, cultural representation, and coloniality in music
• Sustainable and resilient music ecosystems and its policy implications 
• Music education, learning and professionalization
• The political economy of music industries and music business 
• Music, urban space, nightlife
• Music, protest, activism, and social change
• Music from the margins, de-westernizing music studies

This list of research themes is not exhaustive, and papers may also address other aspects of popular music studies.

Program

We strongly encourage submissions from PhD candidates and MA students with an ambition to do a PhD. Students are expected to present on their PhD or MA thesis research and will have the opportunity to discuss it with senior researchers within the field of popular music studies. The program will further include a skills workshop and a Q&A with a professor sharing tricks of the trade.