Peter Symon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1602848 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Symon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Symon |
| SIGNATURE | SYMON P |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Playing Away
In this paper we examine the agenda for change in policy towards popular music in Scotland brought about by political devolution. Popular music has been one of the most vibrant cultural forms of the past fifty years. Yet, as the evidence we present on its popular music industry makes clear, Scotland has under-performed when compared to the UK as a whole and to Ireland. In recent years, the cultural and economic importance of popular music has bec…
International Association for the Study of Popular Music (UK Branch) 2000 Conference
For some reason, the working lives of music makers are not often given the attention in popular music studies which might be expected. The launch of the UK Year of the Artist – celebrating the role of artists in society – immediately before the 2000 conference of the UK branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM), meant that it was especially timely, then, for the IASPM event to address this state of affairs. Th…
Music and national identity in Scotland
The subject of his article reflects what Robert Crawford has called 'a growing wariness of notions of an essentialist Scotland' (1994, p. 57). The article has been written partly as a contribution to the critique of 'essentialist' notions of national identity in gerneral and 'Scottishness' in particular. I share the concern of Stuart Hall (1990; 1995) and others (Massey 1991; Rose 1995) to challenge ideas which reproduce notions of the 'boundedne…
Music and national identity in Scotland
The subject of his article reflects what Robert Crawford has called 'a growing wariness of notions of an essentialist Scotland' (1994, p. 57). The article has been written partly as a contribution to the critique of 'essentialist' notions of national identity in gerneral and 'Scottishness' in particular. I share the concern of Stuart Hall (1990; 1995) and others (Massey 1991; Rose 1995) to challenge ideas which reproduce notions of the 'boundedne…
Music and national identity in Scotland
The subject of his article reflects what Robert Crawford has called 'a growing wariness of notions of an essentialist Scotland' (1994, p. 57). The article has been written partly as a contribution to the critique of 'essentialist' notions of national identity in gerneral and 'Scottishness' in particular. I share the concern of Stuart Hall (1990; 1995) and others (Massey 1991; Rose 1995) to challenge ideas which reproduce notions of the 'boundedne…
International Association for the Study of Popular Music (UK Branch) 2000 Conference
For some reason, the working lives of music makers are not often given the attention in popular music studies which might be expected. The launch of the UK Year of the Artist – celebrating the role of artists in society – immediately before the 2000 conference of the UK branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM), meant that it was especially timely, then, for the IASPM event to address this state of affairs. Th…
Playing Away
In this paper we examine the agenda for change in policy towards popular music in Scotland brought about by political devolution. Popular music has been one of the most vibrant cultural forms of the past fifty years. Yet, as the evidence we present on its popular music industry makes clear, Scotland has under-performed when compared to the UK as a whole and to Ireland. In recent years, the cultural and economic importance of popular music has bec…
History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Art (2 works) · Irish and British Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Popular music (2 works)