Jez Collins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3782895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jez Collins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jez |
| FAMILY NAME | Collins |
| SIGNATURE | COLLINS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Birmingham City University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Popular music heritage, community archives and the challenge of sustainability
This article identifies the challenges community archives of popular music face in achieving medium- to long-term sustainability. The artefacts and vernacular knowledge to be found in community archives, both physical and online, are at risk of being lost ‘to the tip’ and, consequently, to ‘cultural memory’, due to a lack of resources and technological change. The authors offer case studies of the British Archive of Country Music, a physical arch…
“They’re Not Pirates, They’re Archivists”
This chapter examines the activist archivist as a community activity, one that relies on the collective efforts of a group of like-minded people who strive to make available the material objects of popular culture for consumption. Responding to the political and economic limitations of rights-holders who prevent the commercial release of the marginal cultural texts of popular music, activist archivists are making materials available for distribut…
Doing-it-Together
This chapter focuses on activist archiving and public history-making in a number of participatory popular music archive sites related to popular music histories of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. This latest interest in Birmingham&s;s music heritage was reignited by a number of projects, some in the form of physical exhibitions, others in the digital environment. It also argues that the activities taking place online go beyond the notion of do-…
Sustaining popular music's material culture in community archives and museums
This article examines the challenges of sustainability faced by community archives and museums that are concerned with the preservation and display of the material culture of popular music’s recent past. The sustainability of grassroots sites of popular music heritage is of great concern due to their role in making accessible cultural artefacts that have limited representation in the collections of more prestigious institutions. Drawing on three …
Mapping the Soundscapes of Popular Music Heritage
In the summer of 2010, the Midland Arts Centre (mac) in south Birmingham reopened its doors after a £15 million refurbishment. Its main gallery featured ‘Plug In’, an exhibition curated by artist Simon Poulter celebrating various aspects of the city’s identity and cultural heritage. The heterogeneous installations included a sign from the HP Sauce factory (relocated to the Netherlands), a Morris Minor motorcar and two contributions originating in…
Popular music heritage, community archives and the challenge of sustainability
This article identifies the challenges community archives of popular music face in achieving medium- to long-term sustainability. The artefacts and vernacular knowledge to be found in community archives, both physical and online, are at risk of being lost ‘to the tip’ and, consequently, to ‘cultural memory’, due to a lack of resources and technological change. The authors offer case studies of the British Archive of Country Music, a physical arch…
Sustaining popular music's material culture in community archives and museums
This article examines the challenges of sustainability faced by community archives and museums that are concerned with the preservation and display of the material culture of popular music’s recent past. The sustainability of grassroots sites of popular music heritage is of great concern due to their role in making accessible cultural artefacts that have limited representation in the collections of more prestigious institutions. Drawing on three …
Mapping the Soundscapes of Popular Music Heritage
In the summer of 2010, the Midland Arts Centre (mac) in south Birmingham reopened its doors after a £15 million refurbishment. Its main gallery featured ‘Plug In’, an exhibition curated by artist Simon Poulter celebrating various aspects of the city’s identity and cultural heritage. The heterogeneous installations included a sign from the HP Sauce factory (relocated to the Netherlands), a Morris Minor motorcar and two contributions originating in…
“They’re Not Pirates, They’re Archivists”
This chapter examines the activist archivist as a community activity, one that relies on the collective efforts of a group of like-minded people who strive to make available the material objects of popular culture for consumption. Responding to the political and economic limitations of rights-holders who prevent the commercial release of the marginal cultural texts of popular music, activist archivists are making materials available for distribut…
Doing-it-Together
This chapter focuses on activist archiving and public history-making in a number of participatory popular music archive sites related to popular music histories of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. This latest interest in Birmingham&s;s music heritage was reignited by a number of projects, some in the form of physical exhibitions, others in the digital environment. It also argues that the activities taking place online go beyond the notion of do-…
Sustaining popular music's material culture in community archives and museums
This article examines the challenges of sustainability faced by community archives and museums that are concerned with the preservation and display of the material culture of popular music’s recent past. The sustainability of grassroots sites of popular music heritage is of great concern due to their role in making accessible cultural artefacts that have limited representation in the collections of more prestigious institutions. Drawing on three …
Popular music heritage, community archives and the challenge of sustainability
This article identifies the challenges community archives of popular music face in achieving medium- to long-term sustainability. The artefacts and vernacular knowledge to be found in community archives, both physical and online, are at risk of being lost ‘to the tip’ and, consequently, to ‘cultural memory’, due to a lack of resources and technological change. The authors offer case studies of the British Archive of Country Music, a physical arch…
Art (4 works) · Digital and Traditional Archives Management (3 works) · History (3 works) · Diverse Musicological Studies (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Music History and Culture (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Sustainability (2 works) · Visual arts (2 works)