Amplifying Street Knowledge through Practice-as-Research

Sound System Outernational #5 in Naples, Italy

Dados Bibliográficos

ID21876232
AutoresBrian D’aquino (Goldsmiths University of London), Oana Pârvan
Ano2021
Volume8
Fascículo1
Data de publicação2021-08-13
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of World Popular Music (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2052-4900 • E-ISSN: 2052-4919
EditoraEquinox Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1558/jwpm.43084
OpenAlexW3195284075
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas15

Based on a first-hand account of the SSO#5 event, the authors discuss the challenges of grounding the organization of an international academic event in the local environment of Naples, a Southern Italy city with a strong sound system tradition. An ethnographic account of the Italian and Naples scene, including interviews with local sound system pioneers, will provide the context. The overarching intention animating the planning of the event was to acknowledge the way academic research can interact with local and global grassroots music movements in a transformative way, establishing connections, nurturing skills and promoting mutual recognition. More specifically, the event was aimed at amplifying the value of the already-existing scene, turning up the self-confidence of its practitioners and boosting the acknowledgement of sound system practice as an academic research field. This was achieved through the active involvement of local practitioners and activists in the conception of the event, to achieve the mutual trust and respect between participants from different backgrounds, which made the event itself a form of practice-as-research in terms of adding to an ongoing learning process

Acknowledgement · Ethnography · Grassroots · Pedagogy · Political science · Public relations · Sociology · Transformative learning · Computer Science · Diverse Musicological Studies · History · Music History and Culture · Music Technology and Sound Studies