Popular music, psychogeography, place identity and tourism

The case of Sheffield

Bibliographic Data

ID12697607
AuthorsPhilip Long (0000-0001-6410-5803, Bournemouth University), Philip E Long (Bournemouth University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume14
Issue1
Pages48-65
Publication date2013-12-10
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTourist Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-7976 • E-ISSN: 1741-3206
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1468797613511685
OpenAlexW2146261941
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited31

Tourism and cultural agencies in some English provincial cities are promoting their popular music ‘heritage’ and, in some cases, contemporary musicians through the packaging of trails, sites, ‘iconic’ venues and festivals. This article focuses on Sheffield, a ‘post-industrial’ northern English city which is drawing on its associations with musicians past and present in seeking to attract tourists. This article is based on interviews with, among others, recording artists, promoters, producers and venue managers, along with reflective observational and documentary data. Theoretical remarks are made on the representations of popular musicians through cultural tourism strategies, programmes and products and also on the ways in which musicians convey a ‘psychogeographical’ sense of place in the ‘soundscape’ of the city

Advertising · Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Business · Cultural heritage · Identity (music · Media studies · Music festival · Political science · Popular music · Public relations · Sense of place · Social science · Sociology · Soundscape · Tourism · Visual arts · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · History · Music History and Culture · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts

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