Can You Dig It
Some Reflections on the Sociological Problems Associated with Being Uncool
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2321984 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D Beer (0000-0002-6926-4595, University of York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1151-1162 |
| Publication date | 2009-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0038038509345699 |
| OpenAlex | W2167032772 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 22 |
Coolness is an elusive concept. This research note seeks to understand its place in the life of the sociologist. Reflecting on the recent experiences of the author, this piece focuses on the problems of studying music cultures where the interested researcher has become uncool. It begins by tracking this problem, with particular regard to the problems of identifying and studying the very aspects of culture that the researcher wishes to investigate, before suggesting how we might react where we think our uncoolness is a problem in our research. The note concludes with a discussion of the implications of these issues for sociology more generally
Epistemology · Sociology · Music History and Culture · Philosophy · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
Friendships with benefits? Examining the role of friendship in semi-structured interviews within music research
Underground Heritage
We were never cool
Subculture wars
Ambivalence, indifference, distinction
Music classification, genres, and taste patterns
Mama's boy? mother-son bond as a resource for masculinity construction
The Hidden Dimensions of the Musical Field and the Potential of the New Social Data
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Subculture
Making sense of the information age
Sentient Cities Ambient intelligence and the politics of urban space
Kate Bush
Outsiders
The musical field
The Sociological Imagination
Cool Boys', 'Party Animals', 'Squids' and 'Poofters
Speed up or slow down? Social theory in the information age
The rise of soft capitalism
Decorative Sociology
Making Friends with Jarvis Cocker
Power after Hegemony
Some Further Reflections on the Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology
The Coming Crisis of Empirical Sociology
Punk's Not Dead
Subcultures or Neo-tribes? Rethinking the Relationship Between Youth, Style and Musical Taste
The 'Cultural Turn' in Social Theory
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2023 (11) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |