InterMultiTrans. Disciplinarities in popular music research

Contributors

Program

Annual Conference of the Society for Popular Music Research at the University campus Freiburg, October 10-12, 2024

Conference concept (from the call for papers):

Many disciplines have been involved in researching popular music since the early days - cultural anthropology/science, music education, musicology (historical, systematic and ethnological), media studies, literary studies, sociology, etc. This is reflected in the existence of various specialist societies, including international ones, and the variety of terms used to describe the subject: research on popular music, popular music research, popular music studies, pop musicology or even pop music research.

At the 34th annual conference of the GFPM, we would like to reflect on how disciplinarity is reflected in our field of research, what potential the various disciplines have and what methodological and institutional challenges they present. Linked to this is the question of what popular music research can achieve as a kaleidoscope or intersection of subjects and disciplines in order to survive the competition for academic sustainability, social attention and funding.

The question of interdisciplinarity, multidisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity, not only in popular music research, can be understood as an impetus to reflect on the tendencies in our field of research to open up and expand disciplinary perspectives and to enter into an in-depth discussion about the opportunities and challenges of academic disciplinarity.

We recognize three thematic areas in this context: InterMultiTrans in its scientific-theoretical, science-political and everyday professional dimensions.

More about the conference on the website of the Center for Popular Culture and Music (ZPKM)

Local organization team and participating institutes:

Prof. Dr. Thade Buchborn, College of Music Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Dr. Michael Fischer, ZPKM and College of Music Freiburg

PD Dr. Knut Holtsträter, ZPKM and Musicology Department of the University campus Freiburg

PD Dr. Christofer Jost, ZPKM and Institute for Media Cultural Studies at the University campus Freiburg

Laura Marie Steinhaus MA, Institute for Empirical Cultural Studies at the University campus Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Konstantin Voigt, Department of Musicology at the University campus Freiburg

Venue:

Albert-Ludwigs-University campus Freiburg
KG I, Aula and Lecture Hall 1119