This is a past event
Professor Marek Korczynski (from the University of Nottingham) will speak about why occupations had singing cultures and what factors led to their silencing.
As part of the Spring 2016 Music Research Seminar Series. Professor Korczynski will first assess the degree to which pre-industrial occupations had singing cultures at work as the historical record shows that many of the most populous occupations did have singing cultures.
With this established, he goes on to consider the social meaning of these singing cultures in terms of
- fancy and function
- community
- voice
This free presentation (open to all) will end by considering the factors that led to the silencing of these singing at work cultures and will draw on the book, Rhythms of Labour: Music at Work in Britain (Cambridge University Press) co-authored with Mike Pickering and Emma Robertson, and the linked CD release, also entitled Rhythms of Labour
- Speaker
- Professor Marek Korczynski
- Venue
- Room MR005, MacRobert Building, Aberdeen University
- Contact
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Mr Euan Crabb, Administrator of Music, Rm 003, MacRobert Building, Kings College, University of Aberdeen AB24 5UA
Tel: +44 (0) 1224 272570 Email: escrabb@abdn.ac.uk