[csaa-forum] Popular Music History Journal: CFP and EOI for new Reviews Editor

[Catherine Strong]

Hello all (with the usual apologies for cross-posting),

As the incoming editors for Popular Music History Journal, we are seeking a
new Reviews Editor for the journal. The current editor Andy Linehan has
chosen to step down from the role after many years, and we thank him for
all his hard and excellent work. If you would like to take on this
position, please send a CV and a short (2-300 word) statement on your
experience in this area to Catherine.strong at rmit.edu.au by August 20 (or
email if you have any queries about the role).

We are also actively seeking content for the journal, and would like to
invite scholars working on any aspects of popular music’s past to submit
their work. While any historical articles are very welcome, we are also
working to emphasise the following areas in the journal, and are interested
in either single papers or ideas for special issues on the following topics:

*Histories outside the Western canon*

While the histories of the bands and scenes that are central to the
Anglophone music canon have been extensively analysed, popular music
histories beyond this are increasingly coming to light, and offer new and
challenging ways to think about the effects of popular music. We welcome
submissions from scholars working outside the Anglophone world, and also
those focusing on narratives emerging from within that give voice to
hidden, alternative and counter-histories.

*Fan voices/perspectives*

The growth of DIY archives and museums, and the increasing use of social
media to circulate historical artefacts and facilitate discussions among
fans of popular music mean there has been a growth in ‘bottom up’ materials
available to scholars studying popular music histories, both in terms of
what is preserved/circulated and the processes by which this happens. We
would encourage scholars working in this area, and those using
methodologies that privilege the voices of fans in various ways, to publish
with us.

*Institutional histories*

We welcome papers that continue the journal’s interests in how cities,
regions and nations construct and display popular music histories, and
industrial, state and fan agendas. For example, the Victorian state
Government in Australia has established the Australian Music Vault as an
institutional archive and digital participatory space. We would envisage
these sort of landmark events across the globe to be worthy of special
issues as well as one-off papers.

*History, archiving and material culture*

While the journal has aired particular articles on contemporary archiving,
we would like to continue this tradition, in exploring further the material
constraints of ‘completist’ music archives, and the
relationships/differences in amateur and ‘official’ archiving. Papers that
explore music’s role in debates about popular culture in this space, in
terms of practices, philosophies and agendas, are of particular interest.

*Proactive responses to events*

Music heritage debates regularly occur in the mainstream media. As editors,
we believe it is imperative to be responsive to contemporary events (e.g.
musician deaths or events such as the Manchester bombing or Punk 40 event
in London) and construct special issues in as real time as possible in
relation. Proposals along these lines are very welcome.



Please contact us if you have any ideas for special issues, or if you would
like to see if a paper you have would be suited to the journal.

Finally, we would like to acknowledge the many years of hard work and
dedication that Dave Laing, the outgoing editor, has put into this journal.
We will do our best to live up to his fine example.

Yours truly,

Shane Homan (shane.homan at monash.edu)

Catherine Strong (Catherine.strong at rmit.edu.au)


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Dr Catherine Strong
Senior Lecturer, Music Industry
School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3001 AUSTRALIA
Ph: +61 3 9925 3236


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