tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72772141529706202402024-03-13T05:53:56.483+01:00metal mattersRolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.comBlogger269125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-60630057188796433632015-07-07T13:45:00.000+02:002015-07-07T13:45:19.074+02:00Festival-EthnologieWer hat sich das nicht schon auf einem Festival gefragt: warum hält der Idiot neben mir die ganze Zeit einen aufblasbaren Flamingo in die Höhe?<br />
Einfacher <a href="http://jetzt.sueddeutsche.de/texte/anzeigen/593555/Tanz-ums-Totem">Antwort</a>:<br />
"Im Netz nennt man sie „Festival-Totems“. Ein guter Name. Denn als Totem bezeichnete der Ethnologie Claude Lévi-Strauss das Symbol einer Gruppe – und tatsächlich sind die meist mit viel Zeit und Mühe gestalteten Festival-Maskottchen längst zu Gruppenabzeichen geworden, die sagen: „Unter diesem Objekt sind wir als Clan vereint.“ Wie eine Art Wappentier bekommen die Totems von ihren Jüngern einen Namen und eine Persönlichkeit zugedacht. Und wachen als Schutzgeister über die Freunde, die unter freiem Himmel feiern."<br />
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Macht Sinn.<br />
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Lasst es aber nicht Manowar wissen. Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-87684423447443335292015-07-07T13:37:00.002+02:002015-07-07T13:38:59.941+02:00Das jährliche Update: "Wissenschaftler haben herausgefunden, das Metal echt nicht schlimm ist"<br />
Experimental research indicates that listening to extreme metal may represent a healthy way of processing anger. Leah Sharman and Genevieve A. Dingle’s findings indicate that extreme metal music did not make angry participants angrier; rather, it appeared to match their physiological arousal and result in an increase in positive emotions.<br />
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A<a href="http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00272/pdf">rticle</a><br />
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aaaahhhhja.....<br />
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Noch besser <a href="http://www.uq.edu.au/news/article/2015/06/head-banging-tunes-can-have-same-effect-warm-hug">hier</a>:<br />
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"Head-banging tunes can have same effect as a warm hug" Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-11371955085996061042015-07-07T13:33:00.000+02:002015-07-07T13:33:37.945+02:00Neue Ausgabe von Walsers "Runnign with the Devil" Robert Walsers "Klassiker" <i>Running with the Devil: Power,
Gender, and Madness in Heavy Metal Music</i>, von 1993 liegt dieser Tage in einer neune Ausgabe vor.<br />
Nicht eben "historisch-kritische Ausgabe, annotiert und durchgesehen von Dr. h.c. Kilmister" aber:<br />
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"The updated edition of <i>Running with the Devil</i> includes a new
foreword by Harris M. Berger, which contextualizes the work twenty years
after the book was first released. There is also a new afterword by the
author, Robert Walser. These new materials touch
on the spread of metal across the globe; sub genres of metal; elements
of metal music used in pop, rap, and children's music; and the expansion
of scholarship within the field of ethnomusicology. "<br />
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<br />Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-51756934219927445752015-05-20T13:15:00.000+02:002015-05-20T13:15:27.589+02:00CfP Legion of SteelFestival und Konferenz in einem? <a href="http://ssutler.wix.com/legionofsteel?fb_ref=Default#!about-us/csxp">Bittesehr..</a>.<br />
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"The the call for papers for the Bay area on October 22,23
& 24th is now available.<br />
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Bands:</div>
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Fang (Oakland)</div>
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Kyoktys (Calgary, AB)</div>
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Necrot (Oakland)</div>
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Stone Vengeance (San Francisco)</div>
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VX36 (Northern California)</div>
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Vulgar Trade (San Francisco)</div>
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Warscythe (Bay Area)</div>
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Paper topics:</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mediated
Metal/Mass Media’s Effect on Metal</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Metal Iconography</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sex, Art &
Metal</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Women in Metal</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Horror & Heavy
Metal</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Religion and Metal</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Metal Research
Methodology</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Radicalizing,
Politicizing Metal</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New Metal Theory</div>
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Abstracts of 250-300 words and/or inquiries regarding
proposal submission may be sent to Dr. Sara Sutler-Cohen by August 31,
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Conference Registration Deadline:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>October 1, 2015</div>
Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-57447815303240791982015-05-07T10:54:00.003+02:002015-05-07T10:54:33.039+02:00Hard WiredReminder: Das Hard Wired-Symposium findet dieses Wochenende in Zürich statt. Programm <a href="http://www.zrwp.ch/uploads/2015_HW5.pdf" target="_blank">hier</a>Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-89376907923675260862015-05-07T10:51:00.001+02:002015-05-07T10:51:13.083+02:00Metal Music StudiesEine enue Ausgabe der <a href="http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=2856/" target="_blank">Metal Music Studies </a>ist erschienen. Sieht gut aus...Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-61730482873297736722015-03-24T16:13:00.002+01:002015-03-24T16:13:44.545+01:00HipHop&Metal - verborgene HochkulturenMal wieder Zeit zum Radiohören: am 27.03.2015, um 20:10 Uhr auf <a href="http://www.deutschlandfunk.de/hip-hop-und-heavy-metal-die-verborgenen-hochkulturen.1247.de.html?dram:article_id=311868" target="_blank">Deutschlandfunk</a> ein Feature von Jörg Scheller: <i>Hip-Hop und Heavy Metal Die verborgenen Hochkulturen</i><br /><br />Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-17809690790793177972015-03-24T15:51:00.002+01:002015-03-24T15:51:52.244+01:00Hard Wired VHard Wired V wirft seien Schatten voraus: am 8. und 9. Mai 2015 in Zürich zum Thema "Lernort Moshpit: Heavy Metal und Bildung"<br />
Sobald ich ein Programm verlinken kann, mehr infos...Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-88119723366212181462015-03-24T15:45:00.001+01:002015-03-24T15:45:45.339+01:00Rock Fossils<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Das ist die Ausstellung, auf die ich mein Leben lang gewartet habe. Endlich werden die Schnittstellen von Archäologie und Stromgitarre hinreichend gewürdigt - also sowas wie ernsthafte [sic!] Medienarchäologie.<br />
Alleine schon die <a href="http://rockfossils.ch/" target="_blank">Webseite </a>ist ein Traum...Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-45034285991562426562015-03-24T15:39:00.004+01:002015-03-24T15:39:53.480+01:00GfPM - CfP...war draussen - hats aber wegen technsicher Probleme nicht auf den Blog geschafft. Sorry.<br />
Daher schon mal als Veransdtaltungsankündigung: <a href="http://popularmusikforschung.de/" target="_blank">Aneignungsformen populärer Musik</a>. <br />
25. Arbeitstagung der Gesellschaft für Popularmusikforschung e.V., 20.–22. November 2015 am Institut für Musik und ihre Vermittlung der Technischen Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu BraunschweigRolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-66673692793117257642015-03-24T15:36:00.002+01:002015-03-24T15:36:29.087+01:00Läuft wiederSorry, der Blog war einige Zeit wegen technischer Warteungsarbeiten etwas "statisch" jetzt läufta abba widda.Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-78352908763316161482014-10-09T21:28:00.000+02:002014-10-09T21:28:00.976+02:00CfP The Electric Guitar in Popular CultureFriday March 27 and Saturday March 28, 2015<br />Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, USA<br />
<br />The Electric Guitar in Popular Culture aims to examine the roles of the electric guitar in cultures throughout the world. It is intended to serve as a space for academics, professionals, hobbyists and fans to engage in dialogue about topics related to the electric guitar and its cultural influence. We seek to explore the answers to many questions, including but not limited to: <br />
<ul>
<li>How has the electric guitar altered music and the lives of musicians throughout its history? </li>
<li>How has the electric guitar impacted local music scenes in northwest Ohio and those throughout the world? </li>
<li>Have changing representations of the guitar in popular culture impacted aspiring musicians? </li>
<li>How have advances in technology impacted the production of electric guitars for both producers and consumers? </li>
<li>How have various cultures and perspectives surrounding the electric guitar shifted over time?</li>
</ul>
Possible individual themes that may be addressed include, but are not limited to: <br />
<ul>
<li>Representations in Popular Culture</li>
<li>Globalization of the Electric Guitar</li>
<li>Current Trends & Artists</li>
<li>Ohio Guitar Shows</li>
<li>Guitar Collecting</li>
<li>Album Artwork</li>
<li>Guitar Magazines & Publications</li>
<li>Guitar Manufacturing</li>
<li>The Guitar and Education</li>
<li>Race/Ethnicity and the Electric Guitar</li>
<li>Gender/Sexuality and the Guitar </li>
<li>Fender vs. Gibson</li>
<li>Guitar As Icon</li>
<li>The Guitar in Video Games and Toys</li>
<li>Genres & Associated Artists </li>
</ul>
<br />We welcome individual proposals or pre-formed panels that address any or all of these questions and themes. As the conference seeks to provide a multitude of perspectives, academic presentations and those from outside the academy are welcome.<br /><br />Please send a 300 word abstract describing your individual presentation to electricguitar2015@gmail.com with “The Electric Guitar in Popular Culture” in the subject line. (Panel, roundtable, performance, and artistic display proposals should include a 300 proposal for each individual and a 500 word proposal explaining the group presentation.) Submissions should be sent in a document attachment with the following information: <br /><br />Author’s name/Title <br />Institutional Affiliation (if applicable)<br />Email address<br />Presentation Title and Abstract <br /><br />Deadline for Submissions is Sunday, December 21, 2014.Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-8620594534725619612014-10-06T11:31:00.001+02:002014-10-06T11:31:26.076+02:00Metal Music StudiesDie erste Ausgabe der <a href="http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=236/view,page=0/" target="_blank">Metal Music Studies</a> (Intellect) ist erschienen - und kann <a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/mms/2014/00000001/00000001" target="_blank">gratis komplett gelesen werden</a>... schnieckeRolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-28738696245756637042014-09-30T21:30:00.001+02:002014-09-30T21:30:15.983+02:00CfP Hard Wired. Arbeitsgespräche zur Heavy Metal-Forschung V<strike>Lärm</strike>Lern-ort Moshpit. Heavy Metal und Bildung<br /><br />
Zentrum für Religion, Wirtschaft und Politik<br />Universität Zürich, Schweiz<br />Fr. 8.– Sa. 9. Mai 2015<br />Organisation: Florian Heesch, Universität Siegen<br />Anna-Katharina Höpflinger, Zentrum für Religion, Wirtschaft und Politik<br /><br />
Einsendeschluss: 31. Dezember 2014<br /><br />
Musik gilt als bedeutendes Bildungsgut. Sie wird in allen allgemeinbildenden Schulen und an Musikschulen unterrichtet; oft wird musikalische Bildung staatlich gefördert. Doch welche Rolle spielt Heavy Metal in einem Bildungskontext?<br />Im Zug einer Erweiterung schulischer und akademischer Lehr- und Lerninhalte steht Heavy Metal als musikalischer bzw. kultureller Bildungsgegenstand zur Verfügung. Kulturelle Bildung umfasst in einem weiten Sinn aber auch informelle Bildungsprozesse, die innerhalb von diversen Kulturformen stattfinden.<br />
Heavy Metal als Teil von Kultur impliziert deshalb immer schon Bildung, und zwar auf<br />unterschiedlichen Ebenen: Zunächst gehört Wissen über die spezifische Kultur zur Fanidentität; wer eine solche erwerben und Teil der Fangemeinschaft werden möchten, muss entsprechendes Wissen erwerben. Die Frage stellt sich, wie solche Aneignungsprozesse allgemein und in verschiedenen Subgenres des Heavy Metal funktionieren? Wie lernen Fans die Konventionen der Heavy Metal-Subgenres? Was erlernen sie wodurch? Welche Wissensinhalte werden in welchen Subgenres besonders betont? Welche werden marginalisiert?<br />Zweitens verfügen MusikerInnen häufig über virtuose musikalische Fertigkeiten, aber auch über ein umfassendes kulturelles Wissen. Dies spiegelt sich z.B. in Expertenfragen in Magazinen (Hörtests etc.). Außerdem stellen sich Fragen nach einer Professionalisierung innerhalb des Heavy Metal. Seit Kurzem lässt sich eine Tendenz zur Institutionalisierung von Heavy Metal-Bildung in speziellen Studiengängen (Niederlande, England) sowie zur gezielten Förderung von Nachwuchsbands (z.B. durch die Wacken Foundation) beobachten. Doch wie ist diese Entwicklung zu deuten? Eignet sich der „rebellische“ Heavy Metal überhaupt als anerkanntes Bildungsgut oder steht er in Gefahr, durch Institutionalisierung und Professionalisierung zu konventionalisieren und zu verbürgerlichen?<br />Drittens stellt sich die Frage nach der Rolle von Heavy Metal in der Musikbildung der staatlichen Schulen. Welche musikpolitischen Vorstellungen sind mit Heavy Metal verbunden? Welche Arten der Integration dieses, bzw. Abgrenzungen gegen dieses Musikgenre sind zu beobachten? Ist Heavy Metal in staatlichen Schulen als Bildungsgegenstand anerkannt oder wird er marginalisiert?<br />
Viertens wird auch die Universität als Bildungsinstitution sowie die Wissenschaft als Bildungsprogramm im Zentrum stehen. Hier stellen sich selbstreflexive Fragen nach den Auswirkungen der Erforschung von Heavy Metal. Was bedeutet es, wenn Heavy Metal an Universitäten und Hochschulen studiert wird? Wie prägen Forschungen über Heavy Metal die Musik und die Szene?<br />Neben der Darlegung von Bildungsprozessen rund um Heavy Metal soll in der Tagung auch explizit das (selbst)reflexive Nachdenken über Chancen und Herausforderungen spezifischer Blickwinkel gefördert werden.<br />
<br />Wir freuen uns auf Einsendung von Abstracts zu diesem Themenbereich mit max. 500<br />Worten Länge bis Ende Dezember 2014, inkl. Kurzbiographie des/der Vortragenden an<br />Florian Heesch und Anna-Katharina Höpflinger:<br />florian.heesch@musik.uni-siegen.de<br />a.hoepflinger@access.uzh.chRolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-27349897911705028192014-09-24T15:03:00.000+02:002014-09-24T15:03:14.081+02:00Hessian Studies<br />
"If you like the music, you’re a metalhead. You like to buy certain things and listen to them.<br />
If you like the ideas behind the music — the lifestyle, the
worldview, the imagery and most importantly, the spirit — you need to
use a word that means you are more than a consumer of metal music. You’re a <a href="http://www.deathmetal.org/article/why-im-a-hessian-and-not-a-metalhead/" target="_blank"><b>Hessian</b></a>.
Derived from California slang from the time when Slayer were starting
out, this term refers to the mercenaries who fought for both sides
during the Revolutionary War — from Hesse, in Germany, they had long
hair and fought like demons."<br />
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Damit wäre also eine neue definitorische Volte in den metal studies geschlagen. Das Programm der zu obigem Prolegomena gehörigen Hessian Studies ist schon lange <a href="http://www.deathmetal.org/news/hessian-studies/" target="_blank">online </a>- genau genommen seit 1994! Zeit also in einem historiographischen turn dieses Manifest noch einmal genau druchzusehen und der aktuellen Institutionalisierung der metal studies kritisch gegenüber zu stellen...<br />
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Auszug: <br />
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<blockquote>
<u>"What is Hessian Studies?</u><br />
Hessian Studies is the academic study of Hessians, Bangers,
Metallians, Metalheads, death rockers, and other adherents to the genres
of metal and grindcore. The Hessian Studies Department believes that
any truly diverse multicultural population will contain representatives
of this world-wide underground culture, with its rich and spanning
historical and social contributions.<br />
<u>What are the aims of the Hessian Studies Department?</u><br />
The Hessian Studies Department seeks to establish a presence of
Hessians on campus and in campus events, as well as to create a
comfortable environment at The College that suits the specific needs of
Hessians at a small liberal-arts college. To this end, we have presented
a List of Demands to the Administration:<br />
<ol>
<li>That there be Hessians hired to faculty and staff positions, and
that all hair length rules and any form of drug policy regarding
Hessians hired be abrogated, as Hessians have a religious need for some
currently-regulated substances.</li>
<li>That there be a Hessian Studies Center, complete with both audio and
textual libraries and lounge area, for the study and advancement of
Hessians.</li>
<li>That the community radio station play more music favorable to the tastes of Hessians during prime-time shows.
</li>
<li>That the inscription at the gate of the college be changed to either “Fuckin’ Groovin'” or “You Suffer (But Why?)”.</li>
<li>That discrimination against Hessians as a group of drug-addicted,
drunken, long-haired incompetent losers destined for parole at best be
eradicated from campus literature and mindset.</li>
<li>That there be Hessian cultural events on campus, including concerts
by noted Hessian bands and festivals related to various organic products
enjoyed by Hessians.</li>
<li>That the Hessian Studies Center be funded to provide late-night pizza and beer snack breaks.</li>
<li>That Hessians be given equal time to speak at multicultural events,
and the right to develop their own curriculum of Hessian Studies
Courses."</li>
</ol>
</blockquote>
Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-28316117198186115642014-09-24T14:53:00.001+02:002014-09-24T14:53:21.896+02:00CfP: Tribe & Rite: A Heavy Metal Student ConferenceHeavy Metal UVic presents “Tribe & Rite: A Heavy Metal Student Conference,” to be held at the University of Victoria on November 8th to 9th. Metal culture celebrates the wild, the grotesque, and the forbidden, and it is our hope that this conference will allow for such celebration to take place – with a little bit of headbanging to match! Join us at the University of Victoria for a weekend of engaging ideas and crushing heavy metal!<br /><br />
“<i>The South of Heaven Symposium was a fantastic gathering of metal fans and scholars. It’s living proof that metal music has become one of the richest sources of pop culture debate and discussion in recent years. It was a pleasure to be a part of the event \m/</i>” – Sam Dunn<br /><br />Possible Topics:<br />The makings and markers of a metalhead | Metal as genre, subculture, counterculture, or tribe | Rites and rituals of regional/historical metal movements | The transformation of metal by academia and vice versa | Generational differences in metal | The influence of metal on other cultural movements (e.g. punk, hippy), and vice versa | Comparison of metal with other cultural movements | Comparison of subcultures within metal (e.g. the radical politics of crust, the Satanism, neo-paganism, and occultism of black metal) | The future and fate of metal | Inclusive and exclusive behavior among metalheads| The relationship between metal music and memorabilia<br /><br />Metal culture celebrates the wild, the grotesque, and the forbidden. We invite papers on these themes from across the humanities, social sciences, fine arts, and related disciplines. Papers can draw on lyrics, musical technique, aesthetics (music, fashion, album art), innovations in metal, regional and historical metal movements, and more.<br /><br />Please send proposals to: metalcon@uvic.ca in Word format by 10/3/14<br /><br />Include author name(s), department and institution, email address, title of presentation, and an abstract of 50-100 words. Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-89434666985926486892014-09-19T16:49:00.000+02:002014-09-19T16:49:27.155+02:00The pleasures and politics of heavy metal cooking<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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..ist ein Thema, dem die aktuelle Ausgabe des <a href="http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=2733/" target="_blank">International Journal of Community Music </a>einen Artikel widmet. Der Rest ist aber nicht minder brisant und cutting edge...<span id="goog_996590974"></span><span id="goog_996590975"></span>Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-59114040871817843092014-09-17T14:24:00.002+02:002014-09-17T14:24:12.271+02:00CfP Heavy Metal at the MoviesSeminar Proposal for Popular Culture Association annual meeting, 1-4 April 2015, New Orleans<br /><br />Heavy Metal studies has seen a surge over the past years and is increasingly branching out into various interdisciplinary sub-fields. So far, little research has been done on how heavy metal culture relates to cinema. For this seminar at PCA, papers are sought that address, amongst others, the following issues:<br />* how heavy metal is (ab)used in feature films<br />* how documentary films create, expand, and discuss a sense of group identity<br />* how cinematic traditions are used in heavy metal culture.<br />Papers on individual films, metal (sub)genres or individual bands are all welcome, as are more theoretical musings on the interrelationship between cinema and metal.<br /><br />Please send 300-word abstracts by 15 October 2014 to Gerd.Bayer@fau.deRolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-38310377408074318592014-09-17T14:18:00.001+02:002014-09-17T14:18:10.638+02:00Gründungstreffen der European Education Alliance for Music and Sound in Media (EEAMS)Ein Gründungstreffen der European Education Alliance for Music and Sound in Media (EEAMS) bei der SoundTrack_Cologne ist von Yati Durant (University of Edinburgh) und Vasco Hexel (Royal College of Music, London) avisiert worden.<br />
Ich zitiere:<br /><br />
"Yati Durant and I are pleased to have the opportunity to expand this new-formulation of the previous 'University Meeting Group' at SoundTrack_Cologne into a broad new initiative with enormous potential. The European Education Alliance for Music and Sound in Media (EEAMS) aims to grow a broad international network of higher education institutions that train students in the areas of filmmaking, sound design and media music composition. The Alliance welcomes educators, students and industry professionals of related areas and seeks to forge an inclusive framework to support collaborative links and to bridge inter-disciplinary boundaries. The first of recurring bi-annual meetings, chaired by Yati and me, will take place during Soundtrack_Cologne 11, on Thursday 20 November 2014 from 12 noon at the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Köln. More details to follow.<br />By this email, we reach out to you, current and prospective members, to gather information and suggestions for the launch meeting. Please take a moment to consider the attached document, which sets out indicative aims, objectives and deliverables of EEAMS. These are not set in stone: We welcome your thoughts and comments on the usefulness of the ideas set out therein. We also welcome additional thoughts and suggestions for an inaugural meeting agenda. This email is being sent to 150+ recipients, but please forward this message to colleagues in your institution, to students and industry professionals in your local network. We look forward to meeting colleagues at the launch meeting in November but expressly hope you can also bring along student representatives of your respective programme. <br />Although EEAMS is initially focussing on Europe, we also reach out to our colleagues in the United States (NYU, USC and others). We welcome your input and value your feedback. <br />Please write to us at hexel@soundtrackcologne.de and/or durant@soundtrackcologne.de – we will keep you posted about comments and suggests received.<br />Please also consider joining our Facebook Group, which will provide an active forum: https://www.facebook.com/groups/224397084437088/266635883546541/?notif_t=like<br />We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully see you in November!<br />Best wishes<br />Dr Vasco Hexel, Masters Programme in Composition for Screen, Royal College of Music, London<br />Yati Durant Lecturer of Music, Sound and Moving Image at the Reid School of Music, University of EdinburghRolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-29365331169266430932014-09-17T14:14:00.000+02:002014-09-17T14:14:19.447+02:00CfP: Folk-Metal - Critical Essays on Identity, Myth and CultureEssays are invited for a forthcoming edited collection, Folk-Metal: Critical Essays on Identity, Myth and Culture. Folk-metal and its sub-genres and related categories such as “Pagan-metal”, “Viking-metal”, “Celtic-metal” and “Medieval-metal”, is a style of music that developed in Europe during the 1990s, fusing traditional or folk music with heavy metal music forms. In this musical style, traditional musical instruments are employed as well as lyrical references to folklore, mythology and traditional culture. Material allusions to these themes are also made in album artwork and performers’ dress styles. This genre has a particular aesthetic and rootedness in the cultures of Europe and is intertwined with these cultures in regard to symbols, religion, history, heritage, ethnicity and cultural traditions.<br />Bands categorised as folk-metal include: Skyclad (England), Cruachan (Ireland), Finntroll (Finland), Skyforger (Latvia), Amon Amarth (Sweden), Amorphis (Finland), Falkenbach (Germany), Waylander (Ireland), Svartsot (Denmark), Metsatöll (Estonia), Empyrium (Germany), Mägo de Oz (Spain), Silent Stream of Godless Elegy (Czech Republic), Korpiklaani (Finland), Mael Mórdha (Ireland), Alkonost (Russia), Balkandji (Bulgaria), Dalriada (Hungary), Lumsk (Norway), Týr (Faroe Islands), Ensiferum (Finland), Celtachor (Ireland), Eluveitie (Switzerland), Elvenking (Italy), Primordial (Ireland).<br />This interdisciplinary anthology proposes to explore the folk-metal genre as a cultural form in itself, by examining the relationship between the music, national identity and cultural traditions. Contributions are invited from scholars in the disciplines of folkloristics, ethnomusicology, music, cultural studies and related fields.<br />Suggested themes:<br /> Folklore, song lyrics, and cultural identity<br /> Neo-pagan worldview of the bands<br /> History of the genre, participants and events<br /> Indigenous religion and mythology<br /> Political and/or nationalistic agendas<br /> The concept of homeland<br /> The representation of deities and mythological beings in songs<br /> Heroic elements<br /> Fantasy literature<br /> Nature, landscape and sacred sites<br />The above-listed themes are intended to be indicative rather than limiting. The analysis can focus on one or more bands and/or one or more country or region.<br />Essays must be written in English and be between 4,000-7,000 words. Authors are requested to send a 300-word abstract of their proposed essay, along with a short biography (50-100 words) to the editor, Dr Jenny Butler at j.butler@ucc.ie and cc. to butler.Jennifer@gmail.com by November 10, 2014. The deadline for final essays accepted for inclusion is June 1, 2015. Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-66213819640181618992014-09-17T14:12:00.002+02:002014-09-24T15:03:51.750+02:00Bibliografie zu Metal StudiesEine ausführliche BIbliografie (zusammengestellt von Keith Kahn-Harris und Fabien Hein) ist in der <a href="http://volume.revues.org/467" target="_blank">Volume!</a> erschienen. Ist zwar schon eine Weile her, dafür jetzt aber online - partiell zur Erstrecherche brauchbar.Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-71463384608341762862014-07-30T12:45:00.003+02:002014-07-30T12:45:46.187+02:00CfP Helevete, no. 3 & 4This third issue of Helvete focuses on the sonic aspects of black metal, specifically noise music’s interactions with black metal—the interruptions, creations, and destructions of signals as black metal. Proposals are welcomed that discuss and experimentally demonstrate not only musical feedback but conceptual feedback as well, and the way that black metal works through feedback as a process. Experimentation, fiction, and speculation in contributions are encouraged, including writing and art that resonates as a background hum, drone, or cascades in a foregrounded scream. Preference will be given to proposals that move beyond a position of reflecting black metal towards creating black metal noise themselves. The call can be viewed <a href="http://helvetejournal.org/forthcoming/issue-3-bleeding-black-noise-call-for-proposals/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br />Issue 4 is tentatively titled Black Metal and Politics, and seeks to give a concentrated platform to the conversations that have been happening alongside our theoretical work, regarding black metal's complicated and diverse relationships to politics. The complex subject of politics and black metal, directly and para-musically, has long been brushed up against within black metal theory work, but rarely unfolded at length. We would like to reserve this issue of Helvete as a forum to begin to address and perhaps even articulate some of these discussions. While some may insist that black metal (as a diverse field of culture and music) exists outside of politics or cannot be described politically, it frequently sparks political repercussions, and its history courts political controversy. These include headline grabbing moments such as Varg Vikernes’s arrest in 2013 by the French government on accounts of suspicion of planning a terrorist attack; Norway’s implementation in 2011 of black metal education within its foreign diplomats; Nachtmystium’s forced cancellation in 2009 of a concert at Scion Rock Fest in Atlanta, Georgia; Inquisition’s forced cancellation in 2014 of their Vienna, Austria concert due to alleged connections to NSBM; and the complete ban on black metal in Malaysia in 2006. Most recently, Behemoth‘s recent encounter with Polish and Russian authorities has been well documented in the mainstream press. It may seem that the proposition that black metal is apolitical is itself a (privileged) political position. The editors of Helvete are accepting proposals for essays that focus on politics and black metal. Contributors are encouraged to suggest topics such as Black Metal’s interactions with nation, race, linguistic, gender, religion, and culture. Special consideration will be given to the explorations of the negotiations that the individual makes within the city or community, using black metal as a verb rather than a noun. The call can be viewed <a href="http://helvetejournal.org/forthcoming/issue-4-politics-and-black-metal-call-for-proposals/" target="_blank">here</a>. <br />We are looking forward to your submissions. And, please help us spread word.<br /><br />Dark regards,<br /><br /><a href="http://helvetejournal.org/" target="_blank">Helvete: A Journal of Black Metal Theory</a><br />Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-52107220927494922822014-07-30T12:41:00.001+02:002014-07-30T12:43:56.068+02:00Moderne GottesbeweiseJörg Scheller klärt in der <a href="http://www.genios.de/presse-archiv/artikel/SZ/20140721/die-offenbarung-nach-lemmy/A57620216.html" target="_blank">Süddeutschen </a>endgültig die Frage, ob Lemmy Gott ist oder nicht: " 'Rock ’n’ roll music is the true religion / Never let you down'. Diese Heilsbotschaft ist an paradoxaler<br />
Gewitztheit kaum zu überbieten: Die Religion ist tot, es lebe die Religion! Alle Kritik der Religion, so lassen sich LemmysWorte interpretieren, muss selbst Religion sein, sonst bleibt sie wirkungslos. Lemmys Religionskritik ist mimetischer Natur, sie verwandelt sich ihrem Gegenstand an und<br />
versöhnt das unsterbliche Bedürfnis nach Erlösung mit den allzumenschlichen Lüsten.<br />
Und ein Gott, dem das Gottsein zu anstrengend ist und der sich folglich beharrlich selbst verleugnet, ist natürlich tausendmal heiliger als die Streber-Götter der heutigenMcKinsey-Ideologie."<br />
Amen!<br />
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...und wer noch mehr Input zur <strike>Metalurgie</strike> Metal-Liturgie braucht, liest <a href="http://www.religiousstudiesproject.com/DISKUS/index.php/DISKUS/index" target="_blank">hier </a>weiter. Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-53037325387696643262014-07-15T14:35:00.002+02:002014-07-15T14:35:24.446+02:00CfP: Everyday Encounters with Violence: Critical Feminist Perspectives<b>2015 Feminist and Women’s Studies Association (FWSA) Conference</b><br /><br />Although violence is an integral part of experiences in mundane living spaces, feminist conceptualizations of violence have so far been mainly confined to violence over women’s bodies. This conference therefore aims to look beyond, or perhaps behind, such understandings of violence by exploring violence and feminist critiques thereof in all its structural, material, legal, social and embodied forms across both the Global North and Global South.<br />The conference draws upon a wide definition of violence from sources in the arts, humanities and social sciences, seeing violence as both an everyday social force inflicting harassment, harm, suffering, grief and trauma and as a transformative force that (re)produces gendered agency, social action and resistance. It will explore violence as simultaneously structural, subjective, cultural, material, embodied and representational.<br />The conference’s focus on violence and gender is situated in the context of everyday encounters: the anticipated or unexpected and deliberate or ad-lib contacts and moments of gendered violence that (re)shape citizenship, identity and subjectivity in daily life. Everyday life spatially ranges from the body and private home space to public venues, state, national and transnational contexts. They interface with social differences along physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, verbal, non-verbal, political, economic and cultural (including ethnic and religious) dimensions. The conference peruses the ways that violence is embedded in this very multiscalar fabric of everyday life via socio-spatially gendered encounters with, among others, modernity, neoliberalism, sovereign power, rule of law, justice, political activism, globalization, development, technology, security, as well as institutional, popular and quotidian cultures. In all these different forms, we are interested in examining the different feminist politics and practices through which violence is upheld, challenged and/or normalized and the discourses through which this violence is rendered both outside and inside of state, law and society.<br />On the basis of the above rationale, we discern three (not mutually exclusive) key themes, on which we invite conceptual, methodological and/or empirical papers across disciplines and gender practices. We are particularly interested in papers that discuss these issues through in-depth focus on empirical contexts across the world.<br />Social difference, justice and violence of everyday life<br />• Gendered violence and informal justice<br />• Religious intolerance and cultural violence<br />• Violence of heterosexuality and homophobia<br />• Representations and narratives of violence<br /><br />Bodies and biopolitics of violence<br />• Biopolitics of violence<br />• Borders, bodies, violence and (in)security<br />• Violence as a threat and resource for feminist politics<br />• Eroticism and intimate violence<br /><br />Landscapes, spaces and scales of violence<br />• Spatialities of violence<br />• Violence in/of development<br />• Feminist politics around violence, anti-violence and non-violence<br />• Feminist encounters with neoliberalism and structural violence<br /><br />In addition to traditional plenary and paper sessions, we are looking to include practitioner panels, performative workshops, talking circles and World Café style interactions between participants. As a conference critically engaged with the academic community and civil society, we will also be live tweeting and hosting dedicated conference bloggers among the FWSA membership.<br />Please submit a max. 300-word abstract and max. 100-word bio to Ayona Datta A.Datta@leeds.ac.uk and Martin Zebracki M.M.Zebracki@leeds.ac.uk by 1 December, 2014.<br /><br />Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7277214152970620240.post-79901057060873104312014-07-15T14:32:00.001+02:002014-07-15T14:32:33.558+02:00CfP: Metal in France<b>Heavy metal et sciences sociales</b><br />Un état des lieux de la recherche en France et dans le monde francophone<br />Angers, France, le 18 et 19 décembre 2014<br /><br />
Organisé par le programme pluridisciplinaire Valeur(s) et Utilités de la culture (MSH Ange-Guépin et<br />Région Pays de la Loire) en partenariat avec l’ISMMS (International Society for Metal Music<br />Studies), le GdR en sociologie de l’art OPuS (CNRS), la revue Volume!, l’Université d’Angers et<br />l’Université Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle.<br /><a href="http://volume.revues.org/4165" target="_blank">En ligne ici </a>:<br /><br />Les recherches en sciences sociales sur les genres musicaux que l’on peut rassembler sous les<br />étiquettes de hard rock, heavy metal ou metal sont restées marginales jusqu’au début des années 2000,<br />bien qu’elles aient débuté dès les années 1980 (Brown, 2009). Cette institutionnalisation progressive<br />des recherches sur le heavy metal s’est notamment appuyée sur plusieurs ouvrages structurant en<br />provenance des Etats-Unis ou de la Grande-Bretagne, dont ceux des sociologues Deena Weinstein<br />(2000) et K.K. Harris (2007) ou des musicologues H. Berger (1999) et R. Walser (2003). A l’aune des<br />prolifiques débats générés par ces travaux au tournant de la dernière décennie, un ensemble de<br />chercheurs, d’origines disciplinaires diverses (sociologie, anthropologie, économie, philosophie,<br />musicologie, histoire, gestion, etc.) se sont fédérés sous le vocable « metal studies », donnant lieu<br />notamment à une série de colloques internationaux, plusieurs numéros de revues de recherche (Journal<br />for Cultural Studies, Popular Music History, etc.) et la constitution d’une association internationale<br />(ISMMS), entérinée lors du colloque de Bowling Green (Ohio, Etats Unis) en avril 2013. Elle précède<br />l’arrivée d’un journal à comité de lecture dédié au champ (Metal Music Studies, chez Intellect, premier<br />numéro fin 2014).<br />Cependant, ces échanges se font en anglais et sont avant tout visibles dans le monde<br />anglophone. C’est pourquoi l’idée de proposer, en relation avec l’ISMMS, un état des lieux de la<br />recherche en langue française s’est peu à peu concrétisée. Contrairement à d’autres aires linguistiques,<br />telle que celle de l’allemand en effet, il n’existe pas de rendez-vous régulier en français traitant de la<br />recherche sur le metal. Pourtant, depuis l’ouvrage séminal de Fabien Hein (2003), plusieurs travaux<br />dont deux numéros de revue (Sociétés en 2005, Volume ! en 2006) ont été publiés en France, mais<br />aussi au Québec et dans d’autres pays. Actuellement, si l’effectif des chercheurs impliqué reste peu<br />élevé, les travaux n’en deviennent pas moins significatifs. Ainsi, les enquêtes se font plus nombreuses<br />et, plusieurs doctorants préparent simultanément aujourd’hui des thèses sur le sujet en langue<br />française. La dynamique de la recherche accompagne à cet égard depuis quelques années la<br />structuration professionnelle du metal, notamment en termes de labels, de groupes et de festivals.<br />Après la journée d’étude sur le Hellfest organisée en mars 2012 à la MSH Ange-Guépin (Nantes), ce<br />colloque se donne d’abord pour vocation de réaliser un panorama de la recherche en France sur le sujet<br />afin de la faire connaitre à l’international mais aussi de permettre un dialogue entre chercheurs investis<br />au sein du domaine.<br />
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3 conférenciers, chercheurs de renom, ont dors et déjà accepté notre invitation :<br />- Niall Scott (University of Central Lancashire), co-fondateur et président de l’ISMMS (International<br />Society for Metal Music Studies), l’association international dédiée aux recherches sur la musique<br />metal<br />- Deena Weinstein, (University of Chicago), à l’origine en 1991 de l’ouvrage historique « Heavy<br />Metal : a cultural sociology ».<br />- Andy Brown (Bath University), auteur de nombreux travaux dont l’article « heavy genealogy »<br />(2012) qui retrace l’évolution des publications sur le metal dans le domaine de la recherche<br />
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Modalités de soumission:<br />Les propositions de communication (en Français) - 5000 signes (espaces compris) au maximum - sont<br />à envoyer au comité d'organisation (francemetalstudies@gmail.com et gerome.guibert@univ-paris3.fr)<br />jusqu’au 15 septembre. Elles seront accompagnées d'un court CV (1500 signes maximum). Les<br />réponses seront notifiées par email au plus tard le 10 octobre 2014Rolf Nohrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16363253063533943996noreply@blogger.com0