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Geographically Isolated and Peripheral Music Scenes

Global Insights and Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Christina Ballico

    1. Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, Griffith University, South Brisbane, Australia

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  • Examines the impact of operating within and from geographically isolated and peripheral areas

  • Engages with unique music scenes across a range of geographical locations

  • Facilitates global interest and engagement with international case studies

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Christina Ballico
    Pages 1-13

  3. Heard, not Scene? Dublin’s Popular Music Viewed from the Inside and Outside

    • John O’Flynn
    Pages 15-33

  4. You Get to Know the Scene Inside Out, but the Cost of Travel is a Burden: The Impacts of Isolation and Peripherality on the Contemporary Music Scene of Perth, Western Australia

    • Christina Ballico
    Pages 35-53

  5. Wild Nights in the Cool North: Embracing Otherness in Icelandic and Faroese Music Festivals

    • Kimberly Cannady
    Pages 55-74

  6. The Dawson City Music Festival and a Small-Town Scene at the Periphery of the Music Industries

    • Brian Fauteux
    Pages 75-96

  7. Social Media in Chile’s Indie Music Scene: Crossing Local and Global Boundaries

    • Arturo Arriagada, Macarena Lavín
    Pages 97-115

  8. Linguistic and Geographic Diversity’s Impact on Popular Music in Papua New Guinea

    • Jason Brown
    Pages 117-131

  9. Industrial Isolation and Cultural Self-Exile: The Formation of an Independent Music Scene in Montreal

    • François Mouillot
    Pages 133-156

  10. The Periphery in Musical Meaning-Making: Thunder Bay’s Crocks N Rolls and a Stretch of Canadian Highway

    • Mary Fogarty
    Pages 157-174

  11. Don’t Mess with Texas: Austin’s Round Trip Journey from the Periphery to the Centre of the Earth

    • Gina Arnold
    Pages 175-193

  12. Conclusion

    • Christina Ballico
    Pages 195-201

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 203-210
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About this book

This book explores the influence of geographical isolation and peripherality on the functioning of music industries and scenes which operate within and from such locales. As is explored, these sites engage dynamic practices to offset challenges resulting from geographical isolation and peripherality.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, Griffith University, South Brisbane, Australia

    Christina Ballico

About the editor

Dr Christina Ballico is an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Queensland Conservatorium Research Centre, Griffith University, Australia, and the co-editor of Music Cities: Evaluating a Global Policy Concept (2020).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Geographically Isolated and Peripheral Music Scenes

  • Book Subtitle: Global Insights and Perspectives

  • Editors: Christina Ballico

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4581-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4580-8Published: 26 October 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-16-4583-9Published: 27 October 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-16-4581-5Published: 25 October 2021

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 210

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Human Geography, Cultural Studies, Music

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