Popular Music Heritage, Cultural Justice and the Deindustrialising City
Author | : Sarah Baker |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 137 |
Release | : 2023-03-02 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781009079884 |
ISBN-13 | : 1009079883 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: The celebration of popular music can be an important mode of cultural expression and a source of pride for urban communities. This Element analyses the capacity for popular music heritage to enact cultural justice in the deindustrialising cities of Wollongong, Australia; Detroit, USA; and Birmingham, UK. The Element develops a critical approach to cultural justice for examining music and the city in a heritage context and outlines how the quest for cultural justice manifests in three key ways: collection, preservation and archiving; curation, storytelling and heritage interpretation; and mobilising communities for collective action.