TY - JOUR
T1 - “The social and cultural dimension of ‘platforming’ live music: the case of the Hong Kong independent music scene during the Covid-19 pandemic”
AU - Mouillot, François
N1 - Funding information:
This article is an output from the project “Understanding the Hong Kong Live Music Sector: The Value of Live Music Infrastructures” and is funded by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council under grant number 12606520.
Publisher copyright:
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PY - 2022/10/2
Y1 - 2022/10/2
N2 - This article explores the implications of the rise of digitally-mediated live music performances in the context of one marginalized cultural scene, the Hong Kong independent music scene, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Combining observation of live-streamed events with interviews of key actors in the scene, this article analyses the processes by which the partial ‘platformization’ of live music activities has led to the deterritorialization and reterritorialization of the scene - through collaborations between some Hong Kong and international indie music actors and the reaffirmation of the ‘local’ via the use of visual represesentations of the city in online concerts, as well as to forms of digital disengagement. In turn, the article argues that analyses of the platformization of culture music must take into consideration the socio-cultural effects of digital platforms on specific localized contexts of cultural creation and consumption such as cultural scenes.
AB - This article explores the implications of the rise of digitally-mediated live music performances in the context of one marginalized cultural scene, the Hong Kong independent music scene, during the Covid-19 pandemic. Combining observation of live-streamed events with interviews of key actors in the scene, this article analyses the processes by which the partial ‘platformization’ of live music activities has led to the deterritorialization and reterritorialization of the scene - through collaborations between some Hong Kong and international indie music actors and the reaffirmation of the ‘local’ via the use of visual represesentations of the city in online concerts, as well as to forms of digital disengagement. In turn, the article argues that analyses of the platformization of culture music must take into consideration the socio-cultural effects of digital platforms on specific localized contexts of cultural creation and consumption such as cultural scenes.
KW - Hong Kong
KW - Live Music
KW - Digital Platforms
KW - Cultural Scenes
KW - Covid-19
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U2 - 10.1080/15405702.2021.2006663
DO - 10.1080/15405702.2021.2006663
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1540-5702
VL - 20
SP - 274
EP - 291
JO - Popular Communication
JF - Popular Communication
IS - 4
ER -