Naslov
Crate-Digging in Eastern Europe: Informal Archives and Research of Popular Music under Socialism

Autori
Zubak, Marko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, ostalo

Skup
Historical Approaches to Music: Interdisciplinary Conference

Mjesto i datum
Oxford, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo, 24.03.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
informal archives, popular culture, memory, socialist Europe

Sažetak
My paper examines crate digging in Eastern Europe, analyzing its potential for creating new historical narratives about popular music made during socialism. Crate digging refers to a practice of picking or “digging” through unorganized selection of used vinyl records in any kind of non-corporate environment, from second- hand shops to flea markets, in search of great titles that have somehow slipped under the radar. Focusing on the former communist Europe, I acknowledge crate diggers as relevant DIY archivists and researchers capable of reworking the socialist past by breaking the established modes of knowledge production. Responding from below against long-term ignorance, these local DJs traced and retrieved the lost popular musical heritage and in the process redefined the existing pop-cultural cannon beyond existing narratives created by historical gatekeepers.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti, Povijest, Glazbena umjetnost

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