Exploring data ageism: What good data can(’t) tell us about the digital practices of older people?
New Media & Society
Considering that data are no stranger to politics and power, we argue that it may well be a site ... more Considering that data are no stranger to politics and power, we argue that it may well be a site of age-based discrimination. We discuss how older people are described and, at times, disregarded in the analysis of digitisation and how those partial descriptions bring about challenges in the study of digital practices throughout life. We propose the notion of data ageism to conceptualise the production and reproduction of the disadvantaged status of old age caused by decisions concerning how to collect and deliver whose data. We exemplify this concept by examining data produced by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, which offers high-quality statistics on digitisation, but no data on individuals aged 75 years and over.
Dans cet article, l'auteure se penche sur le « phénomène Céline Dion » au Québec sous l'a... more Dans cet article, l'auteure se penche sur le « phénomène Céline Dion » au Québec sous l'angle de la renommée. Au moyen de quelques fragments du discours qui a alimenté ce phénomène à la fin de la dernière décennie, l'auteure esquisse les contours de deux des figures concurrentes de la renommée que ce phénomène met en évidence : le « héros national » et l'« entrepreneur heureux ». Son analyse illustre comment ces figures de la renommée et les mises en mémoire auxquelles elles prêtent visibilité et valeur, lorsqu'elles sont en action dans la conjoncture québécoise contemporaine, opèrent une fusion, sinon une collusion entre la réussite individuelle et collective, entre l'intérêt personnel et national, et, par le fait même, rattachent différents ordres de matériel culturel au présent « passé » de certaines expériences privées, ressources locales et trajectoires publiques.
Radio broadcasting in Canada: the case of ‘transformat’ music
Popular Music, 1990
What do Michel Rivard's ‘Un trou dans les nuages’ and Marjo's ‘Les chats sauvages’ have i... more What do Michel Rivard's ‘Un trou dans les nuages’ and Marjo's ‘Les chats sauvages’ have in common? Both songs were released in 1987 by two well-known French-speaking Québécois artists; they sold over 500,000 copies each and remained on the Top-Ten chart of Radio-Activité for over seventy weeks. These songs were played repeatedly on AM and FM radio stations in Quebec. However, unlike most other hits, Rivard's middle of the road (MOR) ballad was even heard on dance-music radios and Marjo's slow-beat rock appeared on the regular playlist of stations devoted primarily to easy-listening music! In fact, these songs are two examples of ‘transformat’ radio music, that is songs that get airplay on various stations which according to their respective operating license, should specialise in different musical genres and display contrasting programming styles. Using examples drawn from an exploratory study of radio music in private (commercial) FM stations in the Eastern Township...
Depuis environ cinq ans, le duo Kashtin connaît un succès remarquable au Québec tout en chantant ... more Depuis environ cinq ans, le duo Kashtin connaît un succès remarquable au Québec tout en chantant presqu'exclusivement dans leur langue maternelle. Le phénomène Kashtin constitue un terrain privilégié pour observer les modalités et les enjeux du développement contemporain de la musique populaire au Québec, dont il révèle la complexité comme la mouvance. La popularité de Kashtin et les particularités de son insertion dans le champ québécois sont-ils l'indice de nouveaux canons musicaux et cultures en émergence ? Cette question est à l'origine du présent article dont la visée consiste à présenter quelques outils conceptuels permettant une analyse critique des discours et des lieux de pouvoir changeants au sein desquels s'opère, à la croisée d'articulations globales et locales de l'activité musicale, une redéfinition de la musique populaire au Québec et, dès lors de la musique québécoise.
Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y ... more Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y compris la reproduction) est assujettie à sa politique d'utilisation que vous pouvez consulter en ligne. https://apropos.erudit.org/fr/usagers/politique-dutilisation/ Cet article est diffusé et préservé par Érudit. Érudit est un consortium interuniversitaire sans but lucratif composé de l'
In this paper we critically reflect upon the research process underlying an investigation of smal... more In this paper we critically reflect upon the research process underlying an investigation of small venues in Montreal which has brought to the surface the particular ways in which parts of the live music business in Montreal are constituted, organized, and represented. Structured around two anecdotes (Morris, 2006), and inspired by the Foucauldian concepts of population and propinquity (voisinage), the discussion sheds light on an actor whose importance and effectivity in the cultural economy of the city’s live music has yet to be acknowledged: PLAS (Petits lieux d’arts et de spectacles).
T special issue of MUSICultures grew out of the interdisciplinary conference Music and Labour, wh... more T special issue of MUSICultures grew out of the interdisciplinary conference Music and Labour, which was held in Hamilton, Ontario, in May, 2013. The conference theme grew out of two interrelated and pressing contemporary issues: 1) the digitization of music production and consumption and the ensuing questions of ownership, creation/creativity, entrepreneurship, listening practices and notions of community (see McCleod 2005; Holt 2010; Kruse 2010; Allen 2012); and 2) the economic downturn of 2008 and its effects on the production, dissemination and consumption of music. Prompted by the ways in which these issues hinged upon questions of vocation and livelihood for cultural workers, we began to consider a broader question: what counts as musical labour and why do music scholars rarely frame their arguments about music production and consumption in these terms? The occlusion of musical labour is not new, nor is it limited to scholars; rather, it is a pervasive feature of Western music...
Community Work: Recovery, mediation, local priorities / Travail en communauté: récupérations, médiations et priorités locales
Saturday, May 25 • 4:00pm - 6:00pm Session 15A: Community Work: Recovery, mediation, local priori... more Saturday, May 25 • 4:00pm - 6:00pm Session 15A: Community Work: Recovery, mediation, local priorities / Travail en communaute: recuperations, mediations et priorites locales 1.Kip Pegley (Queen's University), "Look, Another Wall": Retired Canadian Army Soldiers on Music "In Theatre" and in Post-Deployment. 2.Line Grenier (Universite de Montreal), A Simple Labour of Love? Exploring the Economy of Etoile des aines. 3.Heather Sparling (Cape Breton University), Working through Pain: Cultural Trauma and Disaster Songs of Atlantic Canada. 4.Chris McDonald (Cape Breton University), Sounds Like a Disaster?: Music and Rhetoric in Atlantic Canadian Disaster Songs. Chair / Presidente: Christine Quail
Initially, we focused on the seemingly taken-for-granted ideas underlying these assertions, namel... more Initially, we focused on the seemingly taken-for-granted ideas underlying these assertions, namely, that anthropological concerns can be transferred to other disciplines and be dealt with in the same fashion. But is it in fact possible to import into other fields of study anthropology's latest preoccupations concerning ethnography and ethnographic authority and if so, should scholars then address these issues exactly as anthropologists do, regardless of their respective objects of study? Our aim is to highlight some of the issues raised by the latest findings in anthropology, the alternatives being developed, and their relevance for scholars working on different objects of study. Following a critical examination of the anthropological "diagnosis" of the current state of ethnography, we focus on and discuss the implications of one of the central issues it raises, namely, that of the "Other." We then turn our attention to popular music studies to examine the pa...
Line Grenier, Kim Sawchuk and Fannie Valois-Nadeau devote their chapter to a theoretical and empi... more Line Grenier, Kim Sawchuk and Fannie Valois-Nadeau devote their chapter to a theoretical and empirical exploration of the dynamic entanglements of memory making and ageing enacted during a musical talent competition for seniors launched in Québec by a major operator in the senior housing market. Drawing from their ethnographic study of the competition, »Resoundingly Entangled. Ageing and Memory in Étoile des aînés in Quebec« examines a particular moment of musicking involving the vocal rendition of »Climb Ev'ry Mountain« from the Sound of Music in order to highlight specific modes of entanglements through which individual and collective experiences are made to resonate.
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