IASPM Hungary: Developments and New Directions in Popular Music Research

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Amidst political and economic changes shaping both the field of popular music and popular music studies in Hungary, including changes in the financing and institutional framework of academic research, as well as a growing intensity in the state funding of popular music – which, at the same time, has contributed to the creation of a system of dependency on the state – the Hungarian branch, celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, has seen considerable activity in the last few years. This includes the organising of the first international popular music conferences in Hungary, as well as the joining of new, young scholar members, and the strengthening of new research areas. The most prominent areas are the history of popular music research in Hungary, popular music histories and historiography, jazz studies, studies of (digital) technology and popular music, research on the relationship between popular music and populism, and on popular music and gender.

Author Biography

Emi­lia Barna, IASPM Hungary // Budapest University of Technology and Economics

Roza Emilia Barna, PhD, Assistant Professor, sociologist and popular music studies scholar acquired her doctoral degree at the University of Liverpool Institute of Popular Music in 2011. Her thesis examined the relationship between music scenes, networks and the internet through a case study of contemporary Liverpool indie rock bands. Her main areas of research include the study of music scenes, gender and technology; the music industry and digitisation; and labour in the music industries. She also teaches as part of the ‘University of Music’ programme of the University of Pecs. She is a founding member and former Chair of the Hungarian branch of the International Association of the Study of Popular Music and a member of the editors’ Advisory Board of IASPM@Journal.

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Palya Bea. 2012. Én leszek a játékszered. Sony Music, Hungary.

IASPM Journal Vol. 10, No.1 (2020)

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15-11-2020

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020): Open Issue

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