Music at work: a critical study of individualised listening in labour

候选人将使用批判性理论和人种学技术，调查个性化音乐在劳动中的性质和意义：它对工人、对雇主、对社会意味着什么？人们听什么音乐，他们如何听音乐，以及它以什么方式影响他们的工作和生活，这将是我研究的核心。谁将从个性化倾听中受益的问题，与音乐帮助许多人度过工作日这一事实密切相关：那些在工作中倾听的人在多大程度上表达了自己的身份和机构，或者实际上是为了他人的利益而安排自己的生活？这项项目研究有两个主要方面：i)调查工作中音乐的初步研究：听什么，听谁，在哪里听；听对员工有什么影响。Ii)利用初步研究和现有理论，对工作中的音乐进行批判性解释。

Using both critical theoretical and ethnographic techniques, the candidate will investigate the nature and significance of individualised music in labour: what does it mean for the worker, for the employer, for society? What music people listen to, how they listen to it, and in what ways it affects their work and lives will be central to my research. The problem of who stands to benefit from individualised listening exists in tension with the fact that music helps many people get through their working day: to what extent are those who listen at work expressing their identity and agency, or in fact structuring their lives for the profit of others? There are two main strands to this project research: i) Primary research investigating music at work: what is be listened to, by whom, and where; what effects listening has on workers. ii) Critical interpretation of music at work, utilising primary research and existing theory.