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

运用批判性理论和民族志技术，候选人将调查劳动中个性化音乐的性质和意义：它对工人，雇主和社会意味着什么？人们听什么音乐，他们如何听，以及它以何种方式影响他们的工作和生活将是我研究的核心。谁能从个性化聆听中受益的问题与音乐帮助许多人度过工作日的事实存在着矛盾：在工作中聆听的人在多大程度上表达了他们的身份和代理，或者实际上是为了他人的利益而构建他们的生活？本项目研究有两个主要方面：i）调查工作中的音乐的主要研究：听什么，听谁的，在哪里听;听音乐对工人有什么影响。ii）对工作中的音乐进行批判性解释，利用主要研究和现有理论。

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.