Assessing the (Sub) cultural Heritage Significance of Grassroots Music Venues

本项目关注草根音乐场所的遗产意义。该项目建立在先前对文化遗产和流行音乐的研究的基础上，斯科菲尔德为之做出了贡献，研究流行音乐作为一种民主实践如何通过其与记忆和历史的关系被验证为遗产。该项目将通过以下方式做出原创性贡献：1）专注于现场音乐场地和演出; 2）评估当地音乐场景在遗产制作，地方依恋和身份方面的活力和重要性。这种创新的合作将斯科菲尔德在遗产研究方面的研究与斯科菲尔德和SHERRINGTON在现场音乐方面的共同经验及其对社区，地方依恋和身份（包括数字身份）的贡献相结合。它还扩展了遗产的定义，将非传统（亚）文化遗产社区和夜间经济纳入其中，同时建立在DeNora（2000）对音乐倾向的研究基础上，将个人与他们的过去联系起来，并在情感上将他们置于现在。该项目正值GMV面临越来越大的威胁之际，部分原因是COVID-19，但也由于发展威胁，商业租金增加和行业资金减少。然而，他们仍然非常受欢迎。2018年，2500万人参加了英国650多个GMV和其他音乐会场地的音乐会，而2019年英国音乐产业为英国经济贡献了58亿英镑，比2018年增长了11%。现场活动对表演者来说很重要，但对观众来说也很重要，因为场地是重要的社交空间。最近的封锁期提供了一个独特的机会，可以检查和模拟他们关闭对当地社区的文化影响，同时也挑战了对场地和演出的负面假设。该项目提出了四个关键的研究问题：1。GMV以何种方式促进了其所在地的遗产和身份，以及那些身份（包括数字身份）经常在其中伪造的人（表演者，推广者，演出观众）？2.批判性遗产视角对理解当地音乐场景（包括场地）的文化意义有何独特贡献？3.文化空间之间的合作如何增强其重要性、影响力和持久性？4.一个场馆的文化意义在多大程度上塑造了它的实践模式和社区参与战略，并最终影响政策？为了解决这些问题，该项目将集中在三个约克郡的城镇，每个城镇都有一个强大的音乐传统，尽管他们相对较小的规模：霍尔姆菲尔特，赫布登桥和约克。围绕这些案例研究，并在以前研究的基础上，（例如Frith的英国现场音乐史，Finnegan的隐藏音乐家和AHRC文化价值项目），该项目将对观众，表演者，推广者，网络和集体进行调查和采访，以收集有关场地和演出的文化意义的定性数据，包括之前参与政策问题，在大流行期间和之后。

This project concerns the heritage significance of grassroots music venues. The project builds on previous research into cultural heritage and popular music to which SCHOFIELD has contributed, examining how popular music as a democratic practice is validated as heritage through its relationship with memory and history. This project will make an original contribution by: 1) focusing on live music venues and gig-going; while 2) assessing the vitality and importance of local music scenes in terms of heritage production, place attachment and identity. This innovative collaboration combines SCHOFIELD's research in heritage studies with SCHOFIELD and SHERRINGTON's shared experiences of live music and its contribution to community, place attachment and identity, including digital identity. It also extends the definition of heritage to incorporate both non-traditional (sub)cultural heritage communities and the night-time economy while building on DeNora's (2000) study of the propensity of music both to link individuals with their past and to emotionally ground them in the present. The project comes at a time when GMVs are under increased threat, partly due to COVID-19 but also due to development threats, increased commercial rents and reduced sector funding. Yet they remain hugely popular. In 2018, 25 million people attended concerts across the UK's 650+ GMVs and other concert sites, while in 2019 the UK music industry contributed £5.8 billion to the UK economy, up 11% from 2018. Live events are important for performers but also to audiences for whom the venues are vital social spaces. The recent periods of lockdown provide a unique opportunity to examine and model the cultural impacts of their closures on local communities while also challenging negative assumptions about venues and gig going. The project poses four key research questions:1. In what ways do GMVs contribute to the heritage and identity of the places in which they are located and those people (performers, promoters, gig goers) whose identities (including digital identities) are often forged within them? 2. What distinct contributions can a critical heritage perspective make to understanding the cultural significance of local music scenes, including their venues?3. In what ways might collaboration between cultural spaces enhance their significance, impact and longevity?4. To what extent might a venue's cultural significance shape its models of practice and community engagement strategy; and ultimately influence policy?To address these questions, the project will focus on three Yorkshire towns that each have a strong music tradition in spite of their comparatively small size: Holmfirth, Hebden Bridge and York. Built around these case studies, and on the foundations of previous research (e.g. Frith's History of Live Music in Britain, Finnegan's The Hidden Musicians and the AHRC Cultural Values project), the project will conduct surveys and interviews with audiences, performers, promoters, networks and collectives, to gather qualitative data on the cultural significance of venues and gig-going including engagement with policy issues before, during and after a time of pandemic.