Tag Archives: SSSI
The Theoretical Intersection of Science and Music – An Abstract
In this post, Dr. Joseph Kotarba shares the abstract from a recent keynote talk he gave in Bulgaria at the Seventh Annual Conference of the ESSSI and will elaborate on as well at the upcoming SSSI annual meetings. The … Continue reading
Musical Theory
Not so long ago, I was looking for an interesting way to teach sociological theories to students. While I looked over all the ideas, suggestions, and guides I could find, I kept wanting to try something new that I could … Continue reading
Musical Technologies of Memory
I have an electric guitar in my office. Cherry red and white, it lives on a little stand situated between one of my bookshelves and a file cabinet. Sometimes when I get stuck on a manuscript or course preparation, I … Continue reading
Open Mic Nights and Symbolic Interaction #sssi
Open Mic Nights are incredibly popular at the moment. They can be found in most cities where they offer new, up-and-coming as well as hobby musicians an opportunity to play to an audience and maybe develop a fan-base. Recently, these … Continue reading
From what sources do young people learn about new music?
I am teaching my soc of pop music course this summer online. I want todedicate a forum discussion to the following question: From what sourcesdo young people learn about new music? Back in the early days of rock ‘n’roll, it … Continue reading
Fellow Rock ‘n’ Rollers–and techno , and pop, and folk, and Tejano, and…
Dirk vom Lehn, the Internet guru for SSSI, has assembled a music blog. It can be accessed from the SSI home page, etc. What he really needs now is material. It strikes me that we now have a pretty sophisticated … Continue reading
Couch-Stone Symposium 2014 Updated Information!
Couch-Stone Symposium: “Symbolic Interactionist Takes on Music” March 27-29, 2014 Texas State University San Marcos, Texas The Center for Social Inquiry and the Department of Sociology at Texas State University are hosting an intimate symposium focused specifically on music. … Continue reading
