Popular Music Heritage, Cultural Memory and Cultural Identity: Localised Popular Music Histories and Significance for Music Audiences and Music Industries in Europe


Project Summary

This project examined the strengthening role and significance of popular music in shaping cultural identity and heritage at local and national level.

The project took a comparative approach by focusing on localities in different countries to build as complete a picture as possible of popular music’s contribution to cultural memory across Europe.

POPID examined its contribution to the narratives of cultural identity and representations of cultural memories. It also explored how these expressions are represented and negotiated in the practices and products of the music industry and the heritage sector. POPID had two key aims. It sought to assess:

  • the role played by local popular music as a cultural form consumed via mass media in influencing cultural identity at a local, national, and European level
  • how the European music industry can generate ongoing connections to local popular music heritage in a way that continues to be meaningful for local audiences

The Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture at Rotterdam’s Erasmus University led the project, with partners from the University of Liverpool, the University of Ljubljana and the University of Vienna.

Prof. Susanne Janssen

Project Leader

Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands


Project Partners

Prof. Susanne Janssen

Project Leader

Erasmus University Rotterdam
Netherlands

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Prof. Peter Stanckovic

University of Ljubljana
Slovenia

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Prof. Alfred Smudits

University of Vienna
Austria

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Prof. Sara Cohen

University of Liverpool
United Kingdom

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Dr Andreas Gebesmair

St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences
Austria

  • Erasmus University Rotterdam

    Erasmus University Rotterdam

  • University of Ljubljana

    University of Ljubljana

  • University of Vienna

    University of Vienna

  • University of Liverpool

    University of Liverpool

  • St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences

    St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences

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