Mitchell centre Seminar series
| Dates: | 12 October 2022 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 18:00 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | School of Social Sciences |
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Nick Crossley
University of Manchester
Music Worlds and Event Networks
In earlier work I have conceptualised and analysed 'music worlds' (e.g. the punk scene in London in 1976) as networks of key participants. This approach can be useful and revealing. However, music worlds can also be thought of as networks of events (e.g. gigs and festivals) linked by flows of both participants and the culture and resources those participants bring with them. In this paper I reflect, both theoretically and by way of empirical analysis, on such 'event networks' and what they might teach us. Because face-to-face events occur in particular places at particular times, for example, event networks allow and even demand that we attend to the spatio-temporal structure and dynamics of music worlds, resonating with calls (e.g. by Andrew Abbott) for sociologists to take more account of such matters. Networks of events have obviously been captured and analysed before, often in the context of two-mode studies, and recent work with line graphs is relevant for what I will be discussing. However, very little has been said with respect to their sociological significance and, properly considered, they raise interesting methodological questions for SNA which are not widely discussed (e.g. flows can only move forward in time such that reciprocation of ties is impossible and centrality scores (e.g. in and out degree) are affected by position in temporal order). On the methodological front I will be thinking out loud and will certainly have more questions than answers!
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