Journal
POETICS
Volume 51, Issue -, Pages 37-53Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.poetic.2015.05.001
Keywords
Popular music; Cultural heritage; Archives; Museums; Place; Local identity
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Funding
- Popular Music Heritage, Cultural Memory and Cultural Identity (POPID) project by the HERA Joint Research Program
- AHRC
- AKA
- DASTI
- ETF
- FNR
- FWF
- HAZU
- IRCHSS
- MHEST
- NWO
- RANNIS
- RCN
- VR
- European Community
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Through the prism of popular music, this article examines how the preservation and display of this global cultural form positions itself at the nexus of the local and the global, and in so doing mediates attachment to place. Springing from the increasing cultural legitimacy of popular music and the growing participation of fans and local communities in heritage practices, Dutch private and public heritage initiatives are analyzed to explore how the local histories and lived experiences of popular music reverberate in the framework of wider global cultural developments. The results of this study indicate that museums and archives give places meaning through three interrelated processes. They present local sociocultural histories, foster a sense of belonging and cultural pride, and seek to document the artistic legacy of places. Furthermore, it is found that despite the strong transnational dimension of popular music, the studied heritage practices strongly resonate with local and national cultural identities, as narratives of popular music and heritage are mediated by locally situated cultural gatekeepers. These findings are based on in-depth interviews conducted with archivists, collectors and curators from the Netherlands. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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