Project description
Understanding the impact of "platformisation" on musicians
Online streaming and social media platforms have transformed the music industry, changing the way music is produced, distributed and consumed. For many artists, these platforms have opened up new opportunities to engage with fans. However, they have also introduced new challenges. In this context, the PlatforMuse project, funded by the European Research Council, will carry out a cross-national analysis of the "platformisation" of music through the study of musicians in the Netherlands, Nigeria and South Korea. Bringing together experts in popular music studies, platform studies, media/cultural industries research and ethnomusicology, the project aims to develop an integrative framework and a global understanding of cultural production in the platform era.
Objective
How are streaming and social media platforms changing the working conditions and creative practices of music artists around the world? How can we better understand the transformative impact of platformization through the lens of music? Online platforms - from Amazon to YouTube have been both celebrated and criticized. The COVID-19 pandemic has only further entrenched these platforms in our lives. PlatforMuse takes music as a medium through which to examine the impacts of platformization. It offers the first cross-national analysis of this transformation as understood by music artists. To date, most research into platformization is limited to case studies of particular platforms in particular countries. PlatforMuse provides a global perspective that is sensitive to the complexity of platformization. The three national contexts that make up this project the Netherlands, South Korea, and Nigeria represent three very different models and stages of platformization. PlatforMuse asks: How might the everyday experiences of music artists in diverse locations challenge some of the assumptions about how platformization proceeds, and in turn, help us to generate a truly global understanding of cultural production in the platform era? The PI has extensively researched music platformization in North America, Europe and Asia and is thus uniquely suited to realize the ambitious aims of this global project. The project is embedded in a multidisciplinary research network and an advisory board comprised of academics, industry experts and artists from the Netherlands, South Korea and Nigeria. Through innovative methods PlatforMuse promises to bridge and build upon diverse fields of study; including popular music studies, platform studies, media/cultural industries research, and ethnomusicology. The aim is to develop an integrative framework for theorizing the global platformization of music and to open up new research agendas for the study of culture in our platform society.
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9712CP Groningen
Netherlands
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