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"We Travel the Spaceways": Urban utopianism and the imagined spaces of black experimental music. (2012). Urban Geography, 33(4), 566–592. Added by: Deleted user (25/04/2024, 16:59) Last edited by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard |
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| Resource type: Journal Article Peer reviewed DOI: 10.2747/0272-3638.33.4.566 ID no. (ISBN etc.): 1838-2847 BibTeX citation key: anon2012 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Arcade, Architecture, Muzak, Utopia - Dystopia Publisher: Taylor & Francis Online Collection: Urban Geography |
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"Recent geographical studies of music (e.g., Anderson, 2002; Wood et al., 2007) suggest their potential to contribute to critical utopian thinking. This study offers a preliminary examination of musical utopianism, focusing in particular on its contribution to several questions provoked by the emerging dialogue between urban spatial theory and artistic cultural practice (Pinder, 2008). Drawing insights from philosophy, musicology, sociology, geography, and urban studies, this theoretical investigation centers on how music creates imagined spaces and whether these spaces might be considered utopian. Following a discussion of black music's distinctive engagement with utopia and the city, the Chicago-based work of the composer and bandleader Sun Ra is examined as a complex, experimental exploration of musical utopia in a post-utopian age."
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