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A Sociology of Sound Technicians

Making the Show Go on

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Authors:
  1. Andy Battentier

    1. Grenoble, France

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Part of the book series: Musik und Gesellschaft (MUGE)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxi
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  2. Technical Intermediaries and the Agency of Objects: Questioning Generalized Symmetry

    • Andy Battentier
    Pages 1-22

  3. A Comparative Approach to Making a Living From Sound Engineering

    • Andy Battentier
    Pages 23-40

  4. Creative Craft in Music: Careers and Roles of Sound Technicians

    • Andy Battentier
    Pages 41-68

  5. The Power of Sound Technicians over the Script: Negotiations around the Shape of the Performance’s Object

    • Andy Battentier
    Pages 69-92

  6. Group Engagement of Technicians and Audiences in Concerts

    • Andy Battentier
    Pages 93-116

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 117-140
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About this book

If art, and especially music, has been framed in cultural sociology as a collective production relying on a variety of actors, technicians have been mostly framed as “support personnel” marginally impacting the meaning of a cultural production. This book analyzes sound technicians as technical intermediaries. They are autonomous actors of cultural production, and contribute in various ways to the meaning of live or recorded music performances, framed as a form of interaction rituals. From this analysis, it argues that artists should not be considered at the center of art worlds, and proposes a model including various types of actors in different roles, all necessary to produce a cultural object. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Grenoble, France

    Andy Battentier

About the author

Andy Battentier is a PhD in cultural sociology and former sound technician for theater and music.

 


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Sociology of Sound Technicians

  • Book Subtitle: Making the Show Go on

  • Authors: Andy Battentier

  • Series Title: Musik und Gesellschaft

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-33029-3

  • Publisher: Springer VS Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-33028-6Published: 24 July 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-33029-3Published: 23 July 2021

  • Series ISSN: 0259-076X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2522-8331

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXI, 140

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Cultural Policy and Politics, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology

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