[Air-L] Changing Mediations of Music, Audio and Sound: Denver symposium

[David Hesmondhalgh]

Hello everyone, here's a reminder about a one-day symposium, to be held at the University of Denver (Colorado, USA), 9am to 5pm, on Thursday 12 June 2025, right before the start of the International Communication Association conference. It's free to attend, lunch and coffee will be provided, and everyone is welcome if you register by the end of Thursday 15 May here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/changing-mediations-of-music-audio-and-sound-new-systems-across-the-world-tickets-1259331427199

Details of topic and names of speakers are below. We're sorry, but the event won't be available online.

The event is tied to the publication of an edited collection, Music Streaming Around the World, which will be published in October:

https://www.ucpress.edu/books/music-streaming-around-the-world/paper

Kind regards, Dave Hesmondhalgh (University of Leeds)



Changing Mediations of Music, Audio and Sound: New Systems Around the World

University of Denver, 12 June 2025





9:00-9:30           Room open and welcome



9:30-10:45

Panel 1

Music Streaming Platforms and Everyday Life

Navigating Temporalities: Music, Streaming Platforms and Everyday Life in Brazil

Vanessa Valiati and Ignacio Siles, Universidade Feevale and Universidad de Costa Rica



How Streaming Is Reshaping Latin American Music Culture: The Case of Mexican Corridos Tumbados

Rodrigo Gómez, Ignacio Gallego, Argelia Muñoz

Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Cuajimalpa

Everyday Life on Music Streaming Platforms in China: Dynamics of Collectivity and Individualisation

David Hesmondhalgh & Shuwen Stella Qu

University of Leeds and Jinan University



10:45-11:15       Coffee break



11:15-12:45

Panel 2:

Consumption and Formats

Occupying Nurseries: An Early Childhood-Oriented Strategy in China's Music Industry

Peng Will Wu

University of Gloucestershire

Rethinking Music Consumption and Community Building: A Study of Makromusic

Cemal Ataş

Bilkent University

Cassette Tapes and Streaming Interaction

Laura Jordán González

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso

The Secrets Your Asshole Keeps: The Media Ecosphere of Obscurest Vinyl

Sumanth Gopinath

University of Minnesota



12:45-13:45       Lunch



13:45-15:00

Panel 3:

Industry and Production

SoundCloud as a Space for Professionalization and Visibility: Dynamics of  Exchange, Sharing and Promotion of Rap in the Middle East

Thomas Michel

Université Paris Cité/French Institute of the Near East

Challenging Assumptions: Investigating the Revenues of German Music Creators' through Big Data

Jana Costas

European University Viadrina

Being "Independent" in Platformising China: Alternative Music Distribution in the Age of Streaming

Zhongwei Mabu Li

University of Leeds



15:00-15:30       Coffee break



15:30-16:45

Panel 4:

Changing Mediations



Unpacking Micromaterials: A Digital Methods Approach to Analyzing Popular Music on Streaming Platforms

Mattia Zanotti

University of Milan

Valuation and the Metrification of Status at Pollstar Live!

Francis Galang

University of California, San Diego

Analyzing Perceptions of Generative AI in the Music Industry

Raquel Campos Valverde & D. Bondy Valdovinos Kaye

University of Leeds



16:45-17:00       Closing and thanks