The politics of the Digital Single Market: culture vs. competition vs. copyright

This paper examines the implications for European music culture of the European Union’s (EU) Digital Single Market strategy. It focuses on the regulatory framework being created for the management of copyright policy, and in particular the role played by collective management organisations (CMOs or collecting societies). One of the many new opportunities created by digitalisation has been the music streaming services. These depend on consumers being able to access music wherever they are, but such a system runs counter to the management of rights on a national basis and through collecting organisations which act as monopolies within their own territories. The result has been ‘geo-blocking’. The EU has attempted to resolve this problem in a variety of ways, most recently in a Directive designed to reform the CMOs. In this paper, we document these various efforts, showing them to be motivated by a deep-seated and persisting belief in the capacity of ‘competition’ to resolve problems that, we argue, actually lie elsewhere – in copyright policy itself. The result is that the EU’s intervention fails to address its core concern and threatens the diversity of European music culture by rewarding those who are already commercially successful.     

Filling the ‘empty space’: Site-specific dance in a techno club

While organisational space has received broad scholarly attention, movement in organisational spaces remains under-researched. This paper introduces the notion of site-specific dance from dance theory to consider the dynamic relationship between space and people, emphasising that movements are a response to a space, its materiality and context. Berghain, in Berlin and one of the world’s most famous techno clubs, is discussed as a case. An interdisciplinary analysis shows how a site-specific performance is created through the interplay of the architecture, the sound and the music organised by the DJ, and the dancing crowd. Methodologically, the dance and performance studies approach develops suggestions for how to analyse movement interaction in organisational space. Reference to dance theory broadens our understanding of how organisational spaces and human interaction enable, produce and negotiate experiences that are transitory, embodied and difficult to pin down.     

Value drivers of social businesses: A business model perspective

Hybrid organizational forms that combine commercial and welfare institutional logics play an increasingly important role in addressing the grand societal challenges we face today. Building on the literatures on hybrid organizations and social business models, we explore the characteristics of social businesses from a business model perspective. This study seeks to better understand the particularities and value drivers of hybrid social purpose in contrast to purely commercial business models. We follow a grounded theory approach and our findings are based on interview data from 17 social business firms. Building on social businesses' identified particularities, we propose four value drivers of social business models: 1) responsible efficiency, 2) impact complementarities, 3) shared values, and 4) integration novelties. We link our findings to the literature, contributing new insights into social businesses models and implications for practitioners.     

魏晋哲学新变与礼乐建构

魏晋既是中国思想史变革最为剧烈的时段,也是传统礼乐观念的重要调试期。玄学作为礼乐变革的背景,它很好地应对了轴心时代以来儒、道两家在言与意、有与无等问题上的分歧,并进行了哲学性弥合。玄学家对"有"的肯定,为儒家礼乐(广义)信仰的延续、"礼乐"(狭义)内涵的升华提供了空间。就前者而言,尽管何晏、王弼、郭象等人思想有所差异,但都表现出对"礼乐形态"的肯定;就后者而言,玄学家通过以自然内涵置换道德内涵的方式,赋予狭义"礼乐"新意,使其获得了本体论和价值论的合法性,并实现了与时代雅乐建设实践的互通。     

传统音乐在学校的传承：国际议题和挑战

传统音乐是每个国家都具备的文化元素之一，透过学习和传承传统音乐，可以有效继承和发展自身的本土文化；然而传统音乐在学校课程中面对多方困难和挑战，亚洲各国多以西方音乐作为学校音乐课程的主导，传统音乐则被边缘化。本文先审视传统音乐在当代音乐环境中面临的困境，再介绍一个全面了解音乐传统的理论架构，从而了解不同的音乐传统的独特性和价值，提出音乐文化并无高低之分，并寄语有关当局重新审视本土传统音乐文化在学校教育中的价值和地位。     

以音乐欣赏为媒介打开大学生心灵之窗--音乐欣赏与大学生心理健康的调节

大学生心理健康状况已经成为全社会关注的焦点，而培养德才兼备、情志并重、身心健康的高素质人才更是全社会的迫切呼求。音乐欣赏以它独特的表现形式在大学生心理健康的调适与治疗中发挥着其他学科领域不可替代的作用。本文从大学生存在的心理状况、音乐欣赏的作用、音乐欣赏对人的心理调节作用、音乐欣赏的多元化等作了较深刻的阐述。     

论中国油画创作题材和表现形式的民族化

油画艺术自明代从西方传入中国后，在一百多年的发展历程中不断与中国本土文化相融合，逐步形成了鲜明的民族风格，主要表现为：在创作上不仅采用富有中国特色的自然和人文题材，还特别钟情于少数民族题材；在艺术表现形式方面借鉴了中国传统艺术的特点，具体表现在构图、线条和意境等方面。     

邯郸优秀地方传统文化与高校音乐技能课相结合探析

邯郸是一个拥有深厚传统历史文化的古城,然而许多优秀的地方传统文化在新型社会形式的冲击下却面临失传的危机。以声乐技能课教学改革为例,以邯郸优秀的传统文化为内容与高校音乐教育相结合进行论述,希望从中探寻一条可行之路,既有利于地方优秀传统文化的发扬,又能够推动高校教学的深化改革。     

Framing Atmospheres: Goffman,Space, and Music in Everyday Life

In this article, we synthesize Goffman's microsociology with recent developments in fields such as aesthetics, geography, and urban studies labeled “atmosphere theory.” Our central rationale is if microsociology is to deepen its account of embodiment and the noncognitive it needs a theory of spatialized moods. In the second half, we develop our synthesis with respect to musical atmospheres and conclude by drawing on our own research regarding how social actors use music to shape “involvements” and “disinvolvements” in the spatial ambiances of public transportation, the street, the workplace, and the home.     

Assembling the dance: reggae sound system practices in the United Kingdom and France

Reggae sound systems are assemblages of speakers, record decks, and amplifiers that permit sound to be reproduced at very powerful levels. Sound systems crews, alongside an extended affinity group, build their own systems and organize and engineer the space of the dance. Interviews with crews from the United Kingdom and France reveal differences in how they each draw from the history of Jamaican musical experimentation when making spaces to collectively immerse the crew and crowd in sound. Yet in both cases, their approach to sound design communicates a commitment to inclusivity, maintaining an emphasis on the “vibe,” which progressively alters participants’ somatic experience and perceptions. In contrast to “dancehall” in Jamaica, such sound systems disrupt understandings of a “standard” setup that reinforces hierarchical relationships between performers and audience. Crews also downplay the visual aspects of the “dance” and dancing and are consciously non-consumerist. Thus, different crews’ histories and associations alter how they enact, feel, and understand similar conventions.