"fieldwork" blog posts
Spinning the Child: How records made for children construct childhood
In the sleeve notes to one of his two albums for children, Woody Guthrie wrote “Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple.” As I discovered from my now-completed PhD on the topic of records made for children, Woody’s songs were often far from simple, yet his words have proved helpful whilst I was finishing up my thesis.
Posted on: 12 September 2017
Seeking Interview Partners for A Women’s History of the Beatles
In November Dr Christine Feldman-Barrett will be visiting Liverpool to conduct research about the impact of the Beatles. Christine is a Lecturer in the School of Humanities at Griffith University, Australia and wants your help with the project.
Posted on: 9 October 2016
Notes from the field: Þorbjörg Daphne Hall
Conducting fieldwork in a place in which you live has both its perks and perils as seemingly you have endless access to the field – but the risk is that everyday life takes over and the ‘academic’ data gathering keeps getting postponed. Luckily, my professional life is immersed in music which certainly helps understanding the field and I have relatively easy access to respondents. I would like to share two events which have been particularity fruitful for my research in the last few months.
Posted on: 27 February 2016