Keegan-Phipps, S. orcid.org/0000-0002-3873-9455 and Wright, L. (2020) “Tradition,” vernacularism, and learning to be a folk musician with social media. In: Waldron, J., Horsley, S. and Veblen, K., (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning. Oxford Handbooks . Oxford University Press , New York , pp. 443-466. ISBN 9780190660772
Abstract
This chapter considers the role of social media (broadly conceived) in the learning experiences of folk musicians in the Anglophone West. The chapter draws on the findings of the Digital Folk project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (UK), and begins by summarizing and problematizing the nature of learning as a concept in the folk music context. It briefly explicates the instructive, appropriative, and locative impacts of digital media for folk music learning before exploring in detail two case studies of folk-oriented social media: (1) the phenomenon of abc notation as a transmissive media and (2) the Mudcat Café website as an example of the folk-oriented discussion forum. These case studies are shown to exemplify and illuminate the constructs of traditional transmission and vernacularism as significant influences on the social shaping and deployment of folk-related media technologies. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the need to understand the musical learning process as a culturally performative act and to recognize online learning mechanisms as sites for the (re)negotiation of musical, cultural, local, and personal identities.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 Oxford University Press. This is an author-produced version of a chapter subsequently published in The Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | discussion forum; folk music; notation; online learning; social media; tradition; transmission; vernacularism |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Music (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number ARTS AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL (AHRC) AH/L014858/1 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 11 Apr 2019 15:12 |
Last Modified: | 07 Oct 2022 00:14 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Series Name: | Oxford Handbooks |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190660772.013.26 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:144846 |