Soundtracks: Music, Tourism and Travel

Extended Call for Papers for the Soundtracks: Music, Tourism and Travel conference

Additional abstracts that address the following themes are welcomed:


·     Musical memory – the role of music in narratives of touristic experience

·     Fans, pilgrimage and performances – motivations, behaviours and meanings

·     The tourist’s involvement in preserving and creating musical traditions

·     Managing tourists at musical sites

·     Musical imaginaries – representing places, peoples and pasts in music

·     Dance tourism and embodied practices

·     Designing ambience – mobilising music in touristic spaces

·     Music festivals as opportunities for tourist encounters

·     Inspirations – travelling musicians

·     Music as intangible heritage – touring through traditions

·     Challenging musical traditions – tourist ‘noise’


Please submit a 300 word abstract including title and full contact details as an electronic file to d.carl@leedsmet.ac.uk. You may submit your abstract as soon as possible but no later than 6th February 2012.

For more details on this conference including a list of accepted abstracts, keynotes, registration etc, please visit the conference’s blog: http://soundtracksconference.wordpress.com/

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