Experience, Practice, Writing:: A Methodological Outline of Drone Metal Research

Owen Coggins

Experience, Practice, Writing: A Methodological Outline of Drone Metal Research

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Abstract

My doctoral research concerns reports of spiritual experience, mystical practices and religious discourse, imagery and sound in the extreme doom subgenre of drone metal. After briefly examining previous scholarship relating to drone metal, I outline the methods I undertook in gathering information about the intertwined phenomena of listening, and talking or writing about listening: participant observation at concerts and music festivals, autoethnography of listening to recordings, surveys, interviews, the collection of online material, examination of material culture, and my writing of music reviews for the music website Echoes & Dust. Finally, I describe some unexpected instances showing the co-constitution of methodology and the field of study.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures
Subtitle of host publication	International Academic Research Conference, Proceedings : Recolouring the Metal Map: Metal and Race in Global Perspective
Editors	Toni-Matti Karjalainen, Kimi Karki
Place of Publication	Helsinki
Publisher	Aalto University
Pages	354-365
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9789512961740
ISBN (Print)	9789526062174
Publication status	Published - 2015
Externally published	Yes
Event	Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures: International Academic Research Conference - Helsinki, Finland Duration: 8 Jun 2015 → 12 Jun 2015

Publication series

Name	International Academic Research Conference
Publisher	Aalto University
Number	6
Volume	2015
ISSN (Print)	1799-4977
ISSN (Electronic)	1797-318X

Conference

Conference	Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures
Country/Territory	Finland
City	Helsinki
Period	8/06/15 → 12/06/15

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Coggins, O. (2015). Experience, Practice, Writing: A Methodological Outline of Drone Metal Research. In T-M. Karjalainen, & K. Karki (Eds.), Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures: International Academic Research Conference, Proceedings : Recolouring the Metal Map: Metal and Race in Global Perspective (pp. 354-365). (International Academic Research Conference; Vol. 2015, No. 6). Aalto University. http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://iipc.utu.fi/MHM/Coggins.pdf

Coggins, Owen. / Experience, Practice, Writing: A Methodological Outline of Drone Metal Research. Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures: International Academic Research Conference, Proceedings : Recolouring the Metal Map: Metal and Race in Global Perspective. editor / Toni-Matti Karjalainen ; Kimi Karki. Helsinki : Aalto University, 2015. pp. 354-365 (International Academic Research Conference; 6).

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Coggins, O 2015, Experience, Practice, Writing: A Methodological Outline of Drone Metal Research. in T-M Karjalainen & K Karki (eds), Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures: International Academic Research Conference, Proceedings : Recolouring the Metal Map: Metal and Race in Global Perspective. International Academic Research Conference, no. 6, vol. 2015, Aalto University, Helsinki, pp. 354-365, Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures, Helsinki, Finland, 8/06/15. <http://chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://iipc.utu.fi/MHM/Coggins.pdf>

Experience, Practice, Writing: A Methodological Outline of Drone Metal Research. / Coggins, Owen.

Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures: International Academic Research Conference, Proceedings : Recolouring the Metal Map: Metal and Race in Global Perspective. ed. / Toni-Matti Karjalainen; Kimi Karki. Helsinki : Aalto University, 2015. p. 354-365 (International Academic Research Conference; Vol. 2015, No. 6).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Coggins O. Experience, Practice, Writing: A Methodological Outline of Drone Metal Research. In Karjalainen T-M, Karki K, editors, Modern Heavy Metal: Markets, Practices and Cultures: International Academic Research Conference, Proceedings : Recolouring the Metal Map: Metal and Race in Global Perspective. Helsinki: Aalto University. 2015. p. 354-365. (International Academic Research Conference; 6).