TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobilizing traditional music in the rural creative economy of Argyll and Bute, Scotland
AU - McKerrell, Simon
AU - Hornabrook, Jasmine
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council with a Creative Economy Engagement Fellowship, via the Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership at Newcastle University. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK for the funding received through the Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership, National Creative Economy Engagement Fellowship, without which this research would not have been possible. In particular, we wish to thank at Newcastle University Dr Annie Tindley and Ms Sarah Rylance. We also wish to thank the Traditional Music Forum (TMF) and the support of their Director, Mr David Francis, whose partnership and insight have been invaluable. We wish to thank all the participants in fieldwork interviews and we wish to acknowledge their support and hope that this is a meaningful synthesis of their views. This work was supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council with a Creative Economy Engagement Fellowship, via the Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership at Newcastle University.
Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK for the funding received through the Northern Bridge Doctoral Training Partnership, National Creative Economy Engagement Fellowship, without which this research would not have been possible. In particular, we wish to thank at Newcastle University Dr Annie Tindley and Ms Sarah Rylance. We also wish to thank the Traditional Music Forum (TMF) and the support of their Director, Mr David Francis, whose partnership and insight have been invaluable. We wish to thank all the participants in fieldwork interviews and we wish to acknowledge their support and hope that this is a meaningful synthesis of their views.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2022/12/1
Y1 - 2022/12/1
N2 - This paper examines the key issues that emerge in the understanding of traditional music as micro-enterprise in the rural creative economy of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Using evidence from detailed ethnographic fieldwork, with musicians, festival organisers, tour operators, business owners and civil servants, this paper examines how issues such as geographical and social distance, internet connectivity, and cultural tourism are understood in relation to the musical life of Argyll and Bute. We advocate for greater ethnographic engagement with local communities in order to provide a more sophisticated, real-world understanding of rural cultural policy and the impact of current policies on local musicians. The paper therefore foregrounds ethnography as an important method in local, rural contexts such as Argyll and Bute, where typically, much of the creative economy is embedded in statistically invisible economic and cultural activity and portfolio employment.
AB - This paper examines the key issues that emerge in the understanding of traditional music as micro-enterprise in the rural creative economy of Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Using evidence from detailed ethnographic fieldwork, with musicians, festival organisers, tour operators, business owners and civil servants, this paper examines how issues such as geographical and social distance, internet connectivity, and cultural tourism are understood in relation to the musical life of Argyll and Bute. We advocate for greater ethnographic engagement with local communities in order to provide a more sophisticated, real-world understanding of rural cultural policy and the impact of current policies on local musicians. The paper therefore foregrounds ethnography as an important method in local, rural contexts such as Argyll and Bute, where typically, much of the creative economy is embedded in statistically invisible economic and cultural activity and portfolio employment.
KW - creative economy
KW - micro-enterprise
KW - music
KW - Rural
KW - Scotland
KW - traditional music
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85107412671&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17510694.2021.1928420
DO - 10.1080/17510694.2021.1928420
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85107412671
VL - 15
SP - 237
EP - 256
JO - Creative Industries Journal
JF - Creative Industries Journal
SN - 1751-0694
IS - 3
ER -
