Dr Mark Rimmer
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Lecturer in Media Studies |
M dot Rimmer at uea dot ac dot uk
Tel: +44 (0)1603 59 2155 |
Registry And Council House 3.30 |
Biography
Current research interests include cultural and especially musical tastes and practices; musical genres; issues of cultural consumption and distinction; cultural policy; creative work; youth and participation; ethnographic audience research. Recent and forthcoming publications include ‘'Instrumental' playing? Cultural policy and young people's community music participation’ (International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2009); ‘Listening to the monkey: class and youth in the formation of a musical habitus’ (Ethnography, 2010), ‘Beyond omnivores and univores: the promise of a concept of musical habitus’ (Cultural Sociology, 2010). Mark is currently writing on the subject of participatory music making practices and developing a research project on musical tastes and practices in the
Academic Background
B.A. French & Philosophy,
PG Dip. Social Science Research Methods,
Ph.D. Sociology & Social Policy;
Key Research Interests
Popular culture
Cultural Policy
Music and identity
Research supervision
Mark is interested in supervising research students in all areas of media and cultural consumption and audience studies; cultural sociology; cultural industries.
Forthcoming publications:
2010 (forthcoming) Rimmer, M. ‘Beyond omnivores and univores: the promise of a concept of musical habitus’. Cultural Sociology.
2010 (forthcoming) Rimmer, M. ‘Listening to the monkey: class and youth in the formation of a musical habitus’, Ethnography.
Presentations
2009 ‘Beyond Omnivores and Univores: exploring musical tastes and practices’, British Sociological Association Annual Conference, Cardiff
2009 ‘Listening to the monkey: class, youth, place and musical habitus’, International Association for the Study of Popular Music (Benelux), University of Amsterdam
2009 ‘An ethnography of musical habitus’, Living Cultures: Contemporary Ethnographies of Culture, University of Leeds
2008 ‘Dancing to the Beat of a Different Drum: British Cultural Policy and the musical habitus of ‘at-risk’ youth’. European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) Conference, Barcelona
2008 ‘‘Instrumental’ playing? Cultural policy and young people’s community music participation’. Institute of Communications Studies Research Seminar Series, University of Leeds
2006 ‘Children’s Community Music Participation’. Childhood and Youth: Choice and Participation International Conference, University of Sheffield
2005 ‘‘It depends what I'm listening to’...or does it? The musical habitus and its implications for participation in youth-based community music activities’ British Sociological Association Annual Conference, York
Teaching Interests
Media and Cultural Theory
Effects, audiences and the Media
Music and society
Cultural tastes, practices and consumption
Cultural industries and cultural work
Teaching Activities
- Media and Cultural Theory
- Film, Television and New Media
- Effects, Audiences and the Media
Article
Rimmer, Mark (2011) The participation and decision making of ‘at risk’ youth in community music projects: an exploration of three case studies. Journal of Youth Studies. ISSN 1367-6261
Rimmer, Mark (2011) Beyond Omnivores and Univores: The Promise of a Concept of Musical Habitus. Cultural Sociology.
Rimmer, Mark (2010) Listening to the monkey: class and youth in the formation of a musical habitus. Ethnography, 11 (2). pp. 255-283.
Rimmer, Mark (2010) Harte Musik und weiche Jungs, Kulturaustausch: Großbritannien.
Rimmer, Mark (2009) Instrumental' playing? Cultural policy and young people's community music participation. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 15(1). pp. 71-90.
