Electro-amplified mass music (EAMM) and social representations (SR)

Musiques de masse électro-amplifiées et représentations sociales: développement de la recherche et perspectives

Jean-Marie Seca (1)

1 2L2S - Laboratoire Lorrain de Sciences Sociales

We will outline the links between the styles of electro-amplified mass-music and SR theory in the creators’ and consumers’ behaviours. The musical styles and their aesthetic differentiations can be indeed conceptualized as specific SR (Moscovici, 1976, Seca, 2001, 2007, 2010). SR as musical styles are culturally shared collective matrices, giving an orientation and a structuration of the consumers’ and musicians’ practices and attitudes. We will support our demonstration with examples on emerging and underground trends in Europe. We will mainly argue that SR theory must include a creative and innovative side. Our issue is also connected with the new musicology and the postcolonial approaches.

Mots clés: Social representations; ideology; structuralist approach of subcultures

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Jean-Marie Seca. Musiques de masse électro-amplifiées et représentations sociales: développement de la recherche et perspectives. 7th International Conference on Applied Psychology and Educational Sciences – Anniversary Edition, Oct 2017, Iasi, Roumanie. ⟨halshs-02967450⟩