Minutes- 26/01/17

(Lucy, Emile, Jyoti, Joe, Clare, Harry, Georgia)

Look at the politics of leisure and going out- Music a big part of people’s leisure time.

Different music nights have different codes and conventions- Techo nights look at dj and dance, other nights you dance in big crowds.

Try to look and highlight the Individuality of different subcultures and the conventions they each have.

Identity politics and self-expression

Difference of going out and listening to music is the connection between people, and the performance of being out

Conventions of the behaviour in the subculture and the sense of community it gives you

Why do we conform to a subculture?

Did music fill the gap left by religion? Use of music in religion. Many similarities between religion and music- Avenue could be explored with more time.

How to specify what we are trying to find out to make an idea?

If possible we would like to go out to different nights from different subcultures and see the difference between them. Also like to stage an act of musical defiance in Goldsmiths.

Go to last choice of different subcultures and see what you observe.

Swap conventions of each genre and sub culture and see the affects it has.

What makes you start listening to different types of music?

Is it wanting to become part of the subculture itself or do you just enjoy the music?

What is the link between subcultures and different types of drugs? See more of some at certain nights. What comes first, taking the drug then going out or other way around?

Can create different vibes depending on drugs taken.

How music interacts with structures of their everyday lives.

Is music something intrinsic to yourself and who you are or something you wear as a front.

Idea for data collection and experiment- Do a musical quiz- play song’s and ask for people’s immediate reaction.

Ask people what thoughts they have for different subcultures – then play the music and see the difference between their thoughts.

Ask people prior to the quiz what subculture they belong to

Use the genres of Grime, techno, reggae, classical and punk.

Jyoti to make a mix of the songs.

All need to ask 5 people each before Monday.

Is buying into different subcultures just another consumerist tac- all buying into the idea of wanting to be in a subculture? All just capitalism and consumerism at its finest.

Ask people what thoughts they have for different subcultures – then play the music and see the difference between their thoughts.

Meet next Monday in the Canteen from 2pm, come with data collected.