Dinner Seating Chart

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Research Question: How has technology allowed music genres to evolve, disappear and morph into new and/or other genres

My Five Sources (listed topically):
  • Lena, Jennifer C., and Richard A. Peterson. “Classification as Culture: Types and Trajectories of Music Genres.” American Sociological Review, vol. 73, no. 5, 2008, pp. 697–718., doi:10.1177/000312240807300501. (discusses human behavior pertaining to classification)
  • MacCallum, Robert M., et al. “Evolution of Music by Public Choice.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 109, no. 30, 2012, pp. 12081–12086. JSTOR, JSTOR. (discusses the evolution of genre preference)
  • Mauch M, MacCallum RM, Levy M, Leroi AM. 2015 The evolution of popular music: USA 1960–2010. R. Soc. open sci. 2: 150081. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150081 (discusses the trends in harmonic properties among popular genres)
  • Bryson, Bethany. “‘Anything But Heavy Metal’: Symbolic Exclusion and Musical Dislikes.” American Sociological Review, vol. 61, no. 5, 1996, pp. 884–899. JSTOR, JSTOR. (discusses the cultural and political influences on genre acceptance)
  • Roehmann, Franz L. “Technology, Culture, and Music.” College Music Symposium, vol. 35, 1995, pp. 124–131. JSTOR, JSTOR. (discusses technology advancements and their affect on genres) 
       


            I decided to review my sources in a topically manner, ranging from general to more specific to my topic. My final and first sources are seated directly across from each other at the table because they do not “mesh” well together. The first source stays on the surface when providing relevant information regarding my topic, as it only discusses human behavior pertaining to classification; whereas, the final source goes into depth about classification, technological advancements and their affect on musical genres. As for sources 2-4, they are placed closer to each other, but still across from each other at the table. They provide information that relates or overlaps in a very small way, allowing for sources 2 and 3 to be seated next to each other and source 4 only across.

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