The peer-reviewed, open-access journal for the study of electronic music and dance culture, Dancecult, will host the DC25 conference 24–25 January 2025 at the Technische Universität Berlin in collaboration with its Audio Communication Group and CTM Festival. A free conference featuring paper presentations and panel discussions.
This Friday I am joining the Danceuclt Conference in Berlin. Dancecult is an academic open-access e-journal for the study of electronic dance music culture. I will have a 15min presentation at 14.30h about Challenges of Documentation and Platform Technologies for Festivals and later at 17.30h joining a panel with art historian Lukas and Noja Noja and Rosa of former Mensch Meier Club to discuss possibilities for documenting defunct Clubs and its communities.
24 January (Friday), 14:30–14:50 (Room H3001): Transmedia Festivals. Challenges of Documentation and Platform Technologies
The big enterprises of the concert industry have become completely disconnected from the music, and the care for music. Simultaneously the loss of control over our own data, the loss of privacy when we promote, stream, and share music, buy tracks or concert tickets, has quietly become the norm. Long-established social values that promote an open society are endangered in the online world. The context of my presentation is my long-term ethnographic study on festivals of experimental and electronic music in Europe. Digital technologies made it easier for festivals to manage and organize tasks and promote content, though this also results in new commitments and dependencies. The necessity of using digital infrastructures and platforms has increased dramatically for events and artists alike during the research period. These economization processes produce contradictions to the festivals philosophies of experimentation and improvisation in relation to their use of digital infrastructures and platforms.
24 January (Friday), 16:45–18:00 (Room H3002): New approaches to the documentation of cultural history with the example of the now defunct Berlin Club Mensch Meier by Noja Noja, Bianca Ludewig, Lukas Fuchsgruber, Mc Mate, and Rrrrr (moderation)
Conversations about the documentation, preservation, and archiving of electronic music and dance cultures—from their global evolution to the challenges of keeping their cultural heritage alive. Topics include DJing, club culture, festivals, and the untold stories of marginalized voices in these vibrant communities. All sessions will be streamed live.
Livestreams are available via Zoom:
Room H3002: https://tinyurl.com/TU3002
Room H3001: https://tinyurl.com/TU3001
DC25 is enabled by the Dancecult Research Network and the Audio Communication Group of Technische Universität Berlin. It is partnered with CTM Festival and Dancecult: The Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture.
