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Book of Abstracts BOOK OF ABSTRACTS BOOK OF ABSTRACTS BOOK OF ABSTRACTS KISMIF Convenors International Conference Keep it Simple, Make it Fast! Andy Bennett and Paula Guerra Underground Music Scenes and DIY Cultures 8-11 July 2014 KISMIF Organizing Committee Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto and Andy Bennett, Augusto Santos Silva, Carles Feixa, Casa da Música – Porto, Portugal José Machado Pais, Luís Fernandes, Manuel Loff, Paula Abreu, Paula Guerra, Pedro Costa and Publisher Rui Telmo Gomes. Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto (Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto) – Porto, Portugal KISMIF Executive Commission Ana Oliveira, João Queirós, Paula Abreu, Paula Guerra, ISBN Pedro Quintela, Rui Telmo Gomes, Tânia Moreira, Teresa 978-989-8648-26-6 Velásquez and Vítor Massa. Editors KISMIF Volunteers Paula Guerra, Andy Bennett (Supervising Editors) Alexandra Ferreira Carvalho, Ana Luísa Aguiar, Ana Rita Tânia Moreira Ribeiro, Ana Silva, Andreia Marques, Andreia Pinheiro, Ângela Pinto, Bárbara Pereira, Beatriz Duarte, Bernardo Edition Guerra, Bruna Gonçalves, Catarina Barbosa, Catarina KISMIF Conference and Faculty of Arts of the University Pinho, Catarina Ribeiro Figueiredo, Cláudia Alves, Daniela of Porto Oliveira, Diana Ferreira, Diana Silva, Diogo Cardoso, Diogo Guedes Vidal, Diogo Ribeiro, Eduardo da Silva, Eliana Design Frazão, Fátima Soares, Francisco Reis, Gil Fesch, Inês Rita Araújo and Marta Borges Guimarães, Inês Pereira, Inês Pinto, Inês Ramos Marques, Isabel Magalhães, Jennifer Moody, Jéssica Cardoso, Photos Joana Carvalho, Joana Dias, Joana Ribeiro Santos, João Alfredo Valdemar Alvela, Bárbara Cabral, Carlos Beto, Lima, João Pedro Pereira, Joana Carvalho, Márcia Batista, Carlos Moura, Cristina Mamede, Dario Oliveira, Maria Guimarães, Mariana Araújo, Mariana Sá, Mariana Fernando Serpa, Francisco Dias, Iolanda Baptista, Silva, Marta Rodrigues, Raquel Sousa, Raquel Tavares, João Ribas, Luís Pedro, Luís Salema, Pedro Khron, Ricardo Adriano, Rita Ribeiro, Rui Ferreira, Rute Neves, Peter Machado, Neno Costa, Vítor Belanciano Sara Almeida, Sara Pereira Mota, Sara Tavares Almeida, Sofia Sousa, Thiago Alves, Tiago Andrade, Vanessa Claro Contents Contents 5 Welcome words 7 PRACTICAL INFORMATION 9 Venue Information 11 Other practical information 19 PROGRAMME 21 Parallel Sessions 23 Detailed Schedule 45 BESIDES THE KISMIF INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: DISCOVERING PORTO 51 Live Porto: a social program 53 Discovering Porto 61 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS 67 ABSTRACTS 75 A 77 B 87 C 97 D 105 E 109 F 119 G 127 H 133 J 137 K 143 L 147 M 155 N 159 O 163 P 171 Q 175 R 181 S 191 T 197 U 201 V 207 W 213 Z 143 5 CONTENTS W e l c o m e w o r d s Dear colleagues, we are delighted to meet you all at the KISMIF International Conference in Porto! The underground music scenes were, for a long time, associated with strong DIY (do-it-yourself) cultural practices. Con- sequently, in this Conference we intend to discuss the importance of underground artistic and musical practices in con- temporary society, both for its volatility and for its undeniable importance in youth cultures urban, keeping a record of sociological reflection, although open to all other social sciences. Underground urban musical cultures were and still are considered by many as illegitimate objects of analysis within the framing of contemporary social theory. However, these cultures play a central role in the functioning of music (post) industry and in the outlook of emerging digital media. We also intend to clarify the musical scenes that run through contemporary cities, giving them rhythms but also specific forms of cultural identity, as well as a new historical, social and artistic heritage. In sum, this International Conference aims to explore the contemporary landscapes of underground urban music scenes and DIY cultures in a context of glo- balized modernity. The Conference is organized according to the following seven thematic areas: Music and DIY cultures: DIY or Die!; Porto calling: meanings, dynamics, artifacts and identities in today’s punk scenes; Music scenes, politics and ideology: social-historical memories and contemporary practices; Contemporary underground cultures’ aesthetics: between the digital, the retro and the nostalgia; Musical production, mediation, consumption and fruition in the contem- poraneity; Underground music scenes; and, last, Local scenes, communities, identities and urban cultures. This object of analysis and inspiring motto of KISMIF International Conference falls within the development of the scientific research project Keep it simple, make it fast! (KISMIF): Prolegomenons and punk scenes, a road to Portu- guese contemporaneity (1977-2012) (PTDC/CS-SOC/118830/2010), whose goal is the analysis of the punk manifestations in Portugal since its origins until nowadays (1977-2012). KISMIF is supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) and is being developed in the Sociology Institute of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (IS|UP) in a partnership with the Griffith Centre for Cultural Research (GCCR), the Universitat of Lleida (UdL), the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto (FEP), the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC), the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Porto (FPCE) and the Lisbon Municipal Libraries (BLX). KISMIF’s approach is trans-disci- plinary (Anthropology, History, Psychology, Communication, Journalism and Sociology) and deals with different time and space frames, in both synchronic and diachronic manners, in order to unveil the curtains that hide this barely visible and complex research object. It privileges a dialogue between punk’s production and reception, within the Portuguese urban culture framework, but it also intends to conceptualize the music phenomenon both as one the most ancient, universal and important ways of communicating and as an important tool to build identity and community identity definition. In addition to the Conference’s Scientific Program, we have also a Cultural and Artistic Program which are related to the imperative of music in action. We consider essential viewing, experience and enjoyment of interpretive contexts in which we stand. Hence the importance of the exhibitions - of fanzines, books, posters, photographs or re- cords, here taken as extensions of a look and as illustrative materials and involvement in underground universes -, the concerts and dj sets and the cycle of documentary films. We hope that you like and adhere to these different proposals. This publication is intended, therefore, to present the KISMIF International Conference bringing to you some practical information, but also the presentation of programmatic lines and actors that are part of this great event. Next, we will also present the curriculum notes of the conference participants, as well as the abstracts of their presentations. Finally, we would like to finish this brief introduction with the hopeful statement that this first initiative can be subject of continu- ing in the coming years and a source of emergency of partnerships and networks of scientific collaboration for the future. Once again, we wish all of you a warm welcome and a wonderful stay in Porto! Andy Bennett & Paula Guerra KISMIF Convenors http://www.punk.pt/en/ http://www.punk.pt/conference-2/ http://kismif.eventqualia.net/en/2014/home/ https://www.facebook.com/kismif.conference2014 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Keep-It-Simple-Make-It-Fast/470317193045476?ref=hl 7 WELCOME WORDS PRACTICAL INFORMATION V e n u e I n f o r m a t i o n Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto (FLUP) The Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, with over 3000 students, offers 13 undergraduate courses (licen- ciatura), 30 Master’s courses (mestrado) and 18 doctoral courses (doutoramento) in the following areas: Archaeol- ogy, Information Science, Communication Sciences, Lan- guage Sciences, Teaching Methodology, Cultural Studies, Philosophy, Geography, History, History of Art, Classical and Modern Languages, Literature, Museology, Portuguese as a Foreign Language, International Relations, Sociology, Translation Studies and Tourism. Some of these courses are taught jointly with other Faculties of the University of Porto and/or other universities. Apart from the degrees offered, the Faculty also provides a wide variety of vocational training courses as well as open courses (including a range of language programmes, from Arabic, Chinese and Japanese to Hun- MusiCult by Photo given garian, Polish and Persian). Most of the vocational training H o w t o g e t t o F L U P ? courses are certified by the Portuguese Pedagogical and Scientific Council for In-Service Training and award credits By metro Metro” above); (b) by bus: bus 207 for career development. The nearest Metro station to passes by Campanhã and heads Based on an exchange of knowledge and ex- FLUP is Casa da Música and it’s towards Foz. This bus will take you approximately 10 minutes away on to Rua do Campo Alegre, where pertise, the courses are designed to encourage the pro- foot. Once up on the surface, you you will have to stop at Junta de duction of scientific knowledge and provide students with can get on bus 204 heading to Foz Massarelos. If you get off at S. the professional skills they will require to enter the labour and stop at Junta de Massarelos in Bento, there are also 2 means market and to pursue endeavours in entrepreneurship. Campo Alegre. The Faculty of Arts of public transport available: A number of the master’s courses have a professional
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