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Lecture 2: Authenticity
Learning objectives
Structure
Case study
Moores Authenticity as
Authentication
Poll
Class discussion
Rock/pop, good/bad,
authentic/commercial 1
Rock/pop, good/bad,
authentic/commercial 2
Rock/pop, good/bad,
authentic/commercial 3
Warning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=xRkA6zugNMQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=0gY5hwvRwBQ
Discussion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-g2XYgbcRg
Discussion
Authenticity as authentication
Ascribed/inscribed?
First-person authenticity
http://youtu.be/T_lMMCTq0-Y
Third-person authenticity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9FkEjOBJuw
Second-person authenticity
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA
When music becomes, for an individual within a group of
individuals, a place of belonging
Sense of centredness in face of alienating social change by
being a fan of an act (along, crucially, with other fans: a group)
80s rock bands from Celtic regions or deprived areas in USA
Springsteen: use of guitar and rock in face of pop electronica,
and commune of E-Street Band
a space within which metaphorical escape to a pre-modern
ideal became possible (also for fans)
Answering a need felt by the audience for some form of as yet
unexpressed emotion, thought, view, etc.
Authenticity of experience or second-person authenticity:
Also come along with a rough draft, or key bullet points, developing todays
discussions, and your reading, and preparing to answer the first KLE task:
Further reading