Charles, Monique ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9634-0127 (2018) MDA as a research method of generic musical analysis for the social sciences. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 17 (1). ISSN 1609-4069

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Abstract

Using Grime as a case study, I employ the analytical framework I created, that is, Musicological Discourse Analysis (MDA) as a holistic mode of analysis to contextualize Grime sociologically and musicologically. This method retheorizes genre, providing a more specific, useful, and detailed musical classification system; the sonic footprint timestamp (SFT). The MDA framework provides a generic mode of musical analysis for research projects in sociology, cultural studies, and the social sciences fields. This article evaluates key musical influences in the evolution of Grime as both (i) a musical form and (ii) an analysis of influences in relation to its social context. It evaluates the global, local, historical, technological, political, lyrical themes, and sonic properties (sounds) found in Grime. Significantly, this framework is very much concerned with the voices in the Grime scene, and therefore respondent experiences are central to this analytical method—incorporating in-depth interviews, observation (physical and online), and immersive listening.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Social sciences
Depositing User:	Kevin Sanders
Date Deposited:	02 Oct 2018 08:58
Last Modified:	12 Apr 2019 12:12
URI:	http://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/5472

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