Romanticism, Criticism and Use: Independent Musical Ventures and Discussions in the Field of Music Studies

Abstract

Based on a collective research we perceive an emergent configuration in which the verbs to manage, mix and inhabit are constitutive of the musical experience among young people who participate in the production and use of independent music in the cities of Buenos Aires and La Plata from the year 2008 to the present. In this article we are interested in connecting certain aspects of that configuration with more abstract theoretical propositions. This work fulfills a double purpose: to give greater heuristic capacity to our initial empirical analyzes and, at the same time, to give grounds for a reflective thought of the notion of “social studies of music”. The aim is to develop the following issues: 1) the relationship between art and market, 2) the relationship between criticism and pragmatics, 3) the relationship between music and social movements and 4) the relationship between these problems and the diverse approaches to the musical phenomena.