This research project focused on the economic and sociocultural impact of live music on cities. This work is part of the project Staging popular music: sustainable live music ecologies for artists, music venues and cities. This a large-scale research project on live music that takes place from 2017 to 2022 at the Erasmus University and the Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, in collaboration with the VNPF (Dutch Association of Music Venues and Festivals) and MOJO Concerts BV. The project was funded by the NWO (The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) as part of the Topsector Creative Industries.
My publications about live music:
- Van der Hoeven, A., & Hitters, E. (2023). Live music and the New Urban Agenda: Social, economic, environmental and spatial sustainability in live music ecologies. City, Culture and Society, 32, 1–10.
- Van der Hoeven, A., Everts, R., Mulder, M., Berkers, P., Hitters, E., & Rutten, P. (2022). Valuing value in urban live music ecologies: Negotiating the impact of live music in the Netherlands. Journal of Cultural Economy, 15(2), 216–231.
- Van der Hoeven, A., Behr, A., Hamilton, C., Mulder, M., & Rozbicka, P. (2021). 1-2-3-4! Measuring the values of live music: methods, models and motivations. Arts and the Market, 11(2), 147,166.
- Van der Hoeven, A., & Hitters, E. (2021). De waarden van livemuziek voor steden. N8W8 R’Dam (blog post).
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Van der Hoeven, A., & Hitters, E. (2020). The spatial value of live music: Performing, (re)developing and narrating urban spaces. Geoforum, 117, 154-164.
- Van der Hoeven, A., & Hitters, E. (2020). Challenges for the future of live music: a review of contemporary developments in the live music sector. In E. Mazierska, L. Gillon and T. Rigg (eds.), The future of live music. (pp. 34-50). London: Bloomsbury.
- Van der Hoeven, A., Hitters, E., Berkers, P., Mulder, M. & Everts, R. (2020). Theorising the production and consumption of live music: a critical review. In E. Mazierska, L. Gillon and T. Rigg (eds.), The future of live music (pp. 19-33). London: Bloomsbury.
- Van der Hoeven, A. & Mulder, M. (2019). POPLIVE: de wetenschap van livemuziek. Smart Venue (Dutch blog post).
- Mulder, M., Berkers, P, Everts, R., Hitters, E. & Van der Hoeven, A. (2019). Live popmuziek in stedelijke ruimten. Agora, 35(1), 24-27. (Dutch professional publication).
- Van der Hoeven, A., & Hitters, E. (2019). The social and cultural values of live music: Sustaining urban live music ecologies. Cities, 90, 263–271.