Short Circuits..

Women and Dissidences Seeking to Collectivize and Produce Safe Spaces in (Electronic) Music

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https://doi.org/10.30827/sobre.v8i.25112

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electronic music, feminism, dissident minorities, music industry

Abstract

In the 21st Century, just two decades in, the number of groups comprising women and gender dissidents devoted to electronic music has increased exponentially on a global level. They share an ongoing intent: to overcome the technological gap, facilitate access to training for new generations, and acknowledge the need for, and the importance of, queer feminist activism in the current electronic music scene. In this article, we briefly review the historical causes that have separated women from music technologies and the current actions being taken to break this chain of exclusions. In turn, we will survey the work and research of the founders and collaborators of some of the national and international groups that are currently being developed that share a common drive toward sisterhood and non-hierarchical organizational structures to create safe and inclusive spaces.

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M. Teresa López Castilla

Licenciada en Historia y CC. de la Música por la Universidad de Granada en 2015 defendió la tesis Música Electrónica y cultura de club: Un estudio postfeminista de la escena española bajo la dirección de la Doctora Pilar Ramos López en la Universidad de la Rioja (septiembre de 2015).

Compagina su trabajo de investigación, sobre músicas populares urbanas desde una perspectiva feminista queer, con la docencia universitaria (UNIR y Universidad de Jaén) en el departamento de Didáctica de la Expresión musical.

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Published

2022-07-04

How to Cite

López Castilla, M. T. (2022) “Short Circuits. : Women and Dissidences Seeking to Collectivize and Produce Safe Spaces in (Electronic) Music”, SOBRE, 8, pp. 84–95. doi: 10.30827/sobre.v8i.25112.

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