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Dr Christina Ballico

Dr Christina Ballico
Dr Christina Ballico
Dr Christina Ballico

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christina.ballico@abdn.ac.uk
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School of Language, Literature, Music and Visual Culture
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Biography

Hailing from Perth, Western Australia, I research and teach in the field of popular music studies. I am the editor of Geographically Isolated and Peripheral Music Scenes: Global insights and perspectives (Palgrave, 2021), and the co-editor of Music Cities: Evaluating a global cultural policy concept (Palgrave, 2020). I am the Treasurer of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM), a Collaborator with the Center for Music Ecosystems, and an Editorial Board Member for the Anthem Impact in Music Business, Technology and Culture series. I am currently an External Examiner for the MA Music Business Management course at the University of Westminster and have undertaken research consultancies for music advocacy bodies and state government arts' departments in Australia. I was the Research Fellow (2016 - 2019) on the Australian Research Council Linkage Project, Making Music Work: Sustainable portfolio careers for Australian musicians (LP 150100497).

My research is primarily focused on examining the structure and function of place-based music industries and scenes, including their associated career, business, and infrastructure development, and music-related urban governance. It considers the role of music in creative and cultural cities paradigms - including the music cities concept and emergent music ecosystems framework - and places a strong focus on the influences of locality, particularly geographical isolation and peripherality, on the ways in which music industries and scenes function.

I am writing a manuscript for the Bloomsbury 33 1/3 Oceania series on The Triffids' breathtaking 1986 album Born Sandy Devotional, while continuing to expand on my research agenda in music's relationship to place. This includes upcoming research and publishing projects exploring the capacity for arts and cultural engagement within chronourbanist frameworks, and the place-specific impacts of creative and cultural cities frameworks and associated initiatives.

External Memberships

Treasurer, International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM): 2025 - Present

External Examiner, MA Music Business Management (University of Westminster): 2024 - Present

Editorial Board Member, Anthem Impact in Music Business, Technology and Culture series: 2024 - Present

Collaborator, Center for Music Ecosystems: 2021 - Present

Member-at-Large, International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM): 2023 - 2025

Editorial Board Member, IASPM Journal: 2019 - 2023

Publications

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  • The Making of a Music City: Catalysts, Approaches, Benefits and Challenges of Enactment

    Ballico, C.
    The Routledge Handbook of Urban Cultural Planning. Amirtahmasebi, R., Schupbach, J. (eds.). 1st edition. Taylor and Francis Ltd., pp. 222-232, 11 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Centre Stage:: Traversing Australian Live Music Careers in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Ballico, C.
    MUSICultures, vol. 51, pp. 9-34
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Capacity building and professional development in contemporary music careers: An Australian contemporary music case study

    Ballico, C., Foran, S.
    International Journal of Music Education, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 511-522
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Taking music to the (museum) masses: Museum Engagement with the Country and Grunge Music Heritages of Nashville and Seattle

    Ballico, C.
    New Geographies of Music 2: Music in Urban Tourism, Heritage Politics, and Place-Making. Johansson, O., Guillard, S., Palis, J. (eds.). 1 edition. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 97-116, 20 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • The Portfolio Music Career: Understanding the Australian experience.

    Ballico, C.
    The Intellect Handbook of Global Music Industries. Anderton, C., James, M., Nordgård, D., Pisfil, S. (eds.). Intellect Ltd.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • ‘Cities’

    Ballico, C., Watson, A.
    M/C Journal, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 1-6
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • Music cities or cities of music?

    Ballico, C., Carter, D.
    Researching Live Music: Gigs, Tours, Concerts and Festivals.. Anderton, C., Pisfil, S. (eds.). Routledge, 13 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • You get to know the scene inside out, but the cost of travel is a burden: The impacts of isolation and peripherality on the contemporary music scene of Perth, Western Australia.

    Ballico, C.
    Geographically isolated and peripheral music scenes: Global insights and perspectives.. Ballico, C. (ed.). Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 35-53, 18 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

  • Geographically Isolated and Peripheral Music Scenes: Global Insights and Perspectives

    Ballico, C. (ed.)
    Books and Reports

  • Eco-friendly practices and pro-environmental behaviours: the Australian folk and world music festival perspective.

    Ballico, C., Vazquez-Alonso, M.
    Arts and the Market, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 76-91
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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