Assoc Prof Shane Homan - Researcher Profile

Biography

Shane Homan teaches in media and cultural studies and has previously taught at the Universities of Western Sydney and Newcastle. His research and publications in popular music studies over the past ten years have focused upon the Australian and global music industries and cultural industries policy. He has published three books and many journal articles in journals such as Media International Australia, the Journal of Youth Studies and the International Journal of Cultural Policy. He is currently General Secretary of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music and a member of the ARC Cultural Research Network. In 2004 Shane was a Research Fellow at the Institute of Popular Music, University of Liverpool. His research has provoked music industry reform in the areas of music venue regulation, nightclubs and performer copyright structures.

Research & Supervision Interests

• Popular music industries
• Cultural industries and media policy
• Youth and popular music

Qualifications

DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Macqurie University

Year awarded: 1999

BACHELOR OF ARTS HONOURS (COMMUNICATIONS)

Institution: University of Western Sydney

Year awarded: 1992

Publications

Books

Cattermole, J., Homan, S., Smith, G. (eds), 2011, Instruments of Change, Monash University Publishing, Melbourne, Australia.

Homan, S.R., Mitchell, T. (eds), 2008, Sounds of Then, Sounds of Now: Popular Music in Australia, ACYS Publishing, University of Tasmania, Hobart TAS Australia.

Homan, S.R. (ed), 2006, Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture, Open University Press, England.

Homan, S.R., 2003, The Mayor's a square : live music and law and order in Sydney, Local Consumption Publications, Newtown NSW Australia.

Crowdy, D., Homan, S.R., Mitchell, T. (eds), 2002, Musical in-between-ness: the proceedings of the 8th International Association for the Study of Popular Music, University of Technology, Sydney NSW Australia.

Book Chapters

Homan, S., 2010, Popular music, in The Media and Communications in Australia, eds Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW Australia, pp. 217-235.

Homan, S.R., 2007, Why are they all Drinking Water: Raves, Ecstacy and Death of Anna Wood, in Outrageous: Moral Panics in Australia, eds Scott Poynting and George Morgan, ACYS Publishing, Hobart, pp. 82-98.

Homan, S.R., 2006, Introduction, in Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture, eds Shane Homan, Open University Press, England, pp. 1-15.

Homan, S.R., 2006, The Beatles live in Moscow, 1982: tribute audiences, music history and memory, in Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture, eds Shane Homan, Open University Press, England, pp. 67-82.

Homan, S.R., 2006, You've got to carry that weight: tribute acts in the entertainment supermarket, in Access All Eras: Tribute Bands and Global Pop Culture, eds Shane Homan, Open University Press, England, pp. 32-51.

Homan, S.R., 2005, Soundscapes of surf and steel: Blackrock and Bootmen, in Reel Tracks: Australian Feature Film Music and Cultural Identities, eds Rebecca Coyle, John Libbey Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 21-34.

Homan, S.R., 2003, From Bankstown to the globe, and home: popular music in Sydney, in Ingenious: Emerging Youth Cultures in Urban Australia, eds Melissa Butcher and Mandy Thomas, Pluto Press Australia, Noth Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 183-197.

Homan, S.R., 2003, Legal constraints on rock performers, in Currency Compainion to Music and Dance in Australia, eds John Whitoak and Aline Scott-Maxwell, Currency House, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 398-399.

Homan, S.R., 2002, Popular music, in The Media & Communications in Australia, eds Stuart Cunningham and Graeme Turner, Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest NSW Australia, pp. 226-244.

Journal Articles

Homan, S.R., 2012, Local priorities, industry realities: The music quota as cultural exceptionalism, Media, Culture and Society [P], vol 34, issue 8, Sage Publications, United Kingdom, pp. 1040-1051.

Homan, S., 2011, "I tote and I vote": Australian live music and cultural policy, Arts Marketing: an international journal [P], vol 1, issue 2, Emerald Group Publishing Ltd., UK, pp. 96-107.

Homan, S., 2011, Collaboration: Creativity, industry and politics, Musicology Australia [P], vol 33, issue 2, Routledge, Australia, pp. 153-163.

Homan, S., 2010, Dancing without music: copyright and Australian nightclubs, Popular Music And Society [P], vol 33, issue 3, Routledge, UK, pp. 377-393.

Homan, S., 2010, Government as anything: live music and law and order in Melbourne, Perfect Beat: the Pacific journal of research into contemporary music and popular culture [P], vol 11, issue 2, Equinox, London, pp. 103-118.

Homan, S., Baker, S., Bennett, A., 2009, Cultural precincts, creative spaces giving the local a musical spin, Space & Culture [P], vol 12, issue 2, Sage, United States of America, pp. 148-165.

Homan, S., 2008, An Orwellian vsion: Oz rock scenes and regulation, Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies [P], vol 22, Routledge, Abingdon, Oxford, United Kingdom, pp. 601-612.

Homan, S.R., 2007, Classic Hits in a Digital Era: Music Radio and the Australian Music Industry, Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, vol 123, issue May, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, pp. 95-108.

Homan, S.R., Gibson, C., 2007, Popular Music: Networks, Industries and Spaces, Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy, vol 123, issue May, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, pp. 61-64.

Homan, S.R., Baker, S., 2007, Rap, Recidivism and The Creative Self: A Popular Music Programme for Young Offenders in Detention, Journal of Youth Studies, vol 10, issue 4, Routledge, London, UK, pp. 459-476.

Homan, S.R., 2004, Bob Blunt Blunt: A Biased History of Australian Rock (review), Southerly [P], vol 6, issue 4, Department of Contemporary Music Studies of Macquarie University, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 87-88.

Homan, S.R., 2004, Geographies of noise: youth, live music and urban leisure, Youth Studies Australia [P], vol 22, issue 2, Australian Clearinghouse for Youth Studies, Hobart Tas Australia, pp. 12-18.

Gibson, C., Homan, S.R., 2004, Urban redevelopment, live music and public space: cultural performance and the re-making of Marrickville, The International Journal of Cultural Policy [P], vol 10, issue 1, Routledge, Abingdon United Kingdom, pp. 67-84.

Homan, S.R., 2002, Access all eras: careers, creativity and the Australian tribute band, Perfect Beat: the Pacific journal of research into contemporary music and popular culture [P], vol 5, issue 4, Department of Contemporary Music Studies of Macquarie University, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 45-59.

Homan, S.R., 2002, Cultural industry or social problem? The case of Australian live music, Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy: quarterly journal of media research and resources Media International Australia Incorporating Culture and Policy [P], vol 102, issue February, Griffith University, Natan Qld Australia, pp. 88-100.

Conference Proceedings

Homan, S., 2011, 'High risk' music: The live music venue in Melbourne's night-time economy, Instruments of Change: IASPM Australia-New Zealand Conference Proceedings, 24 November 2010 to 26 November 2010, School of English, Communications and Performance Studies, School of Music - Conservatorium, Monash, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 41-45.

Other

Homan, S., Newton, D., 2010, The Music Capital: City of Melbourne Music Strategy, City of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

Homan, S.R., 2009, "Popular music worlds, popular music histories," International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) conference, University of Liverpool, 13-17 July 2009, NOTES: Newsletter of the Victorian Chapter of the Musicological Society of Australia, vol 37, Musicological Society of Australia, Canberra ACT, Australia, pp. 7-8.

Homan, S.R., 2008, Platform papers: quarterly essays on the performing arts, Invited 1000 word response to prior issue, Currency House, Sydney NSW Australia.

Homan, S.R., 2006, Music and tourism: on the road again, Current Issues in Tourism, vol 9, issue 3, Channel View Publications, Clevedon US, pp. 284-286.

Homan, S.R., 2003, Drinking sites and culture (Australia), Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History, ABC / CLIO, Santa Barbara California, Denver Colarado, Oxford England, pp. 206-208.

Homan, S.R., 2003, Liquor licensing (Australia), Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History, ABC / CLIO, Santa Barbara California, Denver Colarado, Oxford England, pp. 374-375.

Johnson, B., Homan, S.R., 2003, Vanishing Acts: An Inquiry into the State of Live Popular Music in New South Wales, Australia Council and the NSW Ministry for the Arts, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 1-71.

Grants

Title:

City of Melbourne Music Support Strategy.

Investigators:

Homan, S

Funding:

(2010 - 2014). City of Melbourne.

Title:

Music, Recording Sector Report.

Investigators:

Homan, S

Funding:

(2012 - 2016). Australia Council for the Arts.

Title:

Policy Notes: Local Popular Music in Global Creative Economies.

Investigators:

Homan, S, Cloonan, M, Shuker, R

Funding:

(2009 - 2013). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Popular music and cultural memory: Localised popular music histories and their significance for national music industries.

Investigators:

Homan, S, Bennett, A, Baker, S, Doyle, P, Janssen, S, Cohen, S, Regev, M, Dowd, T

Funding:

(2010 - 2014). Australian Research Council (ARC).