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Holt, Robin and Wiedner, Rene (2023) Technology, maturity, and craft : making vinyl records in the digital age. Business Ethics Quarterly, 33 (3). pp. 532-564. doi:10.1017/beq.2022.26 ISSN 1052-150X.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/beq.2022.26
Abstract
Drawing from Michel Foucault’s reading of Immanuel Kant’s essay “What is Enlightenment?,” and specifically his definition of ascesis, we associate maturity with a capacity for, and interest in, forming the self. On the basis of an empirical study of making vinyl records following the successful commercialization of digital media, we identify micro-disciplinary techniques of self-forming that emerge as enthusiasts steadily learn the craft of vinyl record manufacturing. It is, we argue, through technology, rather than against it, that organizational immaturity can be resisted. Craftwork involves testing and transforming, rather than just acquiring, traditional skills. Maturity involves an ongoing struggle of selectively and reflectively engaging with technologies via attempts to be the subject of one’s own subjection. The former contributes to the latter.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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| Subjects: | M Music and Books on Music > ML Literature of music | ||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Sound recordings -- History, Sound recordings -- Social aspects, Popular music genres, Sound recording industry, Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 -- Criticism and interpretation, Heidegger, Martin, 1889-1976 -- Criticism and interpretation | ||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Business Ethics Quarterly | ||||||||
| Publisher: | Philosophy Documentation Center | ||||||||
| ISSN: | 1052-150X | ||||||||
| Official Date: | July 2023 | ||||||||
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| Volume: | 33 | ||||||||
| Number: | 3 | ||||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 532-564 | ||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1017/beq.2022.26 | ||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 4 July 2022 | ||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 July 2022 | ||||||||
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