This page links to all blog posts in the special section Popular Music and Social Change.
Volume 2 (2025-2026)
Part I
Equal Voices, Equal Volume: Making Sounds of Change Heard in Nijmegen by Eva Mutsaers, Margherita Lillo, and Teodora Timicescu
Part II
How Gen Z at Radboud University Perceive Gender (In)Equality: Music, Dialogue and Critical Awareness by Anastasia Yuchynska and Dorota Kuncevič
Volume 1 (2025)
Introduction
How Can Popular Music Change the World? by Prof. Dr. Melanie Schiller
Part I
The Sound of Resistance: How Music and Acoustemology Can Amplify the Impact of Student Protests by R.L. Benjamins, S. Gahramanlı, M.M. Ho, K. Perjési and S.G. Pol
Part II
As The Crowd Was Chanting More! What popular concert culture can learn from Punk DIY Ethos in an age of consumption, social media, and sustainability by Sybe Kemmere, Cynthia van Mourik, Julie Nijburg, Fleur ter Horst and Caroline Couch
Part III
Confronting Gender Inequality in the Music Industry: Reflections on the personal approach to research by Farijn Janssen, Eline Klaessens, Sofieke de Loos and Zsófia Szigetvari
Part IV
Music for mental health… it’s BRAT by Just Celebrities: Sjoerd Baas, Ana Cabrian, Julia Leijzer, Rik Pastoor and Aimée Walkate
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