STAFF PROFILE
Associate Professor Catherine Strong
Position:
Associate Professor
College / Portfolio:
Design and Social Context
School / Department:
DSC|School - Media & Communication
Phone:
+61399253236
Email:
catherine.strong@rmit.edu.au
Campus:
City Campus
Contact me about:
Research supervision
Catherine is a sociologist who specialises in popular music studies. She has close connections to industry, and has worked on projects relating to working conditions in music, gender inequalities in music making, and popular music as history and heritage.
- Brown, A.,Bennett, A.,Ferguson, J.,Strong, C. (2024). In Press - Diverse Sound Practices: An exploration of experimental electronic music in regional Australia In: Organised Sound, , 1 - 10
- Strong, C.,Bennett, A.,Greene, B.,Rogers, I. (2023). Searching for “Australia’s Woodstock”: The Forgotten Australian Rock Festivals of 1970–1975 In: Popular Music and Society, 46, 134 - 150
- Strong, C.,Brunt, S.,Cannizzo, F. (2023). Encore Project Final Report In: National Careers Institute Melbourne
- Cannizzo, F.,Strong, C.,Brunt, S. (2023). Career reconstruction: mid-career transformations in the Australian music industries In: Creative Industries Journal, , 1 - 18
- Green, B.,Strong, C. (2023). ‘What if it rains? What if there are bushfires?’: Extreme weather, climate change and music festivals in Australia In: Media International Australia, , 1 - 17
- Brunt, S.,Callander, M.,Diaz-Gasca, S.,Gadir, T.,Rogers, I.,Strong, C. (2023). Music as Magic Breaking and Recasting the Spell of Live Music in Naarm/Melbourne In: M/C Journal, 26, 1 - 6
- Strong, C.,Gadir, T. (2023). ‘This felt more like a conversation’: challenging gender norms in electronic music production through alternative education programs In: Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, 37, 448 - 464
- Cannizzo, F.,Strong, C. (2022). New Normal or Old Problems? “Hibernation” and Planning for Music Careers in the Victorian Music Industries during COVID-19 In: Journal of World Popular Music, 9, 99 - 116
- Strong, C. (2022). Music, heritage and place In: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music, Space and Place, Bloomsbury Publishing, New York, United States
- De Boise, S.,Edmond, M.,Strong, C. (2022). Gender and popular music policy In: The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Policy, Bloomsbury Publishing, New York, United Kingdom
Note: Supervision projects since 2004
3 PhD Completions and 1 Masters by Research Completions7 PhD Current Supervisions
Popular music, Gender, Collective memory, Popular culture heritage
- Cultivating digital music making in regional Australia (externally led by Griffith University). Funded by: ARC Discovery Projects 2023 via Other University from (2024 to 2027)
- To determine the current state/size and composition of the Victorian music industry (type & number of professionals, not including musicians)38195. Funded by: Victorian Music Development Office - Contract from (2024 to 2024)
- Encore: A co-designed career guidance program for women restarting in music. Funded by: National Careers Institute Partnership Grants (DISER) from (2022 to 2023)
- Victorian Music Festivals: Projects for a new way (Administered by Australian Festival Association). Funded by: Australian Festival Association Incorporated - Competitive from (2021 to 2021)
- Electronic Music Accelerator Evaluation (Administered by The Push - Youth Music Organisation). Funded by: Lord Mayor's Charitable Fund 2018 onwards- Grant from (2021 to 2021)