Samantha Parsley – författare

What’s it like to work in the male-dominated world of electronic music? How do women and gender-expansive music producers and DJs thrive despite clubland’s so-called ‘bro culture’? This book combines the author’s personal journey into DJing and music production with insights from a six year immersive research project and interviews with 63 global artists to explore the challenges women and gender-expansive artists face in the industry. The book tackles common myths around gender, technology and cultural production head on, introducing the concept of ‘ameliorative work’ to recognise the continual and considerable additional work that minoritized genders do in order to succeed.Engaging, accessible and thought-provoking, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in electronic music, the sociology of the contemporary club scene or diversity issues for workers in the creative industries.

What’s it like to work in the male-dominated world of electronic music? How do women and gender-expansive music producers and DJs thrive despite clubland’s so-called ‘bro culture’? This book combines the author’s personal journey into DJing and music production with insights from a six year immersive research project and interviews with 63 global artists to explore the challenges women and gender-expansive artists face in the industry. The book tackles common myths around gender, technology and cultural production head on, introducing the concept of ‘ameliorative work’ to recognise the continual and considerable additional work that minoritized genders do in order to succeed.Engaging, accessible and thought-provoking, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in electronic music, the sociology of the contemporary club scene or diversity issues for workers in the creative industries.

This insightful book examines seven core visual techniques as methods of primary data generation for research projects. It provides guidance and support to students conducting projects in the field of business and management, emphasizing the involvement of participants in the process.Harriet Shortt and Samantha Parsley trace the social science heritage of visual methods and analyze fresh perspectives on their students’ case studies. They explore key epistemologies, delving into ethical considerations and the kinds of research questions visual methods are well suited to answering. The book outlines technical concerns and features photographs from the authors’ own research projects to bring theories to life. It also includes an up-to-date literature review of published studies using visual methods, concluding with a future-orientated discussion on benefits and challenges of using these approaches.How Do I Generate Visual Data? is a vital guide for students and academics in business, sociology, anthropology, psychology, and a range of humanities and social science subjects. It supplies helpful checklists and examples that will greatly benefit educators, researchers and students.