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2009 PhD Popular Music, "Jung on the Dance Floor. The Phenomenology of Dancing and Clubbing" University of Salford, Supervisor: Prof. Derek Scott
2001 Zwischenprüfung Musicology (major), Sociology, Business (minor), Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
2011- Associate Lecturer, Popular Music, Manchester Metropolitan University, Department
of Contemporary Arts
2010 -14 Language Tutor for Opera Studies, Royal Northern College of Music
2009–11 Associate Lecturer, Popular Music & Recording (PMR), University of Salford
2009-11 Associate Lecturer, Popular Music Studies (PT), Southampton Solent University
2002-11 Lector (PT), Manchester Metropolitan University
2001–2 Guest Lecturer, University of Salford, Department of Media, Music & Performance
2003 Guitar Teacher, Opus, Manchester
German
Maria Atmania “Music and Social Change: a Critical Stylistics Approach to Lyrical Protests and Public Chants During the Arab Spring in Tunisia and Egypt” (1st supervisor, commenced October 2017)
Jason Alder (RNCM) “How Do I Make That Sound? A Contrabass Clarinet Compendium for Composers and Performers” (DoS, commenced October 2017). This role is part of the collaborative partnership agreement between Manchester Met and the RNCM.
B. Peter (2013). Popular Music and the Myths of Madness. Nicola Spelman. IASPM. 3(2), pp.130-132.
B. Peter (2011). Technomad. Global Raving Countercultures. POPULAR MUSIC. 30(2), pp.290-291.
B. Peter (2010). Rave Culture: The Alteration and Decline of a Philadelphia Music Scene (Anderson). dancecult. journal of electronic dance music culture. 1(2),
“Remarks on Philip Bohlman’s ‘Translating Herder translating: Cultural translation and the making of modernity’.” Research Seminar MC2, University of Manchester, Manchester. November 2012.
“Accessing Higher Education in England.” Seminar, Salford City College, Manchester. May 2012.
“International cultural practices of youth culture.” Transmediale, Berlin. February 2011.
“The future of Higher Education in the UK.” Seminar, SuMan Educational International, Manchester. January 2011.
“Psychoanalysis and the pleasure of dancing. An investigation in the unconscious of Society.” Research Seminar, University of Leeds. March 2010.
“Nirgendwo in Africa.” Symposium on film and music in Higher Education, Cornerhouse, Manchester. May 2009.
“God is a DJ: A phenomenological approach to performance.” Special Interest Group in Popular Music Studies, Department of Music, University of Manchester. February 2008.
“The Hacienda – Stardom in Manchester.” Urbis Exhibition Centre, Manchester. June 2007.
“Clubbing trends in 2007.” Research Seminar, Department of Media, University of Chester. April 2007.
“Popular music and the unconsciousness.” Research Symposium: Music and the Mind, University of Salford. October 2006.
In November 2014, the second Louder then Words Festival took place in Manchester. This festival celebrates the written word on music and the music inductry. Based on my research interests that include investigations of the dance floor as both a physical and social space, I was invited to be part of a panel contesting the common notion of youth and youth culture. Based on my research, I took part in a lively discussion
on Manchester’s music scene, the drug consumption at club events or raves, and
the changing demographic at electronic dance music events. Referring to my
latest research, I was able to comment on the topic of age and ageing in
relation to youth culture. (http://www.hssr.mmu.ac.uk/hip/201415-events/contesting-youth/louder-than-words-panel/)
Conference Organisation
“Popular Music and Automobile Culture”, University of Chester. Joint organiser and member of the steering committee (60 delegates). 2012.
“The Futures of Musics”, IASPM Conference UK & Ireland, Birmingham. Lead organiser and member of steering committee (150 delegates). 2006.
“Musik und Maschine“, Tresor, Berlin. Co-organiser (200 delegates). 2001.
Festival Organisation
Melt! Festival, Bittersweet Agency. Co-organiser. 10000 visitors. 2001.
Reviewer for Journal articles: Journal of Youth Studies, IASPM Journal
Book Reviewer for journals: Popular Music; IASPM Journal
Scheme: Our Heritage Grant - Memories, Communities & Belonging: The Lapsed Clubber Heritage Map of Greater Manchester 1985-1995 (2017-2018)
Popular culture has referenced rave culture in Greater Manchester in print, in major films, on TV and in theatre, but almost always from the perspective of the well-known expert insider. Focusing on the raving landscape between 1985 and 1995, this project will create the Lapsed Clubber Heritage Map. The map will explore and celebrate heritage through the recording of spoken and written memories. Through co-production, the community has the opportunity to actively shape the way in which its heritage is recorded and represented. The map will be hosted by MDMArchive with a view to link the memories to already existing artefacts in the archive and, as a result, create a multi-sensory experience.
Funder: Heritage Lottery Fund
Award to: B.Peter
Amount: £38,300
Scheme: Research Accelerator Grant (2013-2014)
This project, which was a collaboration with Prof. Ray Wilkinson (University of Sheffield), analyses the interactional process of musicians from rehearsal to public performance. The results will enhance our understanding of the creative process by which the form of a finished public performance is arrived
at. Data in the form of interviews, sound recordings and video recordings have been collected. The interview data is being analysed qualitatively by means of atlas.ti, the sound recordings are being analysed by using several software packages such as Cubase and Melodyne, and the video-recorded interaction of the
musicians is being analysed by means of Conversation Analysis (CA). Three papers are currently being prepared for submission in 2015 and 2016.
Funder: Manchester Metropolitan University
Award to: B.Peter
Amount: £5,000
Scheme: Early Career Research Scheme (2012)
This scheme gave early career researchers the opportunity to establish themselves in their field of research and work more intensely towards their REF submission. I worked on two publications. Both had been submitted and accepted, and were rated 3* and 2* by an external assessor.
Funder: Manchester Metropolitan University
Award to: B.Peter
Amount: £5,500
Scheme: Fellowship in Academic Practice (2011)
This Fellowship focused on innovative assessment strategies. I implemented a reflective e-portfolio into a translation unit, helping the students to build up a repository of their work, foster autonomous learning and promote their work to external bodies.
Funder: Manchester Metropolitan University
Award to: B.Peter
Amount: £9,000
Scheme: Academic Enterprise Fellowship (2008)
This Fellowship allowed me to set up a social enterprise in the form of a translation agency that employs final year students.
Funder: Manchester Metropolitan University
Award to: B.Peter
Amount: £12,500
Scheme: WebCT Development Project (2007)
This project allowed a team of WebCT unit developers to roll out online courses for all units taught in the department. We provided training for both students and staff and changed unit content to implement Blended Learning.
Funder: Manchester Metropolitan University
Award to: B.Peter and A.Picot
Amount: £33,000
Manchester Evening News (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/madchester-music-raver-clubbers-heritage--13127157) 2nd June 2017.
In 2015, I curated the "Lapsed Clubber Exhibition". Funded by the ESRC for the Manchester Festival of Social Sciences, I had asked the raving community of Greater Manchester to submit (via Facebook) images of themselves both in their raving days and today. The exhibition was featured both in national press and online:
MancUnion, 11th November 2015 http://mancunion.com/2015/11/11/manchester-metropolitan-lecturer-creates-hacienda-clubbing-experience-exhibition/
XS Noize, 6th November 2015 http://www.xsnoize.com/the-lapsed-clubber-exhibition-what-became-of-what-we-used-to-be/
I love Manchester, 4th November 2015 http://ilovemanchester.com/2015/11/04/the-lapsed-clubber-manchesters-clubbing-scene-is-far-from-dead.aspx
The Guardian, 3rd November 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/nov/03/the-lapsed-clubber-catching-up-with-manchesters-80s-and-90s-party-people
Daily Mirror, 3rd November 2015 http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/lapsed-clubber-throwback-photos-reveal-6759884
Manchester Evening News, 1st November 2015 http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/lecturer-uses-hacienda-clubbing-memories-10365417
Radio:
Sputnik Radio (Edinburgh), 6th March 2018. Interview with Maud Start on the number of illegal raves in London doubling in one year. Pre-recorded interview, on air at 3.50pm and 4.50pm. https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201803071062294719-rave-uk-renaissance-explained/
BBC Radio Manchester, 6th February 2018. Interview with Chelsea Norris on the Hacienda being listed in the top 10 of UK Historic Places by Historic England (A History of England in 100 places). Live on air on 6th February 2018 at 5.22pm. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05ynn6s
TV:
That's Manchester, 27th March 2018. Reporting on the Lapsed Clubber event "Bring a Rave Memory" on 26th March 2018. This event saw the "Lapsed Clubber Audio Map" presented to the public. Visitors were invited to add their memories to the map for testing and feedback. https://youtu.be/0oOYOH5m610
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2014-
Fellow, Higher Education Academy, 2008-
Member, National Association for Music in Higher Education (NAMHE), 2011-
Fellow in Academic Practice, Centre for Learning and Teaching (CeLT), MMU, 2011-
Member, International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) UK & Ireland, 2003-
Member, International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Germany, 2001-