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Personal profile
Biography
Shane Homan teaches media studies and is Director of Research in the School of Media, Film and Journalism. He has published 5 books and many book chapters and journal articles on cultural policy, particularly intersections between the music industries and national cultural policy.
Shane also works in the areas of media and music histories and heritage; with Cath Strong (RMIT), he is the co-editor of the Popular Music History journal (Equinox). He has completed a history of Sydney rock music (2003) and is currently leading an Australian Research Council Discovery project, Interrogating the Music City, on the industrial and urban histories of Melbourne popular music.
Shane has been involved in 14 Australian Research Council and other projects on music and cultural economies, with commisioned reports completed on the Australian recording sector, the NSW live music sector, and Melbourne's popular music economy.
He is also a CI on a Newcastle University ARC project, The Economic and Cultural Value of Music Exports. Shane's research has provoked music industry reform in the areas of music venue regulation, nightclubs and performer copyright structures.
Research interests
- Popular music industries
- Cultural industries
- Media policy
- Media histories
- Youth and popular music
- Cultural policy
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- music industries
- cultural policy
- media industries
- youth and media
- urban culture
- cultural/creative cities
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Mapping Australian Homemade, Amateur & Do-it-Yourself Cultural Economies.
Long, P. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Watson, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Alizadeh, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Homan, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Bartindale, T. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Australian Research Council (ARC)
27/07/24 → 26/07/27
Project: Research
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Community Music Radio: Building the Music-Media Ecosystem
Homan, S. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Forde, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Anderson, H. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Australian Research Council (ARC)
26/01/23 → 25/01/26
Project: Research
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AIA: Enhancing Market Integration with Australia for MSME Business Leaders in Creative and Cultural Industries
Gu, X., Davies, S., Long, P., Edmond, M., Homan, S., Eltham, B. & Wyatt, A.
15/05/23 → 31/10/23
Project: Consultancy
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MNTE: International Standards, Victorian Conditions: Music and the Night-Time Economy
12/11/18 → 10/12/18
Project: Consultancy
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Interrogating the music city: cultural economy & popular music in Melbourne
Homan, S., O'Hanlon, S., Strong, C. & Tebbutt, J.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, RMIT University
11/04/16 → 1/09/20
Project: Research
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Social photography as social history: the mundane streets of Melbourne: Melbourne Out Loud: Life Through the Lens of Rennie Ellis, Angela Bailey, curator, State Library Victoria, 1 March 2024 to 28 January 2025, https://melbourneoutloud.slv.vic.gov.au/
Homan, S., 2024, In: History Australia. 21, 4, p. 663-664 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Short Review › Other › peer-review
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Australian popular music policy
Taylor, S. & Homan, S., Mar 2022, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Popular Music Policy. Homan, S. (ed.). 1 ed. New York NY USA: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 199-215 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Compromised histories: the impact of production pressures on the construction of historical narratives in popular music documentaries
Istvandity, L., Baker, S., Cantillon, Z. & Homan, S., 2022, Media Narratives in Popular Music. Anderton, C. & James, M. (eds.). 1st ed. New York NY USA: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 163-179 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
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Fake histories? Original bands, contemporary formations and Little River Band
Homan, S., 2022, In: Continuum. 36, 3, p. 411-423 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Music City Melbourne: Urban Culture, History and Policy
Homan, S., O'Hanlon, S., Strong, C. & Tebbutt, J., 2022, 1st ed. New York NY USA: Bloomsbury Academic. 213 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research
Activities
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Popular Music History (Journal)
Shane Homan (Editor in chief) & Cath Strong (Editor in chief)
2018Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Contemporary Music Roundtable
Shane Homan (Session chair)
3 Aug 2017 → 5 Aug 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Live Music Now!
Shane Homan (Keynote/plenary speaker)
4 Apr 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Remembering Popular Music’s Past: Heritage, History, Memory
Shane Homan (Keynote/plenary speaker)
5 Dec 2016 → 6 Dec 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM) Australia-New Zealand Conference 2016
Shane Homan (Invited speaker)
7 Dec 2016 → 9 Dec 2016Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference