Adam Zendel

PhD Student, (he/him)

Campus

Fields of Study

Areas of Interest

Live music, cultural labour, mobility, touring musicians, cultural urban planning, economic geography, labour geography.

Working Dissertation

Title

On The Road: Precarious Mobilities In The Touring Live Music Industry

Supervisors

Deborah Leslie

Biography

Adam studies gig work, precarious work, and cultural work at the University of Toronto. My dissertation explores the precarious life of touring musicians and music workers using ethnographic and qualitative methods. In my past life I worked as a sound technician in western Canada, mixing shows in weddings halls to stadiums and music festivals. I am developing a project exploring artist riders as a lens to better understand life on the road and the asymmetrical bargaining process in the contracting of musical labour. Music is my passion, I listen, make and study it.

Education

MA, University of Toronto, 2014
BA, University of Calgary, 2012

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