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Articles About the Charity Shop DJ Project

These articles have been sent to us in response to the Charity Shop DJ Project. They give thoughts and opinions about different aspects of the Project:

Fragment of a Philosophy of Discarded Music. Submitted by Dr Matt Connell, Nottingham Trent University

"Contemporary artists have always used the techniques of the future to mine the
past. They search the debris accumulated as modernity rushes forwards, convinced that amongst the discarded lie opportunities lost, forgotten cultural memories of other possibilities that whisper to us from the rubbish-heap.

The crate-digging DJ who collects information in the form of things (for what is a 'record' but data incarnated as a thing?) and then recycles it in a new context continues the tradition of artist as 'bricoleur': the tinkerer who makes something new from the found object"   .... more

Charity Shop DJ, Re-Use, and the Role of Charities in Waste Management. Submitted by Jazz Summers

"Years ago the charity shop was primarily an outlet for unwanted material and things that could generate an income for a cause, as well as providing affordable goods to our own communities.

Though this continues to be the case, changes that are taking place in the way we deal with waste materials may well lead to an increasing role for the charity shop in the overall waste management picture"  ... more

Submitted by Kenny Jenkins,  folk musician and historian, Lecturer, and Consultant for the Performing Rights Society

"It all demonstrates the central premise of cultural studies: a study of any cultural artefact will reveal all sorts of truths about the society in which it was produced. It’s a bit like archaeology" ...   more

Submitted by Graeme of Hertford 29 April 2007

"i heard you on radio last week and was really impressed with your idea. i've been record shopping in charity shops for a good while now and totally agree with everything you stand for" ...  more

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