Auto-audio Ethnography: Or, Pre-teen Girls' Capturing their Popular Musical Practices on Tape

Abstract

There are many methodological approaches to the study of popular music and ethnography is increasingly called upon as a method with the potential to emphasise that the popular music is something created, used and interpreted by different individuals and groups. This part of research focuses on the place of the tape recorder in the research process and how auto-audio ethnography can provide glimpses into pre-teen girls' everyday musical practices.