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Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST AS A CULTURAL PHENOMENON FROM CONCERT HALLS TO THE HALLS OF ACADEMIA Edited by Adam Dubin, Dean Vuletic, and Antonio Obregón The Eurovision Song Contest as a Cultural Phenomenon Drawing from the wealth of academic literature about The Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) written over the last two decades, this book consolidates and recognises the ESC’s relevance in academia by analysing its contribution to different fields of study. The book brings together leading ESC scholars from across disciplines and from across the globe to reflect on the intersection between their academic fields of study and the ESC by answering the question: what has the ESC contributed to academia? The book also draws from fields rarely associated with the ESC, such as Law, Business and Research Methodologies, to demonstrate the contest’s broad utility in research, pedagogy and practice. Given its interdisciplinary approach, this volume will be of interest to scholars and students working in cultural, media and music studies, as well as those interested in the intersections between these areas and politics, law, education, pedagogy and history. Adam Dubin is a human rights scholar and Assistant Professor of Law at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Politics at New York University, USA. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg and a Visiting Professor at Southwest University of Politics and Law in China. His research focuses on human rights in sub-Saharan Africa, as well as on the intersection between human rights and pop culture. Dean Vuletic is a Historian of Contemporary Europe based in the Research Center for the History of Transformations at the University of Vienna, Austria. The author of Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest (2018), he is the world’s leading academic expert on the history of the ESC and he has taught the world’s first university course on this topic. He is an internationally prominent media commentator and public speaker on the ESC, and further information about his work can be found on his website www.deanvuletic.com. Antonio Obregón was formerly Vice Rector of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of Law at Universidad Pontificia Comillas. He is a Full Professor of Criminal Law and International Relations. He holds an undergraduate degree in Law and Business Administration and a PhD in Criminal Law. He designed and taught the first seminar in a Spanish university on the ESC and is a frequent commentator on it in the Spanish media. 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No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Names: Dubin, Adam, editor. | Vuletic, Dean, editor. | Obregón, Antonio, editor. Title: The Eurovision Song Contest as a cultural phenomenon: from concert halls to the halls of academia/edited by Adam Dubin, Dean Vuletic, Antonio Obregón. Description: [1.] | Abingdon, Oxon; New York: Routledge, 2022. | Series: Routledge research in cultural and media studies | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2022004897 (print) | LCCN 2022004898 (ebook) | ISBN 9781032037745 (hardback) | ISBN 9781032037752 (paperback) | ISBN 9781003188933 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Eurovision Song Contest‐‐Social aspects. | Music‐‐Competitions‐‐Europe. | Music‐‐Social aspects‐‐Europe. | Music‐‐Political aspects‐‐Europe. Classification: LCC ML76.E87 E85 2022 (print) | LCC ML76.E87 (ebook) | DDC 782.42164/0794‐‐dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022004897 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022004898 ISBN: 978-1-032-03774-5 (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-03775-2 (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-18893-3 (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003188933 Typeset in Galliard by MPS Limited, Dehradun Contents Editors viii List of Contributors ix Foreword by Martin Österdahl xii PART I From Lugano to the Classroom: The Eurovision Song Contest and Academia 1 1 The Grand Tour: The Origins of the Eurovision Song Contest as a Cultural Phenomenon 3 DEAN VULETIC 2 The Eurovision Song Contest: An Academic Phenomenon 18 ANTONIO OBREGÓN 3 A Human Rights-Based Analysis of the Eurovision Song Contest and the European Broadcasting Union 36 ADAM DUBIN PART II From Past to Present: History, Politics and Society 55 4 The Mythology of Song Contests 57 IVAN RAYKOFF 5 Teaching European History and Memory through the Eurovision Song Contest during the COVID-19 Pandemic 68 ALISON LEWIS AND JOHN HAJEK vi Contents 6 A March for Power: The Variety of Political Programmes on the Eurovision Song Contest Stage 83 GAD YAIR AND CHEN OZERI 7 The Molitva Factor: The Eurovision Song Contest and ‘Performing’ National Identity in World Politics 96 CATHERINE BAKER 8 A Critical Pedagogical Eurovision Euphoria: The Potential of the Eurovision Song Contest to Promote Values Propagated by the European Union Within Formal Learning Contexts 111 GEORGE CREMONA 9 Sharing Values in the Eurovision Song Contest and the OTI Festival: The Moral Fourth Person in the Lyrics of the Winning Songs 129 ARIEL JAMES 10 Eurovision in the Boardroom: What Does Voting Order Tell Us about Decision-Making? 144 JOSE LUIS ARROYO-BARRIGÜETE, LOURDES FERNÁNDEZ, AND ANTONIO OBREGÓN PART III From Stage to Screen: Film, Media, and Music 161 11 High, Low and Participatory: The Eurovision Song Contest and Cultural Studies 163 JESSICA CARNIEL 12 Queer Camp against Franco: Iván Zulueta’s Eurovision Song Contest Parody Un Dos Tres 175 ROBERT TOBIN 13 The Eurovision Song Contest and European Television History: Continuity, Adaptation, Experimentation 188 MARI PAJALA 14 From Trouble to Bubble? The Ambiguous Relationship between Professional Journalists and Fan Media in the Eurovision Song Contest 201 IRVING WOLTHER Contents vii 15 Domesticity, Mass Media and Moving-Image Aesthetics: The Visual Identity of the Eurovision Song Contest as a Hospitable Platform 219 JOSÉ LUIS PANEA 16 Armchair Researchers: Modes of Ethnographic Research for Understanding and Experiencing the Eurovision Song Contest 237 CHRIS HAY AND JESSICA CARNIEL 17 Between Concepts and Behaviours: The Eurovision Song Contest and Ethnomusicology 249 SOFIA VIEIRA LOPES AND JOÃO SOEIRO DE CARVALHO Index 266 Editors Adam Dubin is a human rights scholar and Assistant Professor of Law at Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Spain, as well as an Adjunct Professor of Politics at New York University, USA. He is also a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg and a Visiting Professor at Southwest University of Politics and Law in China. His research focuses on human rights in Sub Saharan Africa, as well as on the intersection between human rights and pop culture. Dean Vuletic is a Historian of Contemporary Europe based in the Research Center For the History of Transformations at the University of Vienna, Austria. The author of Postwar Europe and the Eurovision Song Contest (2018), he is the world’s leading academic expert on the history of the ESC and he has taught the world’s first university course on this topic. He is an internationally prominent media commentator and public speaker on the ESC, and further information about his work can be found on his website www.deanvuletic.com. Antonio Obregón was formerly Vice Rector of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of Law at Universidad Pontificia Comillas. He is a Full Professor of Criminal Law and International Relations. He holds an undergraduate degree in Law and Business Administration and a PhD in Criminal Law. He designed and taught the first seminar in a Spanish university on the ESC and is a frequent commentator on it in the Spanish media. Contributors Jose Luis Arroyo-Barrigüete is Professor in the Quantitative Methodologies Department at Universidad Pontificia Comillas, Spain. He holds a PhD in Business Administration, a PhD in Engineering and a PhD in Philology Studies. Catherine Baker is Reader in 20th Century History at the University of Hull, United Kingdom. Her books include Sounds of the Borderland: Popular Music, War and Nationalism in Croatia since 1991 (2010) and Race and the Yugoslav Region: Postsocialist, Post-Conflict, Postcolonial? (2018). She has published on the ESC in European Journal of International Relations, Popular Communication and elsewhere. Jessica Carniel is Senior Lecturer in Humanities in the School of Humanities and Communication and a researcher in the Centre for Heritage and Culture at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. Her research focuses on cosmopolitan and transnational communities and identities in global and national popular cultures. João Soeiro de Carvalho is Associate Full Professor at in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at NOVA University of Lisbon, Portugal, and the President of the Ethnomusicology Institute. He obtained his doctoral and master’s degrees from Columbia University, (USA). He is the principal investigator in several projects funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology and the author of various articles and book chapters. George Cremona is Senior Lecturer and Coordinator for German and Media Literacy at the Faculty of Education of the University of Malta. He is also a radio and television producer and a presenter of educational programmes. For this work, he was awarded on three occassions the national award of the Institute of Maltese Journalists. John Hajek is Professor of Italian Studies and Director of the Research Unit for Multilingualism and Cross-cultural Communication in the School of Languages and Linguistics at The University of Melbourne, Australia. He has a broad range of teaching and research experience, including the ESC within the broader context of European Studies.
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