Dr. Ian Rogers
Senior Lecturer
Details
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College: School of Media & Communication
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Department: School - Media & Communication
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Campus: City Campus Australia
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ian.rogers@rmit.edu.au
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ORCID: 0000-0001-6910-5319
Open to
- Masters Research or PhD student supervision
- Media enquiries
About
Ian Rogers is a lecturer in the BA (Music Industry) program at RMIT.
Ian is primarily involved with academic courses, and coordinates the 3rd year BA (Music Industry) students
Research-
Ian’s research and publications concern cultural studies and sociological approaches to popular music and music industry. His research career began with a PhD an empirical study looking at musicians, ideology and career aspiration in Australia. More recently, he has extended his field research into a variety of related areas pertaining to music scenes, music heritage, busking and cultural memory.
Ian’s creative musical practice is diverse. As a performing musician, he has played on over ten commercially available recordings and toured both nationally and internationally.
Research projects-
Chief Investigator for Digital Futures Initiative (the Australia Council for the Arts and APRA AMCOS) funded project 'Musicians, Music and Web3' ($20,000, 2022-2023)
Chief Investigator for Victorian Music Development Office Research project 'Understanding the music career lifecycle' with Catherine Strong (2018)
Research associate for ARC-funded project ’Popular Music and Cultural Memory’ (2012 – 2016)
Vagrant Performance Funding, from New Weird Australia via Australia Council ($500, 2012)
Contemporary Music Touring Program (Australia Council) awarded to Ian Rogers on behalf of No Anchor ($11,000, 2011)
Sound Travelers (Australia Council) awarded to Ian Rogers on behalf of Ambrose Chapel ($2500, 2009)
Australian Postgraduate Award, Three-year research stipend ($18,000 p.a., 2005)
Contemporary Music Touring Program (Department of Communications, Information Technology & The Arts) awarded to Ian Rogers on behalf of Iron On ($6500, 2004)
The APACA Arts And Cultural Management Prize, Queensland University of Technology(2002)
Ian is primarily involved with academic courses, and coordinates the 3rd year BA (Music Industry) students
Research-
Ian’s research and publications concern cultural studies and sociological approaches to popular music and music industry. His research career began with a PhD an empirical study looking at musicians, ideology and career aspiration in Australia. More recently, he has extended his field research into a variety of related areas pertaining to music scenes, music heritage, busking and cultural memory.
Ian’s creative musical practice is diverse. As a performing musician, he has played on over ten commercially available recordings and toured both nationally and internationally.
Research projects-
Chief Investigator for Digital Futures Initiative (the Australia Council for the Arts and APRA AMCOS) funded project 'Musicians, Music and Web3' ($20,000, 2022-2023)
Chief Investigator for Victorian Music Development Office Research project 'Understanding the music career lifecycle' with Catherine Strong (2018)
Research associate for ARC-funded project ’Popular Music and Cultural Memory’ (2012 – 2016)
Vagrant Performance Funding, from New Weird Australia via Australia Council ($500, 2012)
Contemporary Music Touring Program (Australia Council) awarded to Ian Rogers on behalf of No Anchor ($11,000, 2011)
Sound Travelers (Australia Council) awarded to Ian Rogers on behalf of Ambrose Chapel ($2500, 2009)
Australian Postgraduate Award, Three-year research stipend ($18,000 p.a., 2005)
Contemporary Music Touring Program (Department of Communications, Information Technology & The Arts) awarded to Ian Rogers on behalf of Iron On ($6500, 2004)
The APACA Arts And Cultural Management Prize, Queensland University of Technology(2002)
Supervisor projects
- Platformisation, Mediatization and the Infrastructure of Cultural Spaces: The practices of artists on digital platforms in Melbournes alternative music scene
- 20 Dec 2023
- “Hardcore Will Never Die But You Will”: Band Tattoos, Gendered Bodies, and New Forms of Archiving in the Hardcore Scene
- 1 Mar 2018
- Digital Cumbia: The Role of DJs/Producers in Creolization
- 1 Mar 2017
- Music, Metrics, and Meaning: Australian Music Industries and Streaming Services
- 1 Mar 2017
- Australian Self-taught Contemporary Professional Musicians: Biographies, Learning Sources and Experiences
- 11 Nov 2015
- "You're Not Strangers If You Like the Same Band": Small Venues, Music Scenes, and the Live Music Ecology
- 15 Oct 2014
Teaching interests
Popular music, Music venues, Musicians, Music scenes, Ideology
Research interests
Performing Arts and Creative Writing, Cultural Studies, Communication and Media Studies, Curriculum and Pedagogy, Policy and Administration, Sociology
