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Photo of Alison BlairPhD (Music), University of Otago.
Master of Arts (Film and Media Studies), University of Otago
PGDipArts (Film and Media Studies), University of Otago
DipTchg, Dunedin College of Education
BA (English), University of Otago

Alison has taught in the Music programme since 2019, first as a tutor and then as a teaching fellow, contributing lectures across the cultural studies strand of the popular music studies programme. Her research is interdisciplinary, focusing on 1970s British glam rock, David Bowie, 1980s synth-pop and new wave, music videos and music television, popular music culture, and cross-media approaches to music including style and genre, imagery and iconography, and representation.

Her teaching focuses on many of these areas, along with music subcultures, fandom, film, music documentary, music and fashion, gender, and the ways that music produces social, cultural and political meaning.

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Publications

Blair, A. (2024). Theatrical, camp and truly original: Glam-rock pioneer Steve Harley's influence lives on. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/theatrical-camp-and-truly-original-glam-rock-pioneer-steve-harleys-influence-lives-on-226116 Journal - Research Other

Blair, A. (2024). Still fab after 60 years: How The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night made pop cinema history. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/still-fab-after-60-years-how-the-beatles-a-hard-days-night-made-pop-cinema-history-228598 Journal - Research Other

Blair, A. (2024). Martin Phillipps, 1963-2024: Dunedin loses a musical son, 'rain taps the window pane'. The Conversation. Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/martin-phillipps-1963-2024-dunedin-loses-a-musical-son-rain-taps-the-window-pane-235647 Journal - Research Other

Blair, A. (2024). [Review of the book Rio (33 1/3)]. Perfect Beat. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1558/prbt.25220 Journal - Research Other

Blair, A. (2023). "Filling the scene with strange dreams and rock n' roll": Marc Bolan, Ringo Starr, and the Born to Boogie live concert film. Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Musicological Society (NZMS): Music and Liveness. Retrieved from https://www.nzmusicology.org/otago-2023.html Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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