Individualism and professional profile amongst academic musicians

A typological proposal

Abstract

We analyse social processes which shape different visions by musicians on academic research. Then, we propose a typology of these social actors. Our empirical material is based on information collected from sites of Post-Graduate Programs in Music and major national associations regarding research in music. We also 20 academic musicians throughout the country. We have analysed this material under the guidance of Peter Berger & Thomas Luckmann’s sociology of knowledge. As a result, we have been able to identify three different kinds of academic musicians.