Sociolinguistic and Sociocultural Lived Experiences

in the Metal Music Battlefield

This research project seeks to understand the lived experiences of older adults engaging in extreme metal communities around the world, specifically their relationships when attending extreme metal shows, and how they exercise and celebrate their cultural and linguistic identities. Our main goal is to understand who they are, where they are coming from, the reasons behind their preferences for extreme metal, and reasons to keep attending and staying in this scene after a long time.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE OLDEST METAL HEAD ON THE PLANET

We use community-based research infused with creative collaborative inquiry (CCI) based on critical narrative storytelling, artifact collection, and photo voice. With this approach, we hope to generate data and insights to foster communication and understanding to promote social change among underrepresented groups.

We consider how social diversity acknowledging not only race, class, and gender but also age is important for older adults as they become part of the cultural fabric in societal communities of practice. We would like to have a better understanding of the motivations of older adult communities for attending extreme metal festivals, exploring their experiences, and examining the social dynamics within this community.

Notes:

* Initially, we used the word seniors in the title for the promotion of this research, we also understand that the preferred word for these underrepresented communities is older adults. However, upon conversations with folks, we realized the negative nature of the terms and as suggested by them, we use the word Elders which suggests a person with a vast knowledge of the topic based on their long-lived experiences.

* Extreme metal is mainly referred to as Black Metal, Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Blackened Death Metal, Grind Core, Grind Noise and other aggressive, fast, heavy subgenres of Metal Music sonically and lyrically.

* We have used images for design and aesthetical purposed generated by AI technologies (Midjourney) to avid using real images of our participants and preserve their anonymity.

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