Dr Sarah Baker

B Arts (Hons), PhD

Lecturer, School of Humanities

Contact details for Dr Sarah Baker

Research expertise

• Ethnography
  
• Popular Music
  
• Youth Culture
• Girlhood Studies
  
• Television Production
  
• Media Workers in the UK Cultural Industries
  

Current teaching area 

• Youth and Society
• Youth Culture and Subculture
• Fame and Celebrity
• Social Sciences in Australia
   

Publications 

     Refereed Journal Articles: 

• Baker, S., Bennett, A. and Homan, S. (2009) ‘Cultural precincts, creative spaces: Giving the local a musical spin’, Space and Culture, vol. 12, no. 2: 148-165.
• Hesmondhalgh, D. and Baker, S. (2008) ‘Creative work and emotional labour in the television industry’, Theory, Culture and Society, vol.25, no. 7-8: 97-118.
  
• Baker, S. and Cohen, B. (2008) 'From snuggling and snogging to sampling and scratching: Girls' (non-) participation in community-based music activities', Youth & Society, March, vol.30, no. 3: 316-339.
  
• Baker, S. (2007) 'Young people and community radio in the Northern Region of Adelaide, South Australia', Popular Music and Society, December, vol. 30, no. 5: 575-590.
• Baker, S. and Homan, S. (2007) 'Rap, recidivism and the creative self: A popular music program for young offenders in detention', Journal of Youth Studies, vol. 10, no. 4: 459-476.
• Cohen, B. and Baker, S. (2007) 'DJ pathways: Becoming a DJ in Adelaide and London', Altitude, vol. 8, Curtin University of Technology, http://www.altitude21c.com
• Baker, S. (2004) 'It's not about candy: Music, sexiness and girls' serious play in after school care', International Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 7, no. 2: 197-212. 
• Baker, S. (2004) 'Pop in(to) the bedroom: Popular music in pre-teen girls' bedroom culture', European Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 7, no. 1: 75-93.
• Bloustien, G. and Baker, S. (2003) 'On not talking to strangers: Researching the micro worlds of girls through visual auto-ethnographic practices', Social Analysis, vol. 47, no. 3: 64-79.
• Baker, S. (2003) 'The screamers', Youth Studies Australia, vol.22,no.2, June: 19-24.
• Baker, S. (2002) 'Bardot, Britney, bodies and breasts: Pre-teen girls' negotiations of the corporeal in relation to pop stars and their music', Perfect Beat: The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture, Vol. 6, no. 1, July: 18-32.
• Baker, S. (2001) 'Rock on, baby!: Pre-teen girls and popular music', Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, vol. 15, no. 3, November: 359-371.

     Book Chapters: 

• Baker, S. (1999) 'Selling the Spice girls' Australian Youth Subcultures; On the Margins and in the Mainstream, ed. R. White, ACYS, Hobart: 74-82.

    Guest Journal Editor:

• Baker, S. (ed.) (2007) 'Popular Music: Practices, Formations and Change - Australian Perspectives', special edition of Altitude, vol. 8, Curtin University of Technology, http://www.altitude21c.com
• Homan, S., Baker, S. and Huber, A. (eds) (2003) 'Youth and Popular Music', special edition of Youth Studies Australia, vol. 22, no. 2, June.

     Other Publications:

• Hesmondhalgh, D. and Baker, S. (2006), ‘Creative work in the cultural industries’, published conference presentation from International Conference ‘Transformations in Cultural and Media Industries’, Observatoire des mutations des industries culturelles, France, 25-27 September, http://www.observatoire-omic.org/colloque-icic/pdf/BakerHesmondlagh1_4.pdf
• Baker, S. (2003) 'Auto-audio ethnography; or, pre-teen girls capturing their popular music practices on tape ' Research report', Context: A Journal of Music Research, issue 26, Spring: 57-65.
• Baker, S. (2002) 'Welcome to the Easy Mix with Mandy as your host: Radio play in the bedrooms of pre-teen girls', Musical In-Between-Ness, IASPM Australia - New Zealand Proceedings, eds., Denis Crowdy, Shane Homan, Tony Mitchell, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney: 221-226.