La plateforme et le patrimoine : une enquête sur les valeurs des vidéos de concerts sur YouTube

Abstract

Background: With the evolution of digital technologies, concerts have become a form of mediated content whose value is still poorly understood. This article proposes to consider the case of concert videos on YouTube featuring popular music. Analysis: For this purpose, we analyze a sample of concert videos filmed in Montreal, given the strong interconnection in this city between local musical scenes and the live performance industry alongside the image of creativity conveyed by large metropolitan centres. Conclusion and implications: The results reveal a great diversity of participants, types of content and modes of reception that together allude to an ambivalent system of values, at the intersection on the one hand of a logic of flux, promotion and performance typical of the new platform economy and on the other of a documentary and archivistic logic, not to say a heritage-based one. These results are discussed in reference to that area of study that focuses on the legacy of different types of popular music.