Address: Egry J. u. 1. 7. emelet 705, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary, Europe
Phone: +361 463 2060
Fax: +361 463 4294
E-mail: valyi[at]mokk.bme.hu
Fields of research
- Subcultural economies
- Alternative cultural scenes
- Secondary cultural markets
- Grass-roots archivalism
- Collecting cultures
General interests
- The cultural history of recorded music
- Collage
- Cultural globalisation and the city
- Contemporary ethnography
- Material culture
Courses taught
Present
- Subcultural economies
- Object
Past
- The cultural history of recorded music
- Cultural sociology
- Technology and culture
- Alternative Cultures
- Material anthropology
Education
2007 – 2011
Goldsmiths College (University of London), Department of Sociology, Sociology PhD
2002 – 2007
University of Pécs, Faculty of Humanities, Doctoral Programme in Communication,, MPhil / PhD in Communications [transferred to Goldsmiths College]
1996 – 2004
Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Media Communicationsm MA in Media Theory
2001 – 2002
Goldsmiths College (University of London), Department of Sociology, Centre for Urban and Community Research, MA in Culture, Globalisation and the City
1995 – 2000
Budapest University of Economics and Public Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of International Relations, MA in International Relations and Economic Policy
Extra-curricular education
2006
Culture as Resource. Summer university organised by Central European University and Imre Szeman (McMaster University, Canada)
2004
Intellectual Property in Comparative Perspective. Summer university organised by Centre for Media and Communication Research, Central European University and Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pensylvania.
1997 – 1998
Láthatatlan Kollégium (Special extracurricular college)
1996 – 1997
Rajk László Szakkollégium (Special extracurricular college in economics)
Professional experience
March 2011 – Present
Assistant Professor, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Sociology and Communication, Centre for Media Education and Research
September 2002 – February 2011
Lecturer, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Sociology and Communication, Centre for Media Education and Research
October 2000 – August 2001
Project manager, sound developer for multimedia applications at Frutta Elettronica Ltd
May 2000 – September 2000
Head of the User Management Team at MATÁVnet Ltd
May 1998 – April 2000
Creative internet content developer, on-line community manager at MATÁV Origo Ltd
February 1998 – April 1998
Creative content developer, on-line community manager at Carnation Internet Consulting Ltd
1997 – 2002
Journalist, editor of Wanted Magazin
October 1996 – Present
Host, DJ at Tilos Rádió
Awards and Grants
2007 Magyar Állami Eötvös Ösztöndíj – The Eötvös Scholarship of the Hungarian State
2001 – 2002 The British Chevening Scholarship
Affiliations in scientific and civic organisations
Member of the Magyar Kommunikációtudományi Társaság (Hungarian Association for Communication Studies) (since 2006)
Member of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (since 2006)
Member of the Curatorial Board of Tilos Kulturális Egyesület (Tilos Cultural Foundation) (between 2002 and 2003, since 2006)
Member of the Advisory Board of Hunnia Filmstúdió (since 2006)
Editor of Eastbound (since 2006)
Publications
Refereed publications
Journal articles
(2004) Alulról jövő kulturális globalizáció és az internet. (Grass-roots Globalisation and the Internet) IN Médiakutató (Media Researcher), Vol.5, No. 2, p. 95-114.
(2004) Közösségek hálózati kommunikációja. (Online Communication of Communities) IN Szociológiai Szemle (Review of Sociology), Vol.14, No.4, p. 47-60.
Papers in refereed anthologies
(2011) Remixing Cultures. Bartók and Kodály in the Age of Indigenous Cultural Rights. IN Kembrew McLeod and Rudolf Kuenzli (eds.) Cutting Across Media, Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
(forthcoming in 2011) Crate diggers, record dealers and podcasters. The institutionalization of a subcultural economy and the birth of an alternative canon. IN Will Straw and Jeder Janotti (eds.) Institutions of Musical Memory in the Americas, London: Peter Lang Press.
Non-refereed publications
Journal articles
(2006) Valami tempósabb lemezed nincsen? (Haven’t You Got a More Up-Tempo Record? ) In Café Bábel, No. 52, p. 51-61.
(2005) Zene, technológia, hatalom. A rögzített zene kritikai kutatása. (Music, Technology, Power. The Critical Study of Recorded Music) IN Replika, No 49. p. 27-44.
(2004) Rögzített forrásból. (From Recorded Sources) IN Café Bábel, No. 45-46, p. 35-44.
(2003) A kulturális leírás politikája. (The Politics of Cultural Description) IN Café Bábel, No. 43-44, p. 74-83.
(2003) Agyfarm. A tudományos kommunikáció, publikáció és kutatatás kollaboratív modellje on-line környezetben. (Brainfarm. A Collaborative Model for Online Academic Communication, Publication and Research) IN Tudásmenedzsment (Knowledge Management), Vol. 4, No. 2, p. 47-56.
Papers in anthologies
(2011) Kötődések hálózata. Társas tanulás a lemeztúró színtéren (Network of Attachments. Social Learning within the Crate Digging Scene) IN Tamás Tófalvy, Zoltán Kacsuk and Gábor Vályi (eds.) Zenei Hálózatok: Zene, műfajok és közösségek az online hálózatok és az átalakuló zeneipar korában (Music Networks: Music, Genres, and Communities in the Age of Online Networks and Transforming Music Industry), Budapest: L’Harmattan.
(2007) Közösségek hálózati kommunikációja. (Online Communication of Communities) IN Péter Halácsy, Gábor Vályi and Barry Wellman Média Re:Mix 2: Hatalom a mobil tömegek kezében (Media Re:Mix 2: Power in the Hands of the Mobile Crowds), Budapest: Typotex, p. 113-130.
(2007) From Peer Review to Peer-2-peer: The Transformation of Knowledge Networks. In Gács Anna (ed.) Szétfolyóirat (Dissolving and Emerging Communities – The Culture of Periodicals from the Perspective of the Elelctronic Age), Budapest: L’Harmattan, p. 106-115.
(2007) Lemeztúrás és szubkulturális tőke. Egy lemezgyűjtő közösség változó “játékszabályai” (Crate Digging and Subcultural Capital. Changing ’Rules of the Game’ in a Record Collecting Community). In Albert Zsolt Jakab and Vilmos Keszeg (eds.). Csoportok és kultúrák. Tanulmányok szubkultúrákról (Groups and Cultures. Studies of Subcultures), Kolozsvár: BBTE Magyar Néprajz és Antropológia Tanszék és Kriza János Néprajzi Társaság, p. 51-74.
(2007) Lemezgyűjtés kritikai perspektívában. Hagyomány és eredetiség konstrukciók az Edison galaxisban. (Record Collecting in a Critical Perspective. Tradition and Authenticity in the Edison-Galaxy.) IN Wilhelm Gábor (szerk.) Hagyomány és eredetiség. (Tradition and Authenticity), Budapest: Néprajzi Múzeum, p. 71-82.
(2003) Közösségi médiumok, globális hálózatok, önszervező társadalom. (Community Media, Global Networks, Self-Organizing Society) in József Havasréti József and Zsolt K. Horváth (eds.): Avantgárd: underground: alternatív. Popzene, művészet és szubkulturális nyilvánosság Magyarországon. (Avant Garde: Underground: Alternative. Popular Music, Art and Subcultural Public Sphere in Hungary), Budapest-Pécs: Kijárat-Artpool-PTE Kommunikációs Tanszék, p. 215-224.
(2003) Grass-roots Cultural Globalisation in East-Central Europe IN the online anthology of the conference NetKultur Wissenschaft.
Editorial work for Journals
(2004) Gépszerű zene (Popular Music and Technology) Journal section IN Replika, No. 49, p. 45-117.
Edited volumes
(2011) Zenei Hálózatok: Zene, műfajok és közösségek az online hálózatok és az átalakuló zeneipar korában (Music Networks: Music, Genres, and Communities in the Age of Online Networks and Transforming Music Industry), Budapest: L’Harmattan (co-edited with Tamás Tófalvy and Zoltán Kacsuk).
(2007) Média Re:Mix 2: Hatalom a mobil tömegek kezében (Media Re:Mix 2: Power in the Hands of the Mobile Crowds), Budapest: Typotex (co-edited with Péter Halácsy and Barry Wellman).
Review
(2005) Activism without Borders. RE:activism: Redrawing the Boundaries of Activism in a New Media Age. In Afterimage. The Journal of Media Arts and Criticism. December 2005. Vol. 33, No. 3, p. 6-7.