Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Watson, A and Hoyler, M (Forthcoming) “ Materializing the digital commodity: recording studios in transnational project networks of digital musical production” in Wildner, K, Lanz, S, and Kratke, S (eds.) Transnationalism and Urbanism. Routledge
Watson, A (Forthcoming) “The World according to iTunes: Mapping Urban Networks of Music Production” Global Networks
Watson, A (Forthcoming) ”Analyzing the Networked Urban Geographies of Transnational Media Corporations” in Derudder, B, Hoyler, M, Taylor, PJ, and Witlox, F (eds.) International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities. Edward Elgar
Watson, A and Hoyler, M (2010) “Media centres in the world economy” in Taylor, PJ, Ni, P, Derudder, B, Hoyler, M, and Huang, J (eds.) Global Urban Analysis: A Survey of Cities in Globalization. Earthscan
Watson, A (2010) “US hegemony and the Obama administration: towards a new world order?” Antipode 42 (2) 242-247
Watson, A, Hoyler, M and Mager, C (2009) “Spaces and networks of musical creativity in the city” Geography Compass 3 (2) 856-878
Watson, A (2008) “Global music city: knowledge and geographical proximity in London’s recorded music industry” Area 40 (1) 12–23
Working Papers
Watson, A “Sociological Perspectives on the Economic Geography of Projects: The Case of Project-Based Working in the Creative Industries” GaWC Research Bulletin 386
Watson, A and Hoyler, M “Global Media Cities in Transnational Media Networks” GaWC Research Bulletin 358
Conference Presentations and Talks
Watson A (2011) ”‘We’re not solving the middle east peace crisis. We’re just trying to make music here’: examining emotional labour in the recording studio” Moral Economies of Creative Labour conference, Univeristy of Leeds 2011, 7th-9th July 2011
Watson A (2011) “Emerging world cities in a global urban system: the challenges and opportunties of new urbanisation” Invited talk for the North Staffordshire Branch of the Geographical Association, 19th January 2011.
Watson A (2010) “Recording studios in urban networks of music production” Invited seminar presentation at the School of Geography, University of Nottingham, 18th October 2010.
Hoyler, M and Watson, A (2009) “Spaces and networks of musical creativity and music production in the city.” Paper presented by M. Hoyler at The Transnationality of Cities conference , Faculty of Cultural Sciences, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, 3rd – 5th December 2009.
Watson, A (2009) “The World according to iTunes: Creative Project Ecologies and the Global Urban Networks of Digital Music Production” Paper presented at Global Cities Now? Current Perspectives in Global Urban Studies, Urban Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Centre for Urban Theory, Swansea University, 5th – 6th November 2009.
GaWC (2009) “New Ways of Thinking about Abu Dhabi as an Emerging Global City” 2-day workshop for the Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development (ADCED), Abu Dhabi, 26th – 27th January 2009
Watson, A, Hoyler, M and Mager, C (2009) “Raume und Netzwerke musikalischer Kreativität in der Stadt” Paper presented at by C. Mager at Tagung Neue Kuturgeographie VI, Osnabrück, 23rd – 24th January 2009.
Watson, A (2006) “London’s Music Industry under Globalisation: Clustering and Non-Scalar Knowledge Networks”. Paper presented at the Futures of Music Conference, 2006, International Association for the Study of Popular Music UK and Ireland, University of Birmingham, 1st – 3rd September 2006.
Watson, A (2006) “London as a Global Music City: Clustering and Innovation in the UK Music Industry”. Paper presented at the Manchester: Music and Place Conference, Manchester Institute for Popular Culture, Manchester Metropolitan University, 8th -10th June 2006.
