Abstract
ABSTRACT This article explores the use of music in service of anthropocentric discourses and practices. We analyse spearfishing music (music synchronised with amateur online videos of spearfishing) as it has emerged in Wellington, Aotearoa/New Zealand. Through textual analysis of the gendered codes present in 40 locally produced videos, we interrogate how such practices exacerbate inequalities already present in music conventions, thus conjoining localised engagement with environmental issues with a broader discourse concerning gender representation and inequality. We further ground our position by providing qualitative perspectives attained through interviews and participant-observation ethnography. While we propose that the Anthropocene be understood as a predominantly masculinist and techno-normative framework, we also argue that the paradigms evident through spearfishing music interface with legacies of colonialism, capitalism, and Indigenous knowledge within the context of Aotearoa/New Zealand, which complicates the prospect of situating such texts and practices within a universalising account of the Anthropocene.
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