Editorial

Abstract

After a brief hiatus, it is our pleasure to welcome you back to Music and Arts in Action (MAiA), published by the Sociology of the Arts (SocArts) research group at the University of Exeter, UK. In this general issue, we are pleased to present a suite of articles that examine human-art interactions in communities as diverse as LGBTQ groups, victims of political violence, contemporary art audiences, and rock guitar aficionados. These contributions span four continents and present rich case studies for examining the active role of music and the arts in individual and social life.