, pistols, horses, and guns. The naming of the music was part of the institutionalization of the genre, while the marketing of other country music, such as the blues, differed racially. rural areas. , atvaudeville shows, "montbilly" sheet music copies (playing and singing at home were still popular) and in theaters that showed singing cowboy films, such as those starring GeneAutry, against the iconic visual backdrop: desert landscapes. ). compared to a city where John Denver, for example, considered only "money-hungry fools" and "black limousines" and where others found poverty, violence and unfulfilled dreams. In line with such goals, various levels of government have incorporated special events into cultural planning, emphasizing their potential for location and capacity building, as well as economic benefit (Dowling, 1997; see also Australia Council, 1998; Department of Communications, Information Technology). " In Australia, musical activity has tended to be concentrated in capital cities, as in other cultural branches (Gibson et al. Alternatively, places and their meanings are contested in and through music, whether it is the multiple and contradictory representation of Los Angeles and New York in rap music, or the celebration or exoticization of ethnicity in "world music. and the Arts, 2002).
