International audienceDrawing on sociology of culture, urban sociology, and sociology of professions, Myrtille Picaud analyzes the hierarchies and transformations of contemporary music scenes in Paris and Berlin.One of the rare in the sociology of music to study different musical genres together, this book also stands out by approaching this object through its material venues, as well as their cultural intermediaries, the bookers who select the artists performing on stage. It also sheds light on how cultural phenomena contribute to urban dynamics, such as gentrification processes, by transforming how the different neighborhoods of these two capitals are perceived and lived in.En croisant sociologie de la culture, sociologie urbaine et socio...