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Call for papers and presentations
Sound and Anthropology Conference
A collaboration between
Department of Social Anthropology, St Andrews, Scotland and
Department of Sound Arts and Design, London College of Communication,
University of the Arts, London
Funded by the AHRC
19-21 June 2006.
St Andrews University, Scotland
This conference is the result of an innovative collaborative project
between the Social Anthropology Department, St Andrews and the Sound Arts
and Design department, LCC, University of the Arts, London. The project
has involved collaboration and dialogue between sound artists and
anthropologists, covering subjects such as the soundscape, acoustic
ecology, poetics, language, as well as postgraduate training in
methodologies and skills.
We invite proposals for papers, panels and works on subjects related to
the conjoined disciplines of sound and anthropology, most specifically on
the subject of the body, environment and human sound-making, from
anthropologists, sound artists and researchers in associated disciplines,
including postgraduates, wishing to contribute to and extend this exciting
area of study.
Subjects might include:
Sound/Environment/Landscape
Listening and the Senses
Sound/Health/Body
Poetics/Magic Words
Sound and Migration
Speech/Utterance/Language
Archival sound/Oral history
Airwaves/Technology
Ethics/Collecting sound
Using recordings
Sound art/Performance and Anthropology
Sound/Rhythm/Rhyme
Silence and Noise
Please submit 200 word (maximum) abstract; 100 word (maximum) biography;
technical requirements; name, position, institution; postal address; email
address; phone number. We encourage proposals from postgraduate research
students. There will be limited opportunity to display works
Closing date for submission: February 15th, 2006
Speakers will be notified by March 24th, 2006
Proposals should be sent to:
Dr Stephanie Bunn [log in to unmask],
Dr Cathy Lane [log in to unmask]
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