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> IDEOLOGIES AND ETHICS IN THE USES AND ABUSES OF SOUND
> Koli, Finland, June 16-19, 2010
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> CALL FOR PAPERS (reminder: abstracts by October 12)
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> The 2010 WFAE conference will be held at Koli in Eastern Finland.
> Koli is a plausible site for reflecting uponideologies, ethics and
> soundscapes, since it was amongst the key places of the national
> romantic artist pilgrims in the late 19th century Finland. The main
> organisers, Department of Finnish Language and Cultural Research at
> the University of Joensuu, Finland and The Finnish Society for
> Acoustic Ecology (FSAE) invite researchers and artists from all
> disciplines to join this forum of discussion.
>
> Confirmed invited and keynote speakers are (in alphabetical order):
> Steven Feld, Charles Hirschkind, Bruce Johnson, Anahid Kassabian,
> Andra McCartney, R. Murray Schafer, Barry Truax and Hildegard
> Westerkamp.
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> More information at: http://www.joensuu.fi/soundscapes
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> Proposals are invited for papers, workshops, roundtable, or
> artistic contributions relating to, but not limited to the
> following topics:
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> NATIONS, NATIONALISM AND SOUNDSCAPE
> There has been an abundance of research on the topic of nationalism
> and music. What about nationalism and soundscape? Within sound of
> religious movements Martin Stokes mentioned recently that in order
> to understand certain Islamic movements today it would be crucial
> to understand their soundscapes. Collective listening or giving ?
> voices? to subjects and their religious experiences, are some
> examples.
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> CONSTRUCTING PAST AND PROGRESS IN THE USES AND ABUSES OF SOUND
> Both past and progress can be used and abused as part of many
> ideologies. Have past soundscapes been used as a resource as part
> of these negotiations? The ideology of progress, then, is
> intimately related to the acceptance of noise as an inevitable
> phenomenon.
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> ETHICAL CHALLENGES OF WORKING WITH THE SOUNDS
> How do soundscape researchers and artists answer to the ethical
> challenges of working with the sounds of other people ? and of
> themselves. How do we understand cultural convergences, differences
> and sameness? Or would it just be more important to learn to
> tolerate the other? Should the researcher or artist make an
> intervention -- or would it be best just to observe the uses and
> abuses of sounds from outside?
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> THE COMMODIFICATION OF AURAL SPACE, SOUND AND SILENCE
> How does silence, its commodification and tourism fit under the
> same sky? What kind of strategies can the citizens and planners
> develop in different localities in order to guarantee the
> soundscape comfort, tourism as a means of livelihood and the
> touristic search of silence all at the same time? What about the
> urban environment with its ubiquitous transphonic phenomena? Who
> has the right to fill the urban space with music, and how is it
> currently happening?
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> Please send ABSTRACTS (max. 400 words) by October 12, 2009 to the
> conference e-mail address [log in to unmask] The abstracts are being
> dealt with in early November, and the people whose papers and sonic
> art works are chosen to be presented will be notified on November 10.
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