I am fascinated in this term "ubiquitous transphonic phenomena".
Where does this notion come from? Is is different to schizophonia? Any
further reading??
Best wishes
John.
--On 18 September 2009 10:15:31 -0700 Gary Ferrington
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>> IDEOLOGIES AND ETHICS IN THE USES AND ABUSES OF SOUND
>> Koli, Finland, June 16-19, 2010
>>
>> CALL FOR PAPERS (reminder: abstracts by October 12)
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
Dr John Levack Drever
Lecturer in Composition
Head of the Unit for Sound Practice Research
Goldsmiths, University of London
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