Sensing the Sonic

Histories of Hearing Differently (1800-now)

15/16 June 2018 - CRASSH, University of Cambridge

- full conference program here -

What happens when hearing doesn't do what it purportedly should? 

This conference explores alternatives to an ear-centric perspective of listening by challenging notions of embodied presence and investigating different materials and research strategies for hearing differently from the 19th century to the present.

With: Michael Bull, Zeynep Bulut, Melissa Dickson, Nina Eidsheim, Bastien Gallet, Julian Henriques, Anahid Kassabian, Douglas Kahn, Seth Kim-Cohen, Aleks Kolkowski, Sander van Maas, Mara Mills, Gascia Ouzounian, Jillian Rogers, Matthieu Saladin, Holger Schulze, Jason Stanyek, Jonathan Sterne, David Trippett, and Shelley Trower

Convened by: Melissa Van Drie & Melle Kromhout

Registration is now open (full price: £20, student/unwaged: £5)

This event will happen in relation with the international conference 'The Audible Spectrum: Sound Studies, Cultures of Listening and Sound Art' (7-9 June 2018 in Paris), convened by Stéphane Roth and Marion Platevoet (Cité de la musique-Philharmonie de Paris), Bastien Gallet (Haute École des Arts du Rhin), and Matthieu Saladin (Université Paris 8).

Supported by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) and the ERC Project ‘Sound and Materialism in the 19th Century’ (University of Cambridge).