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Dear friends and colleagues,
Here is a panel convened by Bernd Brabec de Mori and myself. We heartily
invite presentations dealing with the ontologies of sound (musical or not)
as a potential social agent. Please see the abstract below for more
information.
With kind regards and best wishes,
Victor A. Stoichiţă &
Bernd Brabec de Mori
*SONIC BEINGS? THE ONTOLOGIES OF MUSICAL AGENCY*
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EASA 2012: Nanterre University, France, 10/07/2012 – 13/07/2012*
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*CONVENORS: *Victor A. Stoichita (CNRS - LESC - CREM) / Bernd Brabec de Mori
(University of Graz, Phonogrammarchiv Vienna)
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*SHORT ABSTRACT*
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This panel brings together ethnographic accounts of "human" and "nonhuman"
interactions in sonic constructions such as music. The aim is to compare
different ontologies of the sound realm, and see whether it can host
particular forms of agency, which are not encountered otherwise.
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*LONG ABSTRACT*
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Anthropologists know well that music is an efficient ingredient in various
kinds of interactions. It has been described as an enhancer of emotions, of
specific forms of consciousness, of social and personal identities. Its
presence is also mandatory in many rituals around the world. Social sciences
usually assume that this efficiency is merely a transformation of human
agencies. In this view, music is just another way for humans to relate,
ultimately, to each other. However, practitioners and audiences often have
different accounts.
Their musical experiences seem populated by "human" but also "nonhuman"
entities: gods, spirits, animals, and a range of other sonic characters
whose ontological status is uncertain, but which seem, at times, to have an
agency of their own. In this view, music is not just a human business but an
environment which allows interactions between different layers of reality
and different kinds of beings.
What are the ontologies of sound underlying these interactions? Are there,
for example, social agents which can only be encountered in sound? Can music
host relations which would be impossible otherwise? General frameworks have
been proposed to rethink agency beyond divides such as "nature-culture" or
"human-nonhuman" (Gell, Latour, Descola, Viveiros de Castro). Can these
paradigms account for musical interactions?
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*DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS : 28th of November*
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*ACCESS THE PROPOSAL FORM AT: *
http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2012/panels.php5?PanelID=1318
Please feel free to email the convenors (Victor & Bernd) for any prior
inquiries. You can do this from the link above, or write directly to
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