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[apologies for any cross-postings] In this interdisciplinary conference, we explore the intersection of soundscapes and acoustic ecology studies (Murray Schafer 1977; Truax 1978) with urban, applied ethnomusicology's focus on human subjects (Hemetek and Reyes 2007; Jurková 2012) and with sociological understandings of the cultural restructuring of urban space (Fainstein and Campbell, 2011; LeGates 2011; Bridge and Watson 2010), through an evocation of 'critical citizenship' (Nell et al, 2012). We would particularly welcome individual papers (20 mins + 10 mins for questions) or panel presentations (90 minutes) that address the following questions: - Where is the individual located in urban (soundscape)
studies? - How do the sounds of a city shape human experience? - What role does sound play in the cultural
restructuring of urban space? - Might soundscape projects be part of urban
regeneration and renewal and if so, in what ways? - How can we create/capture urban soundscapes and what
motivates us to do so? - How might the relationship between the city and the
individual be reframed sonically? - What critical potentials are unleashed in applied
soundscape work? - Are soundscapes mere reflections of acoustic and other
realities, or might they construct pathways for greater interaction between
cities and their people? - What are contemporary methodological challenges in
representing urban soundscapes? - What new technologies allow for the reimagining of
applied soundscapes production and manipulation? - How can we productively bring together lessons from different disciplines in relation to urban, societal, cultural and acoustic ecologies in order to imagine a better, lived, urban experience? Keynote
speakers include: Dr. Ursula
Hemetek, University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Applied/Urban Ethnomusicology) Dr. Giacomo
Bottà, University of Helsinki (Urban Studies) Peter Cusack,
CRiSAP/University of the Arts, London (Sound Arts Practices) Milena Droumeva, Simon Fraser University (Acoustic Ecology) Please send your individual abstract of no more than 250 words, or a panel abstract of 350 words to LimerickSoundscapes@xxxxx We also invite five-minute recording submissions for our dedicated listening space at the event. Please send your sound file, associated picture, and a brief description to tony.langlois@xxxxxxxxx The deadline for receipt of individual and panel abstracts is Nov 14th. Notifications will be sent by Nov 28th. Programme
committee: Dr. Aileen
Dillane, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. Dr. Tony
Langlois, Dept. of Media, Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick. Dr. Martin
Power, Dept. of Sociology, University of Limerick. Dr. Eoin.
Devereux, Dept. of Sociology, University of Limerick. Dr. Mikael
Fernström,
Interaction Design Centre and Department of Computer Science and Information
Systems, University of Limerick. Dr. Colin Quigley, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. LimerickSoundscapes is an interdisciplinary research cluster that includes applied, urban,
and media ethnomusicologists, sociologists, acousticians, and soundscapes
composers, and is based at the University of Limerick and Mary Immaculate
College, Limerick, Ireland. This conference
is funded by the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and by The
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick.
--------------------------------------------------- Dr. Mikael Fernström Interaction Design Centre Department of Computer Science and Information Systems University of Limerick Limerick IRELAND Phone: +353 (0)61 20 26 06 (office) Mobile: +353 (0)86 81 88 079 Email: mikael.fernstrom@xxxxx Web: www.idc.ul.ie www.dmarc.ie www.softday.ie |