Journal of Sonic Studies 23 online
The editors of the Journal of Sonic Studies are proud to announce that its 23th issue is online (https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/558896/1616560). This special issue of the Journal of Sonic Studies, edited by guest editor Diana Grgurić, brings together scholars and artists in exploring the acoustic culture of the Balkans. From a variety of theoretical perspectives broadly set in the interdisciplinary field of sonic studies, the authors contribute with articles of analytical and artistic provenance, investigating the sonic practices, their perceptions and memories, as well as the socio-political organization of music and sound in this specific geographical region in Europe. Table of Contents: Sounds of the Balkan – Editoria - lDiana Grgurić Soundscapes of Stalinism: Acoustical Experiences in Bucharest in the 1940s and 1950s - Błażej Brzostek A Spectral Geology - D.A. Calf Listening against "The Transition" - Theodore Teichman What is the Affect of a Merry Genre? The Sonic Organization of Slovenian Folk Pop as a (Non)Balkan Sound - Robert Bobnič, Natalija Majsova, and Jasmina Šepetavc The Right to Polished Sound: Age and Class in the Viennese Balkan Music Scene - Ondřej Daniel Contextualities of Listening to Soundscapes: The Past and The Present Converging in Sarajevo - Maja Zećo Сарајево concrète - Lasse-Marc Riek |