CfP: Conference - The Role and Position of Sounds and Sounding Arts in Public Urban Environments (Vincent Meelberg )

Subject: CfP: Conference - The Role and Position of Sounds and Sounding Arts in Public Urban Environments From: Vincent Meelberg <v.meelberg@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 21:12:39 +0200 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --Apple-Mail-4F828E2F-05FE-4E21-B551-9C426E24F4D2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Conference Call for Papers The Role and Position of Sounds and Sounding Arts in Public Urban Environmen= ts Conference dates: 29-30 November 2016 Location: Leiden University, the Netherlands Introduction to the Conference Topic Sound is among the most significant, yet least-discussed, aspects of public s= paces in urban environments (Hosokawa 1984; Kang and Schulte-Fortkamp 2016).= Architects, engineers, and urban planners invariably stress the visual and t= actile aspects while (re)designing urban environments but often pay less att= ention to the aural consequences of their interventions; sound tends to be c= onsidered mainly as an inevitable byproduct of industrial areas, traffic, co= mmercial centers, and/or human activities. If sound attracts the attention o= f policy makers and users of public urban spaces, it is often in a rather ne= gative context: as noise pollution which should be avoided by somehow reduci= ng the amount of decibels (Devilee, Maris, van der Kamp 2010; Elmqvist 2013;= Kamin 2015). In contrast, this conference aims to increase the attention to the role of s= ound, sound design, and sounding art in urban spaces =E2=80=93 with sound co= nsidered both as an epistemological tool and as an aesthetic instrument. Sounds in urban spaces =E2=80=93 including the =E2=80=9Comnipresence=E2=80=9D= of music =E2=80=93 (co-)regulate our behavior, attract specific groups that= give a space a specific identity, call for certain actions, make us nauseat= ed, etc.; sounds thus have social, political, ethical, and economic power. R= eflections on everyday urban soundscapes - their features as well as the way= they are used and experienced =E2=80=93 could lead to a new theory of sonic= ecology. Furthermore, sounding art has the potential to contribute directly to an imp= rovement of city soundscapes, while a more fundamental and scholarly attenti= on to sounds in public urban spaces can lead to a concrete contribution to a= lready existing discourses in urban studies, history, anthropology, and phil= osophy. In this conference three questions will play a central role: 1. How do sounds in general and sounding art in particular contribute to t= he general atmosphere of a public urban space? 2. How do users of that space - dwellers, tourists, people working in tha= t neighborhood, passersby - experience its sonic qualities and how does that= influence their behavior as well as the function of that space? 3. How can we, on a theoretical level, develop a new sonic ecology? Keynote speakers: Salom=C3=A9 Voegelin, Gascia Ouzounian, Holger Schulze, an= d Jean-Paul Thibaud. Conference Coordinator: Prof. dr. M.A. (Marcel) Cobussen (M.A.Cobussen@xxxxxxxx) Abstracts: Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be sent to Gabriel Pai= uk acpa@xxxxxxxx before October 1, 2016. Submitters will be informe= d before October 15. The conference is sponsored by KNAW, LUF, JSS, and ACPA (Leiden University)= --Apple-Mail-4F828E2F-05FE-4E21-B551-9C426E24F4D2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Conference Call for Papers The Ro= le and Position of Sounds and Sounding Arts in Public Urban Environment= s Conference dates: <a dir=3D"ltr" href=3D= "x-apple-data-detectors://0" x-apple-data-detectors=3D"true" x-apple-data-de= tectors-type=3D"calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result=3D"0">29-30 No= vember 2016</a> Location: Leiden Universit= y, the Netherlands Introduction to the Con= ference Topic Sound i= s among the most significant, yet least-discussed, aspects of public spaces i= n urban environments (Hosokawa 1984; Kang and Schulte-Fortkamp 201= 6). Architects, engineers, and urban planners invariably stress the vis= ual and tactile aspects while (re)designing urban environments but= often pay less attention to the aural consequences of their inter= ventions; sound tends to be considered mainly as an inevitable byproduc= t of industrial areas, traffic, commercial centers, and/or human a= ctivities. If sound attracts the attention of policy makers and users of pub= lic urban spaces, it is often in a rather negative context: as noi= se pollution which should be avoided by somehow reducing the amount of decib= els (Devilee, Maris, van der Kamp 2010; Elmqvist 2013; Kamin 2015).<b= r class=3D"" style=3D"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> In contrast, this conference aims to&nbsp= ;increase the attention to the role of sound, sound design, and sounding art= in urban spaces =E2=80=93 with sound considered both as an epistemolog= ical tool and as an aesthetic instrument. Sounds in urban spaces =E2=80=93 including the =E2=80=9Co= mnipresence=E2=80=9D of music =E2=80=93 (co-)regulate our behavior, attract&= nbsp;specific groups that give a space a specific identity, call for ce= rtain actions, make us nauseated, etc.; sounds thus have social, politi= cal, ethical, and economic power. Reflections on everyday urban soundsc= apes - their features as well as the way they are used and experie= nced =E2=80=93 could lead to a new theory of sonic ecology.= Furthermore, sounding art has the potenti= al to contribute directly to an improvement of city soundscapes, while a= more fundamental and scholarly attention to sounds in public urban&nbs= p;spaces can lead to a concrete contribution to already existing discourses i= n urban studies, history, anthropology, and philosophy. In this conference three questions will play a c= entral role: <= span style=3D"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">1.   &nbsp= ;How do sounds in general and sounding art in particular contribute to the g= eneral atmosphere of a public urban space? 2.    How do users of that space - dwellers, touris= ts, people working in that neighborhood, passersby - experience its sonic&nb= sp;qualities and how does that influence their behavior as well as the f= unction of that space? 3.&nb= sp;   How can we, on a theoretical level, develop a new sonic= ecology? Keynote speaker= s: Salom=C3= =A9 Voegelin, Gascia Ouzounian, Holger Schulze, and Jean-Paul Thibaud.<= /span> Conference Coordinator:&nb= sp;Prof. dr. M.= A. (Marcel) Cobussen (<a h= ref=3D"mailto:M.A.Cobussen@xxxxxxxx" class=3D"" style=3D"-webkit-= text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">M.A.Cobussen@xxxxxxxx</a>) Abstracts: Abstracts of no more than 250 words should b= e sent to Gabriel Paiuk <a dir=3D"ltr" href=3D"mailto:acpa@xxxxxxxx= eidenuniv.nl" x-apple-data-detectors=3D"true" x-apple-data-detectors-type=3D= "link" x-apple-data-detectors-result=3D"4" style=3D"-webkit-text-stroke-colo= r: rgb(0, 0, 0);">acpa@xxxxxxxx</a> <a dir=3D"ltr" href=3D"x-apple-data-de= tectors://5" x-apple-data-detectors=3D"true" x-apple-data-detectors-type=3D"= calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result=3D"5" style=3D"-webkit-text-st= roke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">before October 1, 2016</a>. Submitters will be informed&nbs= p;<a dir=3D"ltr" href=3D"x-apple-data-detectors://6" x-apple-data-det= ectors=3D"true" x-apple-data-detectors-type=3D"calendar-event" x-apple-data-= detectors-result=3D"6" style=3D"-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">be= fore October 15.</a> = The conference is s= ponsored by KNAW, LUF, JSS, and ACPA (Leiden University)<= /div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-4F828E2F-05FE-4E21-B551-9C426E24F4D2--

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