[ecrea] Urban Soundscapes and Critical Citizenship

Urban Soundscapes and Critical Citizenship

27th & 28th March, 2014, Limerick, Ireland

Call for papers

In this interdisciplinary conference, we explore the intersection of 
soundscapes and acoustic ecology studies with urban, applied 
ethnomusicology's focus on human subjects (Hemetek and Reyes 2007; 
Zurková 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 will include Dr. Ursula Hemetek, University of Vienna, 
and Dr. Giacomo Bottà, University of Helsinki.

Please send your individual abstract of no more than 250 words, or a 
panel abstract of 350 words to (LimerickSoundscapes /at/ ul.ie)

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 /at/ mic.ul.ie)

The deadline for receipt of individual and panel abstracts is Nov 14th. 
Notifications will be sent by Nov 28th.

Programme committee:

Dr. Martin Power, Dept. of Sociology, University of Limerick.

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. Mikael Fernström, Interaction Design Centre and Department of 
Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Limerick.

Dr. Eoin. Devereux, Dept. of Sociology, 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.


---------------
ECREA-Mailing list
---------------
This mailing list is a free service from ECREA and Nico Carpentier.
--
To subscribe, post or unsubscribe, please visit
http://www.ecrea.eu/mailinglist
--
ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association
--
Postal address:
ECREA
Chaussée de Waterloo 1151
1180 Uccle
Belgium
--
Email: (info /at/ ecrea.eu)
URL: http://www.ecrea.eu
---------------