[ecrea] Call for abstracts (articles): Special issue of the SoundEffects journal

Call for abstracts (articles): Special issue of the SoundEffects journal

Theme: Sonification and Multimodal Displays - Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Editor: Thomas Bjørnsten

http://www.soundeffects.dk/announcement/view/602

The field of sonification, i.e. the process and practice of mapping data 
onto sounds, has gained increasing attention over the past years. 
Sonification has been applied in scientific lab settings, health and 
medical contexts, in assistive technologies, and exploratory design 
projects. The theoretical and methodological approaches are often 
diverse and highly interdisciplinary, emerging from mixed core research 
areas such as computer science, psychology, musicology, and media 
studies. However, when we consider the actual impact and future uses of 
sonification much points to its obvious integration with various 
systems, interfaces and media.

With this special issue of SoundEffects we specifically want to address 
the deployment of sonification in the context of multimodal displays. 
Multimodal displays are already used extensively, for instance, in 
automotive design, where the combination of visual and auditory cues 
affords awareness and interaction. As not only our vehicles, but almost 
all of our everyday devices become more and more data driven, the actual 
potentials for sonification and its role in multimodal displays have 
just begun to surface. This calls for extended interdisciplinary 
interrogations.

We are therefore interested in contributions that focus on both the 
theoretical, methodological, and applied perspectives for sonification 
as such and in the context of multimodal displays. We welcome papers and 
essays that address and interrogate, but are not limited to, the 
following topics:

• General design challenges

• Exploratory and artistic design approaches

• New digital media platforms

• The impact of machine learning and AI

• Assistive technologies perspectives

• Virtual environments (AR and VR)

• Ethical and political issues

• Cultural implications

• Affect and emotion studies

Important deadlines:

Abstract deadline (300 words): May 1, 2018

Decision regarding the abstracts: June 1, 2018

Article deadline (depending on a positive review of the abstract): 
September 1, 2018

Published: December 2018

Please send your abstract to Thomas Bjørnsten at (bjoernsten /at/ cc.au.dk) 
<mailto:(bjoernsten /at/ cc.au.dk)>

Direct link to the call: http://www.soundeffects.dk/announcement/view/602

SoundEffects (http://soundeffects.dk) is an open access, international, 
peer-reviewed journal on sound and sound experience operating on the 
Open Journal System. SoundEffects brings together a plurality of 
theories, methodologies, and historical approaches applicable to sound 
as both mediated and unmediated experience. The journal primarily 
addresses disciplines within media and communication studies, 
aesthetics, musicology, comparative literature, cultural studies, 
psychology and sociology. In order to push the boundary of 
interdisciplinary sound studies into new areas, we also encourage 
contributions from disciplines such as health care, architecture, and 
sound design. As an international journal taking a humanities-based 
interdisciplinary approach to sound, SoundEffects is responding to the 
increasing global interest in sound studies. SoundEffects does not take 
any charge for submission, review or publishing of articles.

For inquiries not related to the current call please contact Vadim 
Keylin at (vkeylin /at/ cc.au.dk) <mailto:(vkeylin /at/ cc.au.dk)>

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