[Commlist] Call for Papers – Thinking Through Sound - ECREA Radio and Sound Section Postgraduate Conference

We are delighted to invite paper abstracts and proposals for the 
upcoming Postgraduate Conference titled:


    Thinking Through Sound

Date: 9 September 2025
Location: The University of Sheffield
Deadline for Abstracts: 10 July 2025
Online presentations are also accepted.

R. Murray Schafer said that “the sense of hearing cannot be closed off 
at will. There are no earlids. When we go to sleep, our perception of 
sound is the last door to close and it is also the first to open when we 
awaken” (Schafer, 1977, p. 11). The experience of  “Thinking through 
sound” is not only a sensory experience but also its a phenomenon that 
shapes how we perceive the society and the world, and make meaning of 
life.  This notion also intersects with different fields: media, 
philosophy, cultural studies, gender, acoustic ecology, musicology, 
audio accessibility, urban sounds, artificial intelligence, among 
others. But what is the conception of thinking through sound in the 
different areas of studies? Sound manifests itself in various formats 
and shapes across different times and spaces. How can we think through 
sound in both everyday life and broader societal issues? How can we 
think our research through sound -even if sound is not the center of the 
research? In what ways does sound contribute to other disciplines and 
vice versa? How can sound shape our methodologies?  Can sound play a 
role in how we reflect on and within our research practices? Can sound 
play a role in revealing the archive of resistances, tracing the history 
and building identity? Keeping this in mind, how can sound be used as a 
tool in research? These questions are an invitation to explore the 
multiplicity of sound—as medium, metaphor, method, and memory. We are 
inviting paper abstracts, proposals that revolve around, but not limited 
to, the following areas:

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    Art, Creativity and Culture

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    Sound, Technology and Communication

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    Gender, Sexuality and Sound

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    Memory and Archives

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    Urban Spaces and Acoustics

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    Acoustic Ecology and Activism

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    Sound and Epistemology

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    Sound/ Music Industries

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    Music Production and Sound Design

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    Cinema and Sound

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    Therapeutic Sounds


      Submission Guidelines:

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    Deadline for Abstracts: 10 July 2025

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    Format: 300-500 word abstract

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    Include: Name, institutional affiliation, short bio (max 100 words),
    and indication if you prefer to present online or in person

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    Submit to: https://forms.gle/vhRNBpNegTiMx8RdA
    <https://forms.gle/vhRNBpNegTiMx8RdA>


This event is an opportunity to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue, 
share your research, and contribute to a growing field of radio and 
sound. We look forward to hearing from you

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