[ecrea] CfP: Inter-Noise session on Soundscapes from a Humanities/Arts Perspective

Call for Papers | Inter-Noise session on Soundscapes from a 
Humanities/Arts Perspective

INTER-NOISE 2019 Madrid June 16-19

Session 13.08: Soundscapes from a Humanities/Arts Perspective

/Session organized by Marcel Cobussen (Leiden University, NL) and 
Vincent Meelberg (Radboud University, NL)/

The reduction of unwanted sounds in public spaces is usually equated 
with noise abatement measures and traditionally expressed in decibels. 
The more dB(A) a particular measure is able to suppress, the more 
efficient this measure is considered to be. While suppression indeed can 
be an effective way to deal with unwanted sounds, research makes clear 
that the volume is not always the main cause of noise pollution. 
Specific frequencies and/or vibrations with a limited amount of dB(A) 
can also have a significant influence on how people experience a public 
sonic atmosphere. At the same time, loud soundscanmask other, more 
irritating ones and thus have a positive influence on the way a specific 
space is encountered.

Besides the direct physical influence of sound on the well-being of 
living creatures, sound also plays an important role on a 
socio-political and even ethical level. Important issues are: who or 
what is producing a sound? Can (annoying) sounds in public spaces 
somehow be controlled, managed, or manipulated? Who is appropriating a 
specific public space through sound and who is – sonically, socially or 
otherwise – excluded? Who controls and determines the sonic atmosphere 
of a public space? When can unwanted sounds be heard? What are the 
expectations concerning the sonic atmosphere that listeners have?

In other words, non-acoustic variables should be taken into account too 
when evaluating a sonic environment: personal characteristics and 
circumstances (sound sensitivity, attitudes, expectations), situational 
aspects (the number of sound sources, the presence or absence of silent 
spaces), and contextual variables (how authorities react to possible 
complaints).

This session is organized as a spatial-temporal event where presenters 
and audience can discuss the complexity of analyzing and (re)designing a 
sonic environment. Potential topics may include but are not restricted to:

-Rethinking noise

-The socio-political dimensions of sonic spaces

-The role of sound art in transforming a sonic space

-Affective tonalities

-Sonic commons

-The ethics of sound

-The policy of frequency and vibrational forces (including infra- and 
ultrasound)

All abstracts (max. 500 words) for this session must be send as either a 
Word file or a PDF to (noise /at/ sonicstudies.org) 
<mailto:(noise /at/ sonicstudies.org)>. Deadline for abstract submission is 
November 15, 2018. Abstract acceptance notice will be sent to the 
authors by the end of December 2018 via e-mail.

The congress fees (including 21% VAT):

- Early Full Delegate: 575,00 EUR

- Early Student: 180,00 EUR

- Accompanying Persons: 150,00 EUR

- Extra Paper: 100,00 EUR


Important deadlines:

-Abstract submission Deadline by November 15, 2018 (which must be send 
to noise@sonicstudies .org!)

-Manuscript Submission Deadline by March 1, 2019

-Early Registration Deadline May 15, 2019


For further information please visit the congress website: 
www.internoise2019.org <http://www.internoise2019.org/>

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