[Commlist] CFP: Journal of Sonic Studies - Sound Studies, Soundscapes, and Sound Art of the Balkans

Journal of Sonic Studies - Call for Papers: Sound Studies, Soundscapes, 
and Sound Art of the Balkans

City sounds and sounds of nature; sounds of progress and nostalgic 
sounds; sounds of revolution and change, and sounds of restauration; 
sounds deliberately produced or emerging unintentionally, serving a 
disciplinary function or expressing forms of freedom; musical as well as 
non-musical (functional) sounds; sounds of war and sounds of friendship.



How do the Balkans sound? How can their sonic ambiances be 
characterized? What can be heard there? How should we listen to them, 
experience them, affect and be affected by them? What is their 
political, social, religious, ethical, economic, aesthetic influence or 
meaning? How do Balkan sound artists respond to these influences and 
meanings? How are sound studies developing in South-Eastern Europe?



The Journal of Sonic Studies is searching for scholarly and artistic 
contributions that deal with the connections and relationships between 
the history, culture, society, and politics of the Balkan countries and 
the production, distribution, and reception of sounds, noises, and 
silence. The broader aim of this special issue is to establish “sound” 
as an analytical category that provides us with challenging perspectives 
on and a new understanding of this part of Europe. Therefore, our call 
does not focus on a particular historical period or research 
methodology, but seeks to bring together scholars and artist-researchers 
who share an interest in Balkan sound studies, soundscapes, and/or sound 
art.



Themes for submission may include but are not limited to:

-       The sonic identity of any Balkan space

-       Differences between various Balkan soundscapes or differences 
with West-European soundscapes

-       Balkan (contemporary) sound art

-       The role, position, and function of music in contemporary 
South-East European societies

-       Sonic histories of the Balkans

-       Listening cultures of Balkan countries

-       Politics of sounds or the sounds of politics in the Balkans

-       The role of silence in Balkan societies and/or discourses

-       The role of sounds in Balkan religious practices

-       Rural “versus” urban soundscapes in Balkan countries

Guest editor

The Croatian musicologist Diana Grguric will act as guest editor of this 
special issue.

Deadline

Potential contributors are invited to submit completed essays by January 
10, 2021.

For more information, or to submit an “exposition”, please contact 
Marcel Cobussen ((MA.Cobussen /at/ hum.leidenuniv.nl)) and/or Diana Grguric 
((dgrguric /at/ ffri.hr))

The Journal of Sonic Studies is a peer-reviewed, online, open access 
journal providing a platform for theorists and artist-researchers who 
would like to present relevant work regarding auditory cultures, to 
further our collective understanding of the impact and importance of 
sound for our cultures. The editors welcome scholarly as well as 
artistic research and also expect all contributions to have a firm 
theoretical grounding. Priority is given to contributions that 
explicitly use the Internet as a medium, e.g. by inserting A/V 
materials, hyperlinks, and the use of non-conventional structures. JSS 
invites potential contributors to use the Research Catalogue as the 
platform in which the submission is presented (see 
http://www.researchcatalogue.net/). Other submission guidelines can be 
found at sonicstudies.org/guidelines.

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