[microsound-announce] Conference Call: Sound, Media and the Environment, July 25-28, 2012

[Eric Leonardson]

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You are invited to submit your scholarly, scientific and/or artistic 
*proposals on sound related topics and issues*.
*
The Global Composition
Conference on Sound, Media and the Environment
*Darmstadt/Media Campus Dieburg (Hochschule Darmstadt), July 25-28, 2012 
(near Frankfurt Airport)

*Info: *_http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/index.html
_*Call: *_http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/call.html
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Deadline for submission: *March 1, 2012
*Notification: *April 20, 2012
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*Proposals *are invited for papers/posters, workshops, roundtable 
discussions, applied and artistic contributions, *relating, but not 
limited* to the conference’s main topics.

Suggested *topics *are:

  * the idea of a collaborative and sustainable macro-soundscape or
    global composition
  * sound design/soundscape design/soundscape creation
  * influencing environmental sound – environmental sounds’ influences
  * methods of perceiving/analyzing/creating/reconstructing soundscapes
  * the role of technology and media in enhancing/obstructing
    sound(scape) awareness and critical listening
  * (media) ecological approaches as the basis for listening cultures
  * pedagogical aspects of listening
  * media aeshetic/media cultural education and listening
  * recent research on environmental sound, acoustic ecology and related
    issues


Please, send your abstracts for papers/posters, workshops, roundtable 
discussions etc. & proposals for compositions or other artistic 
contributions *until March 1, 2012*. All submissions will be anonymously 
reviewed by the conference’s committees.
*Committee members:* 
http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/commitees.html

For the *conference proceedings* the finalized papers should be 
submitted by *June 26, 2012.

*Confirmed *Keynote presenters* are so far: Bill Fontana, R. Murray 
Schafer, Hildegard Westerkamp et al.

Providing a specially positioned “Next Generation”-thread, the 
conference is very interested, to create a forum for young scholars, 
scientists, artists as well as for students, and encourages them to send 
in their proposals.

Please note, that our venue is situated *not far from Frankfurt airport 
*in beautiful historic surroundings, providing not only the productive 
frame for an interesting conference, but also *attractive landscapes, 
very good wine, culinary highlights*, therefore good conditions for 
exchange and conviviality. All this makes, too, a central starting point 
for your summerbreak, be it locally, nationally or internationally.

We hope to welcome you in summer on our Media Campus Dieburg.

Best,
Sabine Breitsameter & Claudia Söller-Eckert
Conference Project Direction

Contact for general information: fabienne.rudolph at stud.h-da.de

/The conference is supported by  the “Understanding 
Canada”-programme/Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and 
International Trade and the Embassy of Canada Berlin,  in collaboration 
with Darmstädter Ferienkurse/Darmstadt Summercourse, Cork Institute of 
Technology/School of Music, Ireland and endorsed by the World Forum for 
Acoustic Ecology./

-- 
Eric Leonardson, President
American Society for Acoustic Ecology
Founder, Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology
Executive Director, World Listening Project
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