acoustemology

  • Towards a “New” Sonic Ecology, Lecture by Marcel Cobussen

    Towards a “New” Sonic Ecology, Lecture by Marcel Cobussen

    In his inaugural lecture as as professor in Auditory Culture at the University of Leiden, Marcel Cobussen, researcher, founder of the Journal of Sonic Studies and recently co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Sounding Art, exposed a fascinating idea around…

  • Sound: An Acoulogical Treatise, New Book by Michel Chion

    Sound: An Acoulogical Treatise, New Book by Michel Chion

    Duke University Press has announced the arrival of Sound: An Acoulogical Treatise, the first English translation of Michel Chion‘s Le Son book, originally published in French in 1998 and revised in 2010, where the author explores a wide variety of…

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    Keywords in Sound David Novak & Matt Sakakeeny In twenty essays on subjects such as noise, acoustics, music, and silence, Keywords in Sound presents a definitive resource for sound studies, and a compelling argument for why studying sound matters. Each…

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    Hearing History: A Reader Mark Smith Hearing History is a long-needed introduction to the basic tenets of what is variously termed historical acoustemology, auditory culture, or aural history. Gathering twenty-one of the field’s most important writings, this volume will deepen…

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    Keywords in Sound David Novak & Matt Sakakeeny In twenty essays on subjects such as noise, acoustics, music, and silence, Keywords in Sound presents a definitive resource for sound studies, and a compelling argument for why studying sound matters. Each…

  • Sound Art Matters 2016, Conference, Call for Papers

    Aarhus University in Denmark has announced Sound Art Matters 2016, an international sound art conference to happen in June 1 to 4 next year. They have also opened a call for papers in several fields of research and various forms…