sound studies

  • Listening as Witnessing

    Listening as Witnessing

    Witnessing is a new inter- and multi-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal, launching with a special issue on listening, co-edited by Brandon LaBelle and Anna Papaeti. “This special issue draws on a selection of papers given at two international symposia organized in the…

  • Chronic Sonics

    Chronic Sonics

    Sonic Warfare is still a main reference for many of us around here. Now more than ever, Steve Goodman’s theories are relevant, as the audiovisual machine expands dramatically. Urbanomic will be releasing (March) a new Goodman’s text entitled “Notes on…

  • ECOES #8

    ECOES #8

    Ecoes is a magazine by Sonic Acts “rooted in environmental concerns and investigates how auditory practices shape our understanding of contemporary worlds — human and nonhuman.” Here’s the information for the 8th issue, which you can buy at Sonic Acts: In…

  • Sonic Acts Biennial 2026: Melted for Love

    Sonic Acts Biennial 2026: Melted for Love

    Sonic Acts Biennial 2026: Melted for Love “Taking place in Amsterdam from 5 February to 29 March 2026 – with the intensive festival weekend running from 26 February to 1 March – the Sonic Acts Biennial, Melted for Love is spread across…

  • Literature as Sound Studies

    Literature as Sound Studies

    New book at Bloomsbury edited by yasser elhariry and Liesl Yamaguchi. “Literature as Sound Studies identifies literature as a site of sonic invention and reconfiguration, contributing a range of terms, models, and methods for attending to sound. Considering literary works drawn…

  • Call for Papers @ JSS: Radical Organizing

    Call for Papers @ JSS: Radical Organizing

    The Journal of Sonic Studies (JSS) has a new call for contributions to a special issue addressing radical organizing and sonic practice. Here’s the full info: A “radicle” is the first part of a seedling to emerge, the beginnings of…