sound studies
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Gender of Sound
Silver Press keeps expanding its sonic gem catalog. After Quantum Listening and Bodies of Sound, they published The Gender of Sound, by Anne Carson. Human history is filled with unacceptable sounds: high-pitched voices, gossip, talkativeness, hysteria, wailing and ritual shouts.…
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Poetics of Listening
New book: Poetcis of Listening by Brandon LaBelle @ Bloomsbury “In Poetics of Listening, renowned sound studies scholar Brandon LaBelle brings critical attention to listening as a practice, one that can wield significant impact onto individual, interpersonal and community wellbeing. From…
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Bodies of Sound: Becoming a Feminist Ear
Bodies of Sound greatly contribute to sound studies with 220 pages in which dozens of feminist voices speak, encounter, resonate, and radically listen. Edited by Irene Revell and Sarah Shin and to be published November 12th this year by Silver…