Call for (Audio) Papers: Sound and the More-Than-Human Worlds, Seismograf Peer
Call for (Audio) Papers: Sound and the More-Than-Human Worlds
Seismograf Peer
Abstract deadline: 1 October 2024
Seismograf Peer invites proposals for audio papers (see below for outline and forms of audio paper, etc.) exploring how sound mediates relations with the human and the more-than-human worlds. As such, we intend a wide range of interpretations as to what the more-than-human is, not limiting the definition to other animals, but embracing all kinds of living and non-living phenomena. A focus on the more-than-human also affords a decentering of the anthropocentric bias of much traditional scholarship. This may entail approaches that include animist beliefs as well as a wide range of artistic practices and research methods. Proposals may address, but should not be limited to, topics such as
listening practices
inter-species communication
acoustic ecology and bioacoustics
animism
technologies and AI
mythologies of the more-than-human
inter-subjective relations with non-human as well as human beings
psychogeographies
narratives and art related to climate change and ecosystems
urban soundscapes
place-making, including participatory and autoethnographic approaches.
We welcome proposals building on various kinds of knowledge production across the arts and sciences, which may address the role of sound from historical, creative, and socio-cultural perspectives.
Audio papers could build on field-recordings or pre-existing artistic work, such as sound walks, radiophonic art works, audio documentary, site-specific art and installations, in combination with theoretical perspectives, and shall critically and creatively interrogate the boundaries between artistic and academic practices. Proposals may explore the specific epistemologies of sonic as opposed to written forms of presentation. Papers should critically engage, where relevant, with post-colonial and indigenous perspectives related to the more-than-human, opening routes to a decolonization of knowledge.
Editors of special issue
Stefan Östersjö
Professor of Music Performance and head of subject at Piteå School of Music, Luleå University of Technology
stefan.ostersjo[at]ltu.se
Bennett Hogg
Senior Lecturer in Music at Newcastle University, UK .
bennett.hogg[at]newcastle.ac.uk
Federico Visi
Assistant lecturer at Luleå University of Technology
federico.visi[at]associated.ltu.se
Halla Steinunn Stefánsdóttir
Postdoctoral fellow at the Intelligent Instruments Lab at the University of Iceland
hallasteinunn[at]gmail.com
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR AUDIO PAPERS
ABSTRACT
Deadline
October 1, 2024
Required elements
Audio abstract, 60-90 sec.
Written abstract, 150-200 words
Bibliography
Biographies for all authors
Please transfer / send audio file (MP3) and the abstract file including bibliography and biography (Word) to peer[at]seismograf.org
Editorial response
After editorial review of the received abstracts, a selection of authors will be invited to send in audio papers.
AUDIO PAPER
Deadline
December 16, 2024
Required elements
Audio paper, length 12-15 minutes
Written abstract, 150-200 words
Bibliography, Style guide: Harvard Standard
Biographies for all authors, max. 100 words for each author. Portraits are welcome, but optional (please include photo credit)
FORMAT OF THE AUDIO PAPER
The audio paper is a 12-15 minute-long audio production presenting a research question or focus. The audio paper combines speech and narratives with “sonic argumentation” which can be composed through sound recordings, sound productions or any other sound practices, voice practices, the audible use of one’s body, everyday tools, gadgets, musical instruments, computer software or all kinds of objects and agents. All audio papers are being peer reviewed by reviewers within the given field. The reviewers are asked to assess after these guidelines: A clear and contextualized research question / focus of exploration; a clear and vivid argumentation and exploration of the research question / focus; meaningful and original use of sound as medium and content to support, present and anesthetize the argumentation; coherence between dramaturgical composition (tempo, density, narrative structure) and content; appropriate references in the accompanying text (abstract and bibliography) and/or in the audio production.
Please visit seismograf.org/fokus/fluid-sounds for further thoughts on and examples of audio papers.
All submissions will undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Submitted contributions must be original and not have been previously published or submitted elsewhere during the review process.
SUBMISSION
Please send/transfer the audio paper file (MP3) with the abstract file including bibliography and biography (Word) to peer[at]seismograf.org no later than December 16, 2024
ABOUT SEISMOGRAF PEER
Seismograf Peer is a peer-reviewed online platform devoted to practical and theoretical issues in relation to contemporary music and sound art. Seismograf Peer covers a broad range of topics including sonic materialities, modes of listening, philosophy of sound and music, aesthetics, technology and audiovisuality as well as performative, curatorial and archival matters related to the sonic arts.
Seismograf Peer encourages a wide spread of methodologies and theoretical discourses, ranging from the more established academic approaches such as sound studies, musicology, cultural studies and performance studies to artistic research, practice-based research, artist writing and media archaeology.
Seismograf Peer is hosted by Seismograf, a Danish magazine with a long and proud tradition of publishing essays, interviews and reviews by music journalists and critics as well as academics and composers, acting as an inspiring and important platform within the field. Seismograf Peer is a natural development of this tradition, acknowledging the demands of publication within universities, music academies and art schools.