[ANPPOM-Lista] Proceedings of Sonologia 2016: Out of Phase
Carlos Palombini
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Ter Nov 14 12:36:14 BRST 2017
Sonologia 2016 - Out of Phase, an international sound studies conference,
happened between
the 22nd to the 25th of November 2016. The event was organised by NuSom --
the Research Centre
on Sonology (School of Communications and Arts, University of São Paulo)
and hosted by the Sesc
São Paulo -- Centro de Pesquisa e Formação. The event gathered great
interest, both locally and
abroad, with more than 160 paper submissions. Overall, we selected 41
presentations from 14 different
countries and coming from a wide array of backgrounds: anthropology;
musicology and music
composition; philosophy; literature; architecture; film and gender studies;
sound art; music technology;
acoustic ecology.
This type of diversity was encouraged through our CfP, whereas for the
selection of the aformentioned
works we adopted a curatorial process.The reasoning for this was twofold.
Firstly, epistemological.
We were looking for works that reflected a purposeful connection between
what we deem the
‘particular’ (i.e, case studies, artwork, communities/places or tools) and
the ‘general’ (i.e., theory, context,
historical and political setting). Secondly, representativity was a big
issue for us and this is outlined
through the ‘out of phase’ metaphor. We were looking for discourses outside
the mainstream
‘sound studies’ discussion, but also coming from a more diverse setting
(country of origin and gender).
Overall, we felt that it was high time to promote work done both nationally
and in Latin America: establishing
fruitful dialogues with researchers coming from other parts of the world;
while creating a
platform for an interdisciplinary and critical conversation between the
participants. Therefore, it
wouldn’t be interesting to follow a more traditional model of selection
based merely on a quantitative
approach. The above strategic purview extended to the organization and
selection of the 4 keynote
speakers (in order of presentation) Rodolfo Caesar, Georgina Born,
Alejandra Bronfmann and Cathy
Lane (see pages 9--10) and the three panels (see pages 11--13).
It is portanto to state and contextualize that ‘sound studies’ is one of
the many nodes that might
constitute the field of research that is ‘sonology’ (locally called
‘sonologia’). We invite you to read
through Rodolfo Caesar’s brief text (see pages 306-307) that offers a
personal, but also historical outline
of the area. Sonologia has been the main focus of work for NuSom since
2002, having developed
several research and artistic projects. These endeavours revolve around
experimental and electroacoustic
music; room acoustics; computer music and also sound studies. We’ve also
been busy in
organizing other international events before Sonologia 2016. The final
stage regarding the organization
of Sonologia 2016 -- Out of Phase is to publish the selected papers. This
is done through these
proceedings, but we’ve also selected a smaller number of authors to
participate in a peer reviewed
process for the Interference Audio Journal. This special edition,
guest-edited by Fernando Iazzetta,
Lílian Campesato and Rui Chaves will be published in November 2017. The
papers selected will have
only their title and abstract published in these proceedings (unless
otherwise noted).
As a final note, we wish to thank: all of the participants and attendees
for their presentations and
critical insight; the keynote speakers for producing such stimulating talks
and for sparing their precious
time with us; and the incredible team of volunteers that made the event a
much smoother endeavour.
We want to specially thank the support given by Sesc São Paulo -- Centro de
Pesquisa e
Formação and FAPESP (Fundação de Pesquisa e Amparo de São Paulo). It is our
desire to continue
this work in the coming years, so keep you ears open for other editions of
Sonologia.
Fernando Iazzetta
Lílian Campesato
Rui Chaves
http://www2.eca.usp.br/sonologia/proceedings
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