[ANPPOM-Lista] Proceedings of Sonologia 2016: Out of Phase

Carlos Palombini cpalombini em gmail.com
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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