Big Sounds from Small Places
IASPM Canada Annual
Conference 2020 Call For Papers
Cape Breton University: Sydney, Nova Scotia
12 – 14 June 2020
Submission Deadline: 15 December 2019
As we enter into a new decade it’s apt to question our
place in the world. Almost sixty years ago, Marshall McLuhan notably coined the
term Global Village to refer to the global spread of media
content and consumption, and yet Canada still struggles with its position in
the world as an imposing landmass with a relatively small population, and how
that influences where and how its cultural texts are encountered. This
conference seeks to address the concept of voice and sound as
tied to space and place, in the broadest sense. In regards to popular music in
Canada, we have established a strong identity, but one that is often defined in
opposition to our more vocal neighbours to the South. As we continuously define
and redefine Canadian cultural identity, and cultural outputs, this conference
questions how our musical landscape has historically adapted, and will continue
to adapt, to an increasingly globalized environment.
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