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Sound Studies: Mapping the Field

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Call for papers
Sound Studies: Mapping the Field
2nd European Sound Studies Association (ESSA) Conference
Copenhagen
27-29 June 2014

In 2005, radio scholar Michele Hilmes raised the question whether there was a field called Sound Culture Studies? Her answer was a cautious “yes, there is a field”. We agree, even though it has become increasingly difficult, even for an avid reader, to have a genuine feeling of a single field of sound studies. We see developments that call for institutional change within the academy. And outside academia we witness a growing interest for sound artworks, sound archives, sound designs, audio books, etc. All these examples testify to a vivid, exiting, and rapidly changing field or fields of sound studies. Continue reading →

Intersections of the Popular and the Sacred in Youth Cultures

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Holy Crap!
Intersections of the Popular and the Sacred in Youth Cultures
28–29 August 2014
Helsinki, Finland

Holy Crap! is an international conference organised by the Finnish Youth Research Society and Network, focusing on the interrelations between popular culture, youth and the sacred. The conference aims at interrogating understandings of popular and youth cultures in relation to the contested phenomena of (post)secularisation, re-enchantment and the emergence of alternative spiritualities. Continue reading →

Assistant Professor of Music

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Assistant Professor of Music (Performance and Music Theory)
Ramapo College of New Jersey
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Ramapo College of New Jersey invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Music in the School of Contemporary Arts to begin Fall 2014. The ideal candidate will lead instrumental music performance courses and develop ensembles as well as teach all levels of Musicianship, Music Theory, Songwriting and Improvisation. The ability to teach core courses for students seeking Teacher Certification or courses in the Music Industry concentration is also desirable. The Music program at Ramapo is oriented toward contemporary music; therefore fluency in diverse contemporary practices including popular, rock, hip-hop, electronic and jazz, in addition to traditional Western music, is required. Keyboard proficiency is required and expertise on guitar is desired.

Cyphers: Hip Hop and Improvisation

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Cyphers: Hip Hop and Improvisation
Critical Studies in Improvisation

Critical Studies in Improvisation / Études critiques en improvisation invites submissions for a special issue with the theme “Cyphers: Hip Hop and Improvisation”, guest-edited by Rebecca Caines and Paul Watkins. This special issue of CSI will draw together artists and academics to investigate the crucial role improvisation plays in the international field of Hip Hop, and in the related field of critical Hip Hop studies. We seek contributions from artist/practitioners and from scholars working across the disciplines. Continue reading →

Music, Politics and Dictatorships in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula During the 20th Century

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Music, Politics and Dictatorships in Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula During the 20th Century
Resonancias – A music research journal
Deadline: 17 January 2014

Recently there has been an expanded interest in the connections between music making and the political life that Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries experienced under the authoritarian regimes of the 20th century. This concern has been expressed in a critical analysis of the topics and methodologies traditionally used to tackle the relationship between music and politics. Among the topics that have marked a turning point in the intersection between the social sciences, the humanities and music research are: the “industry’s” appropriation of music for political ends; the changes in the legal frameworks advanced by local cultural politics; the clandestine lives of politicized musicians, and the activities of resistance in which they participated. Furthermore, the connections between theatre, dance and film, and the role of television in legitimizing symbolic violence against political dissidence (as well as the social effects of such violence) have begun to be studied in order to understand the role of music in political contexts — not to mention how social memory and forgiveness have been currently addressed in ongoing post-dictatorial times. Continue reading →

Assistant Professor in Musicology

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Assistant Professor in Musicology
African American Studies Department
College of Arts & Sciences
Syracuse University

The Department of African American Studies at Syracuse University seeks a scholar with training as a musicologist, centered in Black Studies, for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. Candidates for the position must hold either a PhD or an equivalent terminal degree. Applicants must be grounded in the history, theory, practice and performance of African American musical heritages, including jazz, blues, spirituals, work songs, and hip-hop. Continue reading →