Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Call for Presentations
Midlands Sound Research Group and Sound Journal

SOUNDING OUT 2

8-10. July. 2004 University of Nottingham

Following the success of the first Sounding Out event in July 2002, the Midlands Sound Research Group and Alan Beck, editor of Sound Journal, are pleased to announce a second International Conference on the practices and theories of sound.

This event aims to promote links and dialogue between practitioners, students and academics concerned with SOUND as communication, entertainment and creative practice across converging media: including film, radio, television, electro-acoustic music, new digital media, computer games.

Proposals for illustrated presentations (15 mins talk, 5 mins examples) are invited in three key areas (detailed overleaf):

Voice
Audiences & Sound
Cultural Identities

Please send abstracts of no more than 150 words by 29 February to SOUNDING OUT 2, Institute of Film Studies, Nottingham University, NG7 2RD.

For information & updates visit our website at:
http://www.soundfile.org/sound
or email: info@soundfile.org
or write to SOUNDING OUT 2, School of Arts, Media and Design, Staffordshire University, College Road, Stoke on Trent, ST4 2DE.
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The Midlands Sound Research Group is based at Staffordshire University and the University of Nottingham. It is committed to researching all aspects
of Sound as a source of communication and creative expression across traditional and new digital media.