From: Missionário José
Date: 2012/2/6
Subject: Call for papers: IV Seminar – Music Science Technology:
Frontiers and Ruptures
The Organizing Committee of the IV Seminar – Music Science Technology:
Frontiers and Ruptures, to be held from 2th to 4th of July 2012 at the
Music Department of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, invites the
submission of proposals in the form of expanded abstracts.
The seminar is proposed as an opportunity to discuss the relationship
between music, science and technology, regarding not only its
technical aspects, but also their aesthetic, creative and
sociocultural relations. Papers should preferably, but not
exclusively, be directed to the following topics:
a.) technological mediation and its implications for listening and
composition
b.) experimental art processes
c.) the notion of liveness
d.) interactive musical systems
e.) improvisation and experimentation in music
f.) the use of technological tools and the socialization of music
creation
g.) aesthetic and political aspects of contemporary music creation
h.) the expansion of means and spaces for music production
i.) analytical and critical perspectives on the music production
mediated by technologies
j.) ubiquitous music and music made on digital networks
k.) questions related to musical acoustics and sound perception
Important Dates
Deadline for submission: April 2, 2012
Notification of acceptance: May 8, 2012
Full paper submission: June 2, 2012
For more information, please visit the Seminar’s webpage:
http://www.eca.usp.br/mobile/smct2012/index_en.htm
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