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<TITLE>2nd Call: Conference on Sound, Media and the Environment, July 25-28, 2012</TITLE>
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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'>You are invited to submit your scholarly, scientific and artistic <B>proposals on sound related topics and issues</B>.<BR>
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The Global Composition<BR>
Conference on Sound, Media and the Environment<BR>
</B>Darmstadt/Media Campus Dieburg (Hochschule Darmstadt), July 25-28, 2012 (near Frankfurt Airport)<BR>
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<B>Info: </B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/index.html">http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/index.html</a><BR>
</U></FONT><B>Call: </B><FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U><a href="http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/call.html">http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/call.html</a><BR>
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Deadline for submission: <B>March 1, 2012<BR>
</B>Notification: <B>April 20, 2012<BR>
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<B>Proposals </B>are invited for papers/posters, workshops, roundtable discussions, applied and artistic contributions, <B>relating, but not limited</B> to the conference’s main topics. <BR>
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Suggested <B>topics </B>are:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><UL><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'>the idea of a collaborative and sustainable macro-soundscape or global composition
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'>sound design/soundscape design/soundscape creation
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'>influencing environmental sound – environmental sounds’ influences
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'>methods of perceiving/analyzing/creating/reconstructing soundscapes
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'>the role of technology and media in enhancing/obstructing sound(scape) awareness and critical listening
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'>(media) ecological approaches as the basis for listening cultures
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'>pedagogical aspects of listening
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'>media aeshetic/media cultural education and listening
</SPAN></FONT><LI><FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11.0px'>recent research on environmental sound, acoustic ecology and related issues<BR>
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Please, send your abstracts for papers/posters, workshops, roundtable discussions etc. & proposals for compositions or other artistic contributions <B>until March 1, 2012</B>. All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by the conference’s committees. <BR>
<B>Committee members:</B> <a href="http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/commitees.html">http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/commitees.html</a><BR>
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For the <B>conference proceedings</B> the finalized papers should be submitted by <B>June 26, 2012.<BR>
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</B>Confirmed <B>Keynote presenters</B> are so far: Bill Fontana, R. Murray Schafer, Hildegard Westerkamp et al.<BR>
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Providing a specially positioned “Next Generation”-thread, the conference is very interested, to create a forum for young scholars, scientists, artists as well as for students, and encourages them to send in their proposals. <BR>
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Please note, that our venue is situated <B>not far from Frankfurt airport </B>in beautiful historic surroundings, providing not only the productive frame for an interesting conference, but also <B>attractive landscapes, very good wine, culinary highlights</B>, therefore good conditions for exchange and conviviality. All this makes, too, a central starting point for your summerbreak, be it locally, nationally or internationally. <BR>
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We hope to welcome you in summer on our Media Campus Dieburg.<BR>
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Best,<BR>
Sabine Breitsameter & Claudia Söller-Eckert<BR>
Conference Project Direction<BR>
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Contact for general information: fabienne.rudolph@stud.h-da.de<BR>
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<I>The conference is supported by the “Understanding Canada”-programme/Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Embassy of Canada Berlin, in collaboration with Darmstädter Ferienkurse/Darmstadt Summercourse, Cork Institute of Technology/School of Music, Ireland and endorsed by the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology.</I></SPAN></FONT>
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