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Hi all,

Sharing this article in case it may be of interest–

“Sounding Out the Personal Archive” by anthropologist Claudia Câmpeanu and sound artist Mara Mãrãcinescu
http://martor.muzeultaranuluiroman.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/martor24_09_Campeanu_Maracinescu.pdf

From the abstract:
“This paper is about working with archives—finding, acce…[Read more]

Hi all,
I started a new blog on anthropology PhD-ing. I wrote this post thinking it would be useful to share with others doing ethnographic research, and it links out to a few interesting readings that speak to sensory ethnography and research with sounds (by Anderson, Chandras, Conquergood, de Seta, and Stainova), so thought I’d share here:
“On…[Read more]

Hi all,

I came across this upcoming lecture at the NYU Hemsipheric Institute and thought I’d share— it seems to speak to various themes regarding sound studies and archiving. It’s a lecture by Karen Jaime on “Documenting Performance: Queer Nuyorican Archival Poetics” on Thursday, March 14 from 12:30-2:00pm.

More details and info here.…[Read more]

Hi all,

I just came across this very interesting call for papers for an event coming up albeit far away in Vancouver, Canada, but thought I’d share nonetheless:

The inaugural SpokenWeb Conference, Resonant Practices in Communities of Sound, from May 30-31, 2019. Deadline is February 15th, 2019.

More info…[Read more]

*Apologies for cross-posting*

Hi all,

I’m writing to share a job opportunity on behalf of Prof. Zeynep Gürsel– please see the job description below and in the PDF attached. Please share widely! And you may write Prof. Gürsel ([email protected]) directly with any questions.

All best,

Kelsey

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Job title: Web Application D…[Read more]

Hi all,

This Wednesday, December 12th, the Center for the Humanities at the GC is hosting “Listening with Radical Empathy: A Listening Party!” from 6:00-8:00 PM in the GC Skylight Room (9100). The event is hosted by a group of artists and scholars from The Laundromat Project and the CUNY community, participating in a semester-long Center for the…[Read more]

Hi all,

Next Wednesday, December 5th, the NYU Department of Cinema Studies is hosting an event on “Field Recording and Documentary Sound: Practice, Ethics, and Aesthetics,” featuring filmmakers and sound artists Stephanie Spray, Joshua Bonnetta, and Ernst Karel. More info below.

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Sharing from Cinema Studies at NYU’s Facebook event:

Field…[Read more]

Hi all,

I’m writing to share a grant opportunity for current PhD students at The Graduate Center, CUNY, to provide up to $1000 to $6000 of funding for: training or travel related to developing a digital skill, digital pedagogy, or theoretical knowledge about a digital topic (e.g. a course at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute); or to start…[Read more]