(((( LivingStereo) ) ) ) History, Culture, Multichannel Sound A Symposium organized by the Sound Studies Group, Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art & Culture Carleton University, Ottawa March 9 – 11, 2012 Keynote speakers: Dr. Jonathan Sterne (McGill University) Dr. Tim J. Anderson (Old Dominion University) This conference is about the history and [...]
Sounding the Nation? Diaspora, Indigeneity, and Multiculturalism IASPM-Canada Annual Conference Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia June 14 – 17, 2012 PDF (in English) What does a critical examination of diaspora offer to our understanding of popular music in the multicultural settler nation of Canada? Over the past twenty years, the term diaspora has proliferated as [...]
DJ Culture in the Mix: Power, Technology, and Social Change in Electronic Dance Music Contributions are sought for an interdisciplinary collection of original essays focused on DJ cultures, expanding on the special DJ-culture issue of Dancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture. In order to stimulate a rich understanding of DJ cultures, this edited volume [...]
Félicitations à Eric Smialek de l’Université Mcgill, le nouveau représentant des étudiants/tes aux cycles supérieurs d’IASPM-CA! Smialek a reçu la majorité des suffrages durant la période de vote. Même si le quorum (deux-tiers des membres) n’a pas été atteint durant l’élection, 52% des membres ont voté et l’exécutif d’IASPM-Canada a entériné la décision, selon les [...]
PopMatters is planning a series of features commemorating 1991, looking at the big picture as well as some of the details that have been relegated to the dustbin of history. Pitch Deadline: 29 July 2011 Final Deadline: 19 August 2011 It goes without saying that 1991 has gone into the history books as a turning [...]