isaScience23 Flyer © Annija Česka
isaScience23 Flyer © Annija Česka
isaScience Conference
isaScience is mdw's international conference for interdisciplinary research on music and performing arts. We invite scholars, artists, and activists from various disciplinary backgrounds and academic levels to join the discourse on isa's annual thematic focus. Since 2013 isaScience is part of isa, the international summer academy of mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria.
Sonic Ties: Rethinking Communities and Collectives
26-30 August 2023, Reichenau/Rax, Austria and online
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Keynote Lectures by
- Srđan Atanasovski, Institute of Musicology SASA, Belgrade
- Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier, University of Victoria
- Sumanth Gopinath, University of Minnesota
- Ana Hofman, ZRC SAZU Institute of Culture and Memory Studies, Ljubljana
Sound and social relations are tightly interwoven and oftentimes contingent upon each other. ‘Sonic Ties’ offers a lens through which to study the qualities of connection and intersubjectivity that arise through sound. isaScience 2023 explores ‘Sonic Ties’ as a central mode of sharing communality and experiencing collectivity through music, dance, and other phenomena of performance and cultural expression.
By focusing on this specific mode of relating the sonic and the social, mdw’s interdisciplinary, international conference investigates how sound shapes collectives and communities in different societal, historical, and geopolitical contexts, and the ways in which these sonic ties reflect back on the individuals involved. Looking at communities and collectives from social movements to musical ensembles, from ethnic communities to artist collectives, isaScience 2023 seeks to investigate the entanglements of sound and power relations. What are the different forms and degrees of sonic participation and to what extent are they tied to local or globalized experiences?
Academic Board: Andrea Glauser, Marko Kölbl, Stephanie Probst
Registration is free of charge. Complementary funding for travel and accommodation costs is available after acceptance of the proposal on a case-by-case basis.
mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna covers lunch and coffee breaks on-site.
Contact: Kathrin Heinrich, isascience@mdw.ac.at
Organisation: Kathrin Heinrich, Valerie Gföhler, Therese Kaufmann
Websites: https://www.isa-music.org/de/isascience/
Contact
Kathrin Heinrich, MA
Research Support
Tel: +43 1 711 55-6115
isascience@mdw.ac.at
Registration for isascience2023