[Discussion] Sounding Out 2: Sound in the Media (UK) ( 7/8/04-7/10/04)

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Midlands Sound Research Group and Sound Journal
Call for Presentations (deadline: 10 March 2004)

SOUNDING OUT 2 - An International Symposium on Sound in the Media

8-10. July. 2004 - University of Nottingham

Confirmed speakers include:
 - Ioan Allen (Academy Award recipient, vice-president Dolby Laboratories)
 - Anne Karpf (Author and Writer, The Guardian newspaper)
 - Kate Rowland (BBC Creative Director, New Writing)
 - Moufida Tlatli (Award winning filmmaker)

Following the success of the first Sounding Out event in July 2002, the 
Midlands Sound Research Group and Alan Beck, editor of Sound Journal, 
are pleased to announce a second International Conference on the 
practices and theories of sound.

This event aims to promote links and dialogue between practitioners, 
students and academics concerned with SOUND as communication, 
entertainment and creative practice across converging media: including 
film, radio, television, electro-acoustic music, new digital media, 
computer games.

Proposals for illustrated presentations (15 mins talk, 5 mins examples) 
are invited in three key areas:
 - Voice
 - Audiences & Sound
 - Cultural Identities

Please send abstracts of no more than 150 words by 10 March to:
SOUNDING OUT 2, Institute of Film Studies, University Park, University 
of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.

For information, conference schedule, updates, news of 'Sounding Out 
Nottingham' competition, and student caucus, please visit our website 
at: http://www.soundfile.org/sound
email: info@soundfile.org
or write to SOUNDING OUT 2, Institute of Film Studies, University Park, 
University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, United Kingdom.
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The Midlands Sound Research Group is based at Staffordshire University 
and the University of Nottingham. It is committed to researching all 
aspects of Sound as a source of communication and creative expression 
across traditional and new digital media.