LLC10: Sound and Media

Collaborative Goals

Our Working Group has three main goals. First, we will organize regular workshops, meetups, presentations, and scholarly discussions centered on new and ongoing projects in the field. Such online and in-person gatherings will create structured opportunities for creative exchange and critical feedback. Second, as an outgrowth of these regular activities, we will work to bridge disciplinary divides by connecting scholars with complementary interests who might otherwise not be in regular contact. Finally, we will use these activities and gatherings to actively develop and support members' individual and collaborative projects.

We have a multi-pronged approach to realize these collaborative goals in the year ahead. This includes holding a monthly series of virtual meetups where group members can share work-in-progress and receive feedback from their peers. The sustained dialogue afforded through this monthly series will be further supplemented by three targeted, in-person events, which will address how sound and media studies can respond to questions of ecological sustainability (Event 1), global catastrophe (Event 2), and emergent practices / pedagogies around music technologies (Event 3). Finally, at the end of AY25-26, the Working Group will hold a meeting (Event 4) to reflect on its activities and relay its efforts into planning a larger three-day conference to be held at Eastman in AY26-27. In addition to invited keynotes and research presentations, we intend for the conference to feature round-table panels, workshops, and concerts. We anticipate this conference will be a “signature event” for the CNY Working Group, and we intend to feature work by some of the most imminent researchers and practitioners in the areas of sound, culture, and media art.