Conferences
29–30 March 2013, Stony Brook, Manhattan, USA
SBU Philosophy and the Arts Conference
The sixth annual Philosophy and The Arts Conference at SUNY, Stony Brook Manhattan will focus on the relationships between soundscapes and territories, and their socio-political, ontological, ethical, and institutional implications. The traffic and noise of manhattan constitutes a certain pace, or rhythm, in the daily life of a New Yorker. Identities and communities are constantly being delimited by a person's dialect or accent. One of the publicized aspects of Occupy Wall Street was the "human microphone." Bird songs may be used to delineate multiple territories depending on the configuration of the notes sung: sexual territory (mating territory), or encroachment of predators (unsafe territory). Erik Satie once defined his arrangements as 'furniture music'. All of these are instances of soundscapes and their relationships to
institutions of power and multiple networs of the material conditions of life. Understanding sound as an integral aspect of the formation of space, place, and territory, we invite papers and artworks (including digital media, performance, and installation) that consider of a range of
questions.
institutions of power and multiple networs of the material conditions of life. Understanding sound as an integral aspect of the formation of space, place, and territory, we invite papers and artworks (including digital media, performance, and installation) that consider of a range of
questions.
