International Conference: Sound Megalopolis (Cultural identity and sounds in danger of extinction)
Mexico City – March 2009

Call or Abstracts – Deadline: September 30th, 2008 (Extended Deadline)

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Abstract submission is now open for Sound Megalopolis – 2009 in México. Researches, teachers, sound producers, musicians, and individuals are invited to submit proposals for paper presentations, panels, workshops and audio / audio-visual works, which may allow us to share various thoughts in acoustic ecology. We expect proposals concerning all the aspects of acoustic ecology and soundscape.

Sponsors: The National Council for the Culture Arts and The World Forum for Acoustic Ecology – Through The National Phonoteque of Mexico.

Main Themes:
• Environment and Soundscape
• Technology and the Construction of the Soundscape
• Education: Towards a Listening Culture
• Culture, Human Soundscape
•The Design of Sound Environments

Organizing and Programme Committee:
• Nigel Frayne (Chair, WFAE)
• Murray Schafer
• Hildegard Westerkamp (WFAE, Editorial Committee Soundscape Journal)
• Lidia Camacho, Head Management of National Phonoteque of Mexico
• Perla Olivia Rodríguez Reséndiz, National Phonoteque of Mexico

Keynote Speakers:
• Barry Blesser, (unconfirmed)
• Derrick De Kerckhove, Director Del Prgrama MacLuhan En Cultura Y Tecnologia, University of Toronto, Canada, (unconfirmed)
• Max Dixon, Alcalde De Londres (unconfirmed)

Panelists:
• Murray Schafer, Canadian Composer
• Nigel Frayne, President, Australian Forum for Acoustic Ecology
• Gary Ferrington, WFAE Secretary (unconfirmed)
• Hildegard Westerkamp, Canadian Soundscape composer