CFP: Challenging Musical Ontologies, 23 Nov 2012, Nottingham UK
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CFP: Challenging Musical Ontologies, RMA Study Day, Univ. of
Nottingham, 23 Nov 2012
This RMA Study Day seeks to engage with conflicting yet complimentary
dialogues regarding the possibility (or even non-possibility) of an
ontology of music. In recent years there has been lively debate
between diverse positions rooted in musicology and both continental
and analytical philosophy; the purpose of this Study Day is to
highlight these differences, whilst emphasising shared ground and
suggesting ways forward. To this end, the Study Day – which is
supported by the RMA Music and Philosophy Study Group – will provide a
platform for postgraduate students to present their research and to
discuss challenges posed to, and possibilities inherent in, commonly
held assumptions regarding musical ontology from an array of
interdisciplinary viewpoints.
Topics for consideration:
The question of musical meaning between musicological and analytical-
philosophicaltraditions and contrasts therein
New ontological proposals in the ontology of musical works
‘ Early’ music as the root of modern ontologies
Composers as the traditional arbiters of what constitutes a musical
work The metaontology of music
Videogames and indeterminacy (and the challenges they pose)
Historical and ethnographic perspectives
Phenomenologies of music Popular music
Insights from outside of the humanities: scientific, sociological
etc.
We welcome proposals of up to 250 words for 20 minute papers on any of
these topics (interpreted broadly), or on any other topic relating to
the theme of the study day (you should also allow for at least 10
minutes of questions). We also welcome proposals for entire themed
sessions if applicants can provide three suitable papers and enough
points for discussion. They should be sent to conference organiser
Alex Kolassa at challengingontologies [at] gmail.com and include the
following: name, institution, email address and any particular audio/
visual requirements.
The deadline for proposals and works is 30 August 2012.
Nottingham, 23 Nov 2012
This RMA Study Day seeks to engage with conflicting yet complimentary
dialogues regarding the possibility (or even non-possibility) of an
ontology of music. In recent years there has been lively debate
between diverse positions rooted in musicology and both continental
and analytical philosophy; the purpose of this Study Day is to
highlight these differences, whilst emphasising shared ground and
suggesting ways forward. To this end, the Study Day – which is
supported by the RMA Music and Philosophy Study Group – will provide a
platform for postgraduate students to present their research and to
discuss challenges posed to, and possibilities inherent in, commonly
held assumptions regarding musical ontology from an array of
interdisciplinary viewpoints.
Topics for consideration:
The question of musical meaning between musicological and analytical-
philosophicaltraditions and contrasts therein
New ontological proposals in the ontology of musical works
‘ Early’ music as the root of modern ontologies
Composers as the traditional arbiters of what constitutes a musical
work The metaontology of music
Videogames and indeterminacy (and the challenges they pose)
Historical and ethnographic perspectives
Phenomenologies of music Popular music
Insights from outside of the humanities: scientific, sociological
etc.
We welcome proposals of up to 250 words for 20 minute papers on any of
these topics (interpreted broadly), or on any other topic relating to
the theme of the study day (you should also allow for at least 10
minutes of questions). We also welcome proposals for entire themed
sessions if applicants can provide three suitable papers and enough
points for discussion. They should be sent to conference organiser
Alex Kolassa at challengingontologies [at] gmail.com and include the
following: name, institution, email address and any particular audio/
visual requirements.
The deadline for proposals and works is 30 August 2012.
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