Call for papers: The First International Conference in AI Music Studies
Bob Sturm
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CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS, PANELS and WORKSHOPS
The First International Conference in AI Music Studies:
Prospects, Challenges and Methodologies of Studying AI Music
in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Dec 10-12, 2024 Stockholm, Sweden
https://boblsturm.github.io/aimusicstudies2024
"AI music" (music generated by or with artificial intelligence
technologies) is now part of established music ecosystems. While only a
few years ago such music was “on the fringe”, it is quickly becoming
more present and moving into the mainstream due in large part to the
commercial exploitability of the technology, what it produces for what
it costs, and its growing public accessibility (complete with claims of
"democratizing" music production and composition). The development and
application of AI to music creation is attracting significant sums of
money from private circles, not to mention considerable efforts in
academic engineering circles; yet, perhaps with the exception of
intellectual property (e.g., legal ownership) and ethics (e.g.,
responsible use), many topics of AI music remain by and large
under-explored by critical examination and reflection in the humanities
and social sciences. This motivates several key questions for critical
analysis and reflection:
1. How can the AI music ecosystem and its components be formally
studied, and what considerations must be made to make sense of it?
2. What challenges arise in the application of established disciplines, such as musicology or ethnomusicology?
3. What are the prospects and challenges for AI Music Studies for the Humanities and Social Sciences in general?
4. What is needed in terms of new methodologies for this area of study, and what interdisciplinary connections are required?
5. How are copyright, and intellectual property more generally, being
challenged by the emergent music ecosystem being populated by AI music?
6. What are the implications of AI Music in terms of economic, environmental and sociocultural sustainability?
7. What are perspectives from music ecosystems other than the hegemonial popular music ecosystem of the Global North?
8. What are the positions of music cultures that so far remained largely outside of the digitalization of cultural data?
The First International Conference in AI Music Studies explores the prospects,
challenges and new methodologies required for the study of AI music
within the Humanities and Social Sciences. It aims to bring into
conversation scholars working in music computing, musicology,
ethnomusicology, sound studies, science and technology studies,
philosophy, ethics, economics, feminist and posthumanist studies to help
define and develop, or even challenge the need for, a discipline of AI
music studies. The three-day conference will feature papers, panels,
workshops, a keynote address, and a concert. The keynote address of the
conference will be delivered by Georgina Born, Professor of Anthropology
and Music at University College London.
We are seeking presentations, panels and workshops for the conference.
Each presentation will be given 20 minutes in a session, and each
session will conclude with a podium discussion of its presented works.
Each panel will have 3-5 participants, and last at least 60 minutes with
audience discussion. A workshop consists of two hours of directed work
and discussion around a topic. To submit a presentation, please write an
abstract of no more than 300 words about your work and how it relates
to the core themes of the conference. For panels, please write a
description of the topics to be discussed and composition of the panel.
For workshops, please write a description of the topics to be worked
with, a schedule, and information on the workshop leaders. Email these
to aimusicst...@kth.se by the date below.
Important Dates:
- Presentation/Panel/Workshop Submission: March 28 2024
- Decision Notification: April 26 2024
- Early Conference Registration: August 30 2024
- Conference: December 10-12 2024
Other information:
The conference registration fee, and the exact location, have yet to be
decided. Please see the conference website for the most current
information https://boblsturm.github.io/aimusicstudies2024. Please send
questions or comments to aimusicst...@kth.se.
Organising Committee
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Bob L. T. Sturm (KTH, Stockholm), chair
Elin Kanhov (KTH, Stockholm)
André Holzapfel (KTH, Stockholm)
Steering Committee
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Toivo Burlin (Stockholm University)
Jan-Olof Gullö (KMH, Stockholm)
Hans Lindetorp (KMH, Stockholm)
Georgina Born (University College London, UK)
Oded Ben-Tal (Kingston University, UK)’
Nick Collins (Durham University, UK)
Ken Déguernel (Univ. Lille, CNRS, France)
Eric Drott (University of Texas, USA)
Thomas Hodgson (University of California, Los Angeles, USA)
Jonathan Sterne (University of McGill, Canada)
Rujing Stacy Huang (The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
Ollie Bown (UNSW Sydney, Australia)
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