The new book DIY House Shows and Music Venues in the US by David Verbuc is an interdisciplinary study of house concerts and other types of DIY (“do- it- yourself”) music venues and events in the United States. This research … Continue reading →

Sound is an essential part of urban life and experience. However, apart from noise abatement, it has so far hardly been taken into account in urban design. Based on this statement, Thomas Kusitzky asks about the conditions for a conscious … Continue reading →

Edited by Karolina Doughty, Michelle Duffy, Theresa Harada, this collection asks how sound comes to be a meaningful ingredient in the microgeographies of place-making through the workings of affect, emotion, and atmosphere, how sound contributes to shaping a variety of … Continue reading →

This volume edited by Christina Ballico explores the connection between music and the social production of remote places. In a series of case studies from around the world, the book succinctly lays out the challenges of peripheral locales, but we … Continue reading →

The Music Cities Awards is a global competition designed to acknowledge and reward the most outstanding applications of music for economic, social, environmental, and cultural development in cities and places all around the world.Music Cities Awards virtual ceremony takes place … Continue reading →

The Social Science Research Council invites letters of interest from early-career researchers for year-long fellowships to conduct qualitative studies of arts organizations founded by and for communities of color in the United States. These fellowships will form part of the … Continue reading →

Sound Diplomacy announced its expansion into Latin America with the opening of an office in San José, Costa Rica. More https://mailchi.mp/sounddiplomacy/juli-2021-veroeffentlichung-studie-3296932?e=f5e5449c4f and https://www.sounddiplomacy.com/about.

Music and the City sets urban musical cultures within new global and cross-disciplinary perspectives. The series aims to open up new ways of thinking about music in an urban context, embracing the widest diversity of music and sound in cities … Continue reading →

This book edited by Darchen, Sebastien, Charrieras, Damien, Willsteed, John Analyses the influence of music city policies and planning oriented policies on the development of urban electronic music scenes Explores links between cultural policies and the built form mediated by … Continue reading →