At the World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music (Astana, Kazakhstan) I was in the panel with researchers of sounds of different cities. I presented the first part of the empirical research covering the qualitative study of the perception of church bell ringing. I questioned the relations and boundaries between wanted sound and noise and highlighted the individual perception in the context of setting such boundaries or limits. I presented historical, political and social contexts of bell ringing, that are in close connection bind to individual's experience, sound perception and his narrative in the frame of the present empirical research.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 38910509I was active in various fields within the framework of the International Scientific Symposium Music and Ecology, which was held in Ljubljana on 28 and 29 8. I was a member of the organizing committee, a member of the program committee; I presented individual paper and was the head of the panel. The symposium brought together different perspectives of researchers in the area of sound research. Discussions and papers included topics, such as: environmental policy, sustainable development of sound and music, power politics in terms of music and sounds, rural sonic environment and sonic heritage, urban sonority and political strategies of the local authorities toward sound, etc. The symposium was widely recognized since the guests were invited to the show of the first program of Radio Slovenia, where they presented their views on sound and ecology. I also presented my findings in the show.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 280940800The paper has been presented at the conference of the European seminar for ethnomusicology (ESEM). It consisted of historical and critical review of the official church and legislative regulations in the field of sound or noise and represented the present state in this area. It demonstrated how the social reality or needs of society and individuals are not consistent with the ossified, outdated or unprofessional official discourses and confirms the need for a different treatment of the problem of noise or justifies the need for sociological or ethnographic studies of perception of sound or noise.
B.03 Paper at an international scientific conference
COBISS.SI-ID: 38908717The symposium Sound ecology of Ljubljana was carried out as part of the municipal project Ljubljana - European Green Capital 2016, which was in April devoted to the quality of sonic environment. The one-day conference merged the invited speakers from various scientific disciplines: anthropology, ethnomusicology, archeology and acoustics, joined by experts from companies dealing with environmental protection, street musicians and activists fighting the sound pollution of the city. We pointed out that sounds are integral part of the city and also important for the perception of space and time in which we live, and also highlighted some shortcomings in the legislation on sonic environment of Ljubljana. For this conference I have drafted and edited the program and the program booklet, as well as I have been an organizer and presented two papers.
B.01 Organiser of a scientific meeting
COBISS.SI-ID: 284250368Where are those paths? is the title of the weekly radio show Slovene land in song and word. It was dedicated to the relationship of human, nature and music. The author of the show, Teja Klobčar, invited musician and researchers (Ljoba Jneče, Ana Hofman and myself) to contribute our views on this relations as well as to present our current research work in the field of sound studies.
F.29 Contribution to the development of national cultural identity
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