In addition to presentations at conferences, Meredith has organized several events designed to promote sound studies within the field. In 2016, she designed, programmed, and ran a two-day sound symposium entitled "Listening In," sponsored by the JHU Center for Advanced Media Studies.
“Listening In:” A Sound Symposium
Sponsored by the JHU Center for Advanced Media Studies
May 5th and 6th, 2016c
Program of events
THURSDAY, 8PM
MATMOS
Experimental electronic music duo Matmos performs in the Mudd Auditorium @ JHU. Doors open at 7:30pm. The show was free.
FRIDAY
Scholarly SOUND TALKS
The Sherwood Room, Levering Hall @ JHU
12 noon
Dr. Jonathan Sterne, McGill University
keynote lecture, "Audile Scarification: Notes on the Normalization of Hearing Damage"
1:15pm
Lunch
2:00pm
Dr. Mara Mills, New York University
"Speed Listening and the History of Audio Time Compression"
3:00pm
Dr. Jacob Smith, Northwestern University
"Adventurous Listening and Radio's 'Escape'”
4:00pm
Dr. Drew Daniel, Johns Hopkins University
“Queering the Field Recording”
The full schedule and details can be found here: https://listeninginsoundstudies.squarespace.com