The working committee “Music Analysis: sounds, (con)texts, cultures”, of the Spanish Society of Musicology, was stablished in 2021 with the aim of building a space for dialogue among the community of researchers dedicated to the development of a music analysis conception attentive to surpassing solely formalistic approaches. A renewed perspective on structuralist methodological procedures, while also bridging towards aesthetics, the study of musical signification, the research on performance, or the examination of production, interpretation, and consumption dynamics, form today the guidelines that challenge music analysis as a discipline. After the success of the first edition (Oviedo, 2022), in this second in-person edition, the aim is to continue along the path initiated there, focusing on Ibero-American repertoires or on methodological orientations. These are the conference thematic lines:
1. Semiotics, hermeneutics, topoï, schemata
2. Transtextuality and hybridization
3. Poststructuralism, cultural studies and new materialisms
4. Mathematical procedures applied to music analysis
5. New technologies, music production and sound studies
6. Performative and multimodal analysis
7. Theory and Aesthetics from 21st-century music analysis
8. Music analysis, perception and cognition
Submission:
Proposals will be submitted through the platform on the indicated webpage, where it is necessary to register for free by providing your name, surname, and contact email. Once registered, interested participants can submit their proposal by completing the online form.
Individual presentations will be scheduled for 20 minutes (only one submission per participant). Please, include the following information, in addition to the abstract (250 words max.) and five keywords:
Full name. Academic affiliation. Email
2 thematic lines (max.)
Short CV (150 words max.) and audiovisual requirements
Individual papers: Preferably focused on the conference thematic lines.
Panels: Up to 5 participants, on the conference thematic lines. Convenors are expected to send the proposal (800 words max.) including: title and justification of the panel; members; titles and abstracts of the individual proposals.
Online participation: Sessions in Spanish peninsular zone will be arranged in the afternoon for those affiliated to Latin American institutions who request it to sicam.sedem2024@gmail.com. They are expected to submit their presentation in digital video by June 10, 2024, and connect online to attend discussion.
Publication: After the conference, the organization will select the most relevant contributions, to publish a book in 2026.
Important dates and deadlines:
Abstracts submissions: March 1st – April 5th, 2024 April 14th, 2024
Notifications of abstracts acceptance: May 10th, 2024
Inscriptions for listeners: 35€ (from May 13th, 2024)
Early birds: May 13th-31st: 50€ (in June: 60€)
Video presentations: June 10th, 2024
Selection for publishing: September 2024
Final texts for publishing: February 2025