We are seeking contributions for an edited volume on “Music, Sound, and Domestic Spaces.”
In this volume, we hope to explore music-making within the spatial and sonic context of the home. We aim to deepen our understanding of the domestic space by researching the musical and aural nature of these sites. We invite contributions that explore domestic music-making from any geographical region and any time period. The vast range of domestic sites across these contexts offers a rich avenue for considering the spatial and sonic properties of homes, and how these contexts influence behavior, agency, creativity, and the private/public characteristics of at-home music-making. Furthermore, we are interested in contributions that position music and sound in dialogue with one another within the domestic space.
In this edited volume, we seek to better understand how the physical and aural properties of homes shape individuals’ musical experiences and activities therein by engaging an interdisciplinary array of scholars in discussion. Themes include but are not limited to:
music and domestic soundscapes or acoustics,
architecture, decor, and material culture (furniture, musical instruments, lighting, etc.),
agency or access through sound/music (and correlations to gender, class, religion, etc.),
intimacy, isolation, and/or community though domestic music,
visual, musical, and literary representations of domestic spaces, and
displacement or migration and domestic music/sounds.
We aim to publish this volume through Indiana University Press.
Please send chapter proposals (300–500 words) and a biography (150 words) to Emily Eubanks (emily.eubanks@uta.edu) by August 1, 2026. Notification of acceptance will be given in November 2026. The language of the publication is English.
Provisional schedule:
August 2026 – submission of chapter proposals
November 2026 – notification of acceptance and initial feedback
Abstracts are subject to review by editors and accepted versions will be included in a full proposal to go to the editors and publishers in January 2027.
January 2027 – full proposal (with abstracts) submitted to Indiana University Press
March 2027 – submission of chapter drafts (5,000 words including footnotes and works cited)
After approval from the press, authors will be asked to provide a chapter draft in March 2027, with peer review process to follow and target publication in 2028.