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World Forum for Acoustic Ecology 2006
in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
NOTICE FOR POSTER PRESENTATION
The size of the board for poster is 100cm (width) X 240cm (height).
The core time for poster presentation is set around noon on the second day of the conference, November 3. Each reporter has 5 minutes oral presentation prior to the core time. A projector is available for Power Point presentation.
More precise programme will be shown soon.
General Information
Welcome to WFAE 2006 in Hirosaki, Japan
On behalf of the organizing committee, I am very pleased to invite you to the International Conference on Acoustic Ecology: WFAE 2006 in Hirosaki, Japan.
The old castle town of Hirosaki is the cultural centre of the Tsugaru District located on the northern tip of the main island of Japan. The city of Hirosaki is well known for the traditional townscapes, for Tsugaru shamisen, three-stringed Japanese musical instrument, and for the surrounding natural environs such as Oirase ravine with its hot spring, one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan. We believe that Hirosaki will provide you with an enriching spirit and environment in order to present and exchange ideas in the field of acoustic ecology.
Our plan is on the first day to have the symposium titled "The West Meets the East: Physical, Spiritual and Postcolonial Perspectives of Acoustic Ecology." The following two days of the conference are open to your proposals concerning all aspects of acoustic ecology and soundscape, including audio / audio-visual forms. We also are planning to organize a two-days listening tour around surrounding areas of Hirosaki, during which we will have time for mini lectures by the participants and casual discussion on WFAE's activities.
We very much look forward to your participation.
Keiko Torigoe (JASE)
Chair of Organizing Committee
Welcome to Hirosaki
Greetings to everyone participating in the WFAE Conference in Hirosaki,
Aomori, Japan! This is the first time that the world comes to Asia via the
concept of soundscape. Hirosaki University is pleased to bring this
important moment to Japan after the Banff event in 1993. Traditional Western
aesthetics based on Platonic and Aristotelian mimesis, for example, has
exerted a great influence on Japan. In the Japanese aural tradition,
however, people regarded sound as a psychological image rather than a
pragmatic acoustic event. The concept of "man", for example, creating
"meaning" through rational thought was absent in Japan (e.g., Karatani,
1989). Some confusion, at the same time, still surrounds the relatively new
field of postcolonial studies. This is mostly because, similarly to the
concept of soundscape, the term postcolonial has become so heterogeneous and
interdisciplinary. However, it is the only theory, which has been developed
by non-Anglo-Saxon thinkers such as Said, Bhabha and Spivak in the late 20th
century. I, therefore, believe that the term postcolonial is indispensable
to the City of Hirosaki in order to explain the situation of fusion,
hybridity and deculturation in Japan. Through the symposium on the first
day, we are looking forward to proposing an approach to acoustic ecology
that incorporates the notion of sound as a physical, spiritual as well as
postcolonial phenomenon.
Tadahiko Imada (Hirosaki University)
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Programme:
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Brief time table
| 11/1 | afternoon: registration |
| 11/2 | morning: registration (8:45)
opening ceremony & Keynote Speech (10:00-12:00)
afternoon: symposium (13:30-15:30)
Special Project Report on "Preserving the World’s Soundscape"
evining: Listening walk in downtown Hirosaki (17:00-19:00)
getting together in alive house of local music (19:00-22:00) |
| 11/3 | morning & afternoon: WFAE meeting, papers & workshops (9:00-21:30) |
| 11/4 | morning & afternoon: papers & workshops, WFAE meeting (10:00-18:30)
evening: party at City Hirosaki Hotel (19:30-) |
| 11/5-6 | tour around surrounding areas
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Keynote Speakers:
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R. Murray Schafer
Professor Yuko Sugiyama (Anthropologist, Hirosaki University)
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Symposium Theme:
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The West Meets the East: Physical, Spiritual and Postcolonial Perspectives of Acoustic Ecology
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Panelists:
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Komatra Chuengsatiansup, Chi Cheung Leung, Kayo Saito, Tadahiko
Imada (Coordinator) and R. Murray Schafer as Discussant
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Registration Fee:
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35,000yen for Nov.2-6;
includes registration fee and 2 day local tour charge (transportation, accommodation,dinner and breakfast), but does not cover accommodations in City of Hirosaki. 20,000yen for Nov.2-4 as registration fee only
Registration fee payment method:
We only accept Cash Deposit to the following bank account:
| The Aomori Bank (0117) |
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| Branch (No.): | Tomita Branch (209) |
| Address: | 6-1 Fujimicho, Hirosaki, Aomori, 036-8223 Japan |
| Phone: | +81 172 33 6321 |
| Int'l Swift Code: | AOMBJPJT |
| Account No.: | 1070699 |
| Account name: | WFAE HIROSAKI (Tadahiko Imada) |
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Call for Papers:+
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Abstract submission is now open for WFAE 2006 in Hirosaki, Japan!
Individuals are invited to submit proposals for paper presentations, panels, workshops and audio / audio-visual works, which may allow us to share various thoughts in acoustic ecology. We expect proposals concerning all the aspects of acoustic ecology and soundscape.
Submission Procedures
Those wishing to present papers at this conference should submit a brief abstract, of no more than 300 words, by May 15, 2006.
Workshops, panels, audio / audio-visual works should be submitted as one proposal. It is the responsibility of the workshop or panel chair to solicit and ensure the participation of all members.
Deadlines
Deadline for abstract submission is May 15, 2006.
Notification of acceptance will be made to the principal author via e-mail during June 2006.
Final papers for inclusion in the proceedings will be due by Sepember 15, 2006.
Paper Requirements
Send your Word file as an email attachment to the chair of conference Programme Committee,
Kozo Hiramatsu. hkozo@asafas.kyoto-u.ac.jp
In the body of your email, provide the following information by September 15:
Title of paper
Author(s)
Author's affiliation
Abstract less than 300 words
Key words less than 6 words
Text (Maximum 4,500 words including figures and tables)
References
Biography less than 200 words with contact information
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Committees:
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Organizing Committee
Kiyoshi Asano (Hirosaki University)
Kozo Hiramatsu (SAJ)
Tadahiko Imada (Hirosaki University)
Shin-ichiro Iwamiya (JASE)
Shin Nakagawa (JASE)
Teruyo Oba (JASE)
Keiko Torigoe (Chair, JASE)
Yoshio Tsuchida (JASE)
Advisory Committee
Nigel Frayne (Chair, WFAE)
Gabriele Proy (Forum Klanglandschaft)
Hildegard Westerkamp (Canadian Association for Sound Ecology)
Programme Committee
Nigel Frayne (WFAE)
Kozo Hiramatsu (Chair, SAJ)
Tadahiko Imada (Hirosaki University)
Gabriele Proy (Forum Klanglandschaft)
Keiko Torigoe (JASE)
Hildegard Westerkamp (Canadian Association for Sound Ecology)
Executive Committee
Kiyoshi Asano (Hirosaki University)
Ichiyo Habuchi (Hirosaki University)
Komei Harasawa (Seitoku University)
Jun Hirata (Hirosaki University)
Tadahiko Imada (Chair, Hirosaki University)
Koji Nagahata (JASE)
Chiemi Suzy Okada (Aomori Chuo Junior College)
Hiroyoshi Shiokawa (SAJ)
Daisuke Soma (Executive Assistant, Hirosaki University)
Jun-ichiro Suwa (Hirosaki University)
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