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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Aug 12

If you’re a graduate student who planned to apply but needed some extra time, we encourage you to submit your work! If you already submitted, thank you. The committee looks forward to reviewing your work.

Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Aug 12

Submissions should be sent to [email protected].

More information can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...

Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award 2024

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Aug 12

The Sound + Music SIG is extending the deadline for the 2025 Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award to August 15th. This award recognizes outstanding scholarship by a grad student in sound and/or music media, and the winning essay is published in Music, Sound, and the Moving Image.

Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award 2024

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Jun 19

Thank you to the other nominees, Arzu Karaduman and Seth Mulliken, for their time and commitment to the SIG, and thanks to everyone who voted.

On a personal note, it's been my pleasure to serve in this position these last 3 years. I'm excited to see from afar what the SIG will do in the future.

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Jun 19

From Landon:
I'm happy to share that @askjerseth.bsky.social has been elected to three-year term as Co-Chair of the Sound and Music Scholarly Interest Group. She'll be beginning her service alongside Co-Chair Phoebe Macrossan and Graduate Representative Ravi Krishnaswami. Congrats, Amy!

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Jun 11

Candidate: Seth Mulliken camd.northeastern.edu/people/seth-...

Seth Mulliken

College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD)

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Jun 11

Candidate: Arzu Karaduman www.marist.edu/communicatio...

Arzu Karaduman - Marist University

Arzu Karaduman studies sound in contemporary global cinemas and film philosophy.

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Jun 11

Candidate: Amy Skjerseth profiles.ucr.edu/app/home/pro...

UCR Profiles - Search & Browse

Search & Browse UCR Faculty & Staff

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Jun 11

Reminder that our election for Sound & Music SIG Co-Chair (replacing the outgoing Landon Palmer) underway until tomorrow, June 11.

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Jun 4

The election for the new Co-Chair for the Sound and Music SIG is currently underway. We have three candidates for the position: Arzu Karaduman, Seth Mulliken, and Amy Skjerseth. You can vote via this link, which also includes the candidates' statements and bios: www.cmstudies.org/surveys/?id=...

Society For Cinema and Media Studies

You must be a member of SCMS to access this directory.

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Jun 2

Submissions should be sent to [email protected]
More information can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/e...
c/o Landon Palmer

Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award 2024

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Jun 2

Happy to announce that we are accepting submissions for the 2025 Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award through 8/1. This award recognizes outstanding scholarship by a graduate student in sound and/or music media, and the winning essay is published in Music, Sound, and the Moving Image.

Claudia Gorbman Graduate Student Writing Award 2024

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · May 23

An election date will be set soon after.

If you are interested in serving as Co-Chair but are curious to know more about the service obligations entailed before making a decision, please feel free to send me an e-mail at the address listed above.

Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · May 23

...your name, affiliation, a bio (max 200 words), and a statement explaining your interest in and qualifications for the position (max 500 words). This information will be presented to our membership as part of the election. I will be accepting nominations through Friday, May 30th,

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · May 23

We will be holding an election in June for a new Co-Chair to serve a three-year term as I have reached the end of my term as Co-Chair.

If you are interested in serving as Co-Chair, please send an e-mail to Landon Palmer at [email protected] with the following information:

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Apr 29

The SIG has put together a brief survey to assess interest in particular initiatives built upon some conversations held over the past year, including from our annual meeting. It should take no more than 10 minutes of your time and will run through Thursday, May 15:
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Sound and Music SIG Questionnaire 2025

The purpose of this questionnaire is to assess interest and explore ideas pertaining to several initiatives of the Sound and Music Scholarly Interest Group of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies....

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Apr 6

Good morning SCMSers!
While we don't have officially sponsored panels today we have noted these two as of potential interest:
O08: Sound, Affect, and the Cinema
Q21: Hidden Conduits of Control in the Media Industries.

Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Apr 5

Good morning SCMSers, we have two more sponsored panels today:

L6, "Rewinding Tape Across Media: Archives of Ambivalence (A RoundTaple)," will be dedicated as a tribute to Jonathan Sterne, a space for SCMS members to reflect on what he has meant to them and to our field.

M15: TikTok Musicalities

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Apr 4

also tiny plug for my own talk - I10 - if you have no where to be that session.
Ravi (SIG Grad Rep)

Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Apr 4

We have FOUR sponsored panels today:
F11: Elusive Voices: Between Sounds, Transcripts, and Algorithms
H05: The Sounds of Outer Space
H11: Sound Aesthetics Across Media
J20: Crisis Listening: Global Sound Technologies and States of Emergency

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Apr 3

Good morning, SCMS 2025! Today our SIG has two sponsored panels:

A04: Alternative Histories of Sound Art and Sound in the Museum
D12: Noncommercial Radio Broadcasting in the United States and Canada

Also reminder tonight is our mixer with RAMP Sig (see email for details).

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Apr 1

The Sound and Music SIG is once again collaborating with our friends in the Radio, Audio Media, and Podcasting SIG to host a mixer during the 2025 conference, on Thursday, April 3rd. Check your SIG update email for location.
Here's a picture of a "mixer" for the algorithm:

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Mar 31

One of our sponsored panels, Session L6, "Rewinding Tape Across Media: Archives of Ambivalence (A RoundTaple)," Saturday 11am, will be dedicated as a tribute to Jonathan Sterne, a space for SCMS members to reflect on what he has meant to them and to our field.

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Mar 31

The Sound and Music SIG joins many of you in mourning the passing of Jonathan Sterne. It's no exaggeration to say that he defined our shared field of study, and he is warmly remembered by many as a generous mentor and colleague.

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Sound & Music SIG @soundmusicscms.bsky.social · Feb 26

Please join us for an enlightening conversation about this exciting new volume and the current state of Swift Studies!

Please mark your calendars for Monday, March 10 at 3pm Central US Time. Check your email for the zoom link.

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