Seismographic Sounds
Visions of a New World
1st Edition
Published on 10. January 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-3-9524496-0-8 (ISBN)
Description
«Seismographic Sounds - Visions of a New World» introduces you to a contemporary world of distinct music, sounds and music videos. Scholars, journalists, bloggers and musicians from Bolivia, Pakistan, Nigeria, Switzerland and forty-six other countries discuss artistic expressions that may not make big headlines yet, but anticipate major changes to come. Produced in oftentimes small studios from Jakarta to La Paz, Cape Town to Helsinki, these works experiment with the new possibilities of the Internet age and illuminate new spaces beyond the confines of commercialism, propaganda, and bigotry. They foresee a changing geography of multi-layered modernities, far beyond old ideas of North versus South, West versus East. Discover this through a collage of articles, quotations, photographs and lyrics.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Bern
Switzerland
Target group
Liebhaber Popmusik, Experimentelle Musik und Weltmusik. Musikethnologen, Popmusikforscher, Musikwissenschaftler, Interessierte für Prozesse der kulturellen Globalisierung und Digitalisierung
Product notice
Paperback (mass)
Illustrations
200
Dimensions
Height: 23 cm
Width: 16 cm
Weight
1200 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-9524496-0-8 (9783952449608)
Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Editor
Musikjournalistin
Theresa Beyer lives in Bern, Switzerland and is a music journalist, ethnomusicologist and cultural producer. Since she joined Norient in 2011, she has worked for its online magazine, managed different projects and co-edited the first Norient book Out of the Absurdity of Life - Globale Musik. In collaboration with Norient and the University of Basel, Theresa is currently working on a three-year project funded by the Swiss National Foundation (SNF) that focuses on sharing ethnomusicological research with the public. She covers world and contemporary experimental music as a radio journalist for Swiss Radio SRF 2 Kultur and is a PhD student at Bern Institute of Musicology, where she received her MA in 2011.
Theresa Beyer lives in Bern, Switzerland and is a music journalist, ethnomusicologist and cultural producer. Since she joined Norient in 2011, she has worked for its online magazine, managed different projects and co-edited the first Norient book Out of the Absurdity of Life - Globale Musik. In collaboration with Norient and the University of Basel, Theresa is currently working on a three-year project funded by the Swiss National Foundation (SNF) that focuses on sharing ethnomusicological research with the public. She covers world and contemporary experimental music as a radio journalist for Swiss Radio SRF 2 Kultur and is a PhD student at Bern Institute of Musicology, where she received her MA in 2011.
Musikethnologe
Dr. Thomas Burkhalter is an ethnomusicologist, music journalist, and cultural producer from Switzerland. The founder and director of Norient, he published the book Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut (Routledge) and co-edited The Arab Avant-Garde: Music, Politics, Modernity (Wesleyan University Press) and Out of the Absurdity of Life - Globale Musik (Norient/Traversion). He works as a researcher at the University of Basel and the University of Arts Bern, financed by the Swiss National Foundation (SNF). As the director of the Norient Musikfilm Festival, a documentary filmmaker and audio-visual performer, he places emphasis on transdisciplinary approaches between theory and practice.
Dr. Thomas Burkhalter is an ethnomusicologist, music journalist, and cultural producer from Switzerland. The founder and director of Norient, he published the book Local Music Scenes and Globalization: Transnational Platforms in Beirut (Routledge) and co-edited The Arab Avant-Garde: Music, Politics, Modernity (Wesleyan University Press) and Out of the Absurdity of Life - Globale Musik (Norient/Traversion). He works as a researcher at the University of Basel and the University of Arts Bern, financed by the Swiss National Foundation (SNF). As the director of the Norient Musikfilm Festival, a documentary filmmaker and audio-visual performer, he places emphasis on transdisciplinary approaches between theory and practice.
Musikjournalist
Hannes Liechti lives in Bern, Switzerland and works as a project manager, editor, journalist and musicologist. He has been part of the editorial board of Norient since 2013. He studied Musicology and History at the University of Bern and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He finished his studies in Ethnomusicology with a thesis about the world music scene in Bern (Eine Stadt voller Menschen, Kulturen und Klänge: Musik der Welt in Bern). He also works as a freelance journalist for the Bernese daily journal «Der Bund» and the Swiss Music Revue SMZ, among others and conducts an amateur theatre group of children and young people.
Hannes Liechti lives in Bern, Switzerland and works as a project manager, editor, journalist and musicologist. He has been part of the editorial board of Norient since 2013. He studied Musicology and History at the University of Bern and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He finished his studies in Ethnomusicology with a thesis about the world music scene in Bern (Eine Stadt voller Menschen, Kulturen und Klänge: Musik der Welt in Bern). He also works as a freelance journalist for the Bernese daily journal «Der Bund» and the Swiss Music Revue SMZ, among others and conducts an amateur theatre group of children and young people.