Pardon the cross-posting. ---- You are invited to submit your scholarly, scientific and/or artistic *proposals on sound related topics and issues*. * The Global Composition Conference on Sound, Media and the Environment *Darmstadt/Media Campus Dieburg (Hochschule Darmstadt), July 25-28, 2012 (near Frankfurt Airport)

*Info: *_http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/index.html _*Call: *_http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/call.html _ Deadline for submission: *March 1, 2012 *Notification: *April 20, 2012 * *Proposals *are invited for papers/posters, workshops, roundtable discussions, applied and artistic contributions, *relating, but not limited* to the conference's main topics.

Suggested *topics *are:

* the idea of a collaborative and sustainable macro-soundscape or global composition * sound design/soundscape design/soundscape creation * influencing environmental sound -- environmental sounds' influences * methods of perceiving/analyzing/creating/reconstructing soundscapes * the role of technology and media in enhancing/obstructing sound(scape) awareness and critical listening * (media) ecological approaches as the basis for listening cultures * pedagogical aspects of listening * media aeshetic/media cultural education and listening * recent research on environmental sound, acoustic ecology and related issues

Please, send your abstracts for papers/posters, workshops, roundtable discussions etc. & proposals for compositions or other artistic contributions *until March 1, 2012*. All submissions will be anonymously reviewed by the conference's committees. *Committee members:* http://www.the-global-composition-2012.org/commitees.html

For the *conference proceedings* the finalized papers should be submitted by *June 26, 2012.

*Confirmed *Keynote presenters* are so far: Bill Fontana, R. Murray Schafer, Hildegard Westerkamp et al.

Providing a specially positioned "Next Generation"-thread, the conference is very interested, to create a forum for young scholars, scientists, artists as well as for students, and encourages them to send in their proposals.

Please note, that our venue is situated *not far from Frankfurt airport *in beautiful historic surroundings, providing not only the productive frame for an interesting conference, but also *attractive landscapes, very good wine, culinary highlights*, therefore good conditions for exchange and conviviality. All this makes, too, a central starting point for your summerbreak, be it locally, nationally or internationally.

We hope to welcome you in summer on our Media Campus Dieburg.

Best, Sabine Breitsameter & Claudia Söller-Eckert Conference Project Direction

Contact for general information: fabienne.rudolph@stud.h-da.de

/The conference is supported by the "Understanding Canada"-programme/Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and the Embassy of Canada Berlin, in collaboration with Darmstädter Ferienkurse/Darmstadt Summercourse, Cork Institute of Technology/School of Music, Ireland and endorsed by the World Forum for Acoustic Ecology./