* Friday, May 28th, 2010
Public Opening: Sound in Media Culture: Aspects of a Cultural History of Sound

A Sound Studies Symposion to celebrate the start of the International Research Network, funded by the German Research Foundation DFG

Universität der Künste Berlin, Department of Sound Studies - Acoustic Communication

Program:

04:00 pm
Prof. Dr. Martin Supper
(Head of Departement of the MA Program Sound Studies): Opening Words

04:30 pm
PD Dr. Holger Schulze, Jens Gerrit Papenburg MA and Maria Hanáček MA (Initiators of the Research Network): Introduction to the Research Network Sound in Media Culture: Aspects of a Cultural History of Sound

05:00 pm
Audio Surprise by students and researchers of the Sound Studies MA-program

05:30 pm
Dr. Michael Bull (University of Sussex): New Sonic Directions in Publishing and Research

06:00 pm
Drinks & Drones: Meet & greet between Sound Studies students/faculty
and the members/guests of the international research network

06:30 pm
Panel discussion:
Media and Voices: Radio - Tape - Autotune
With Jochen Bonz (Gießen/Bremen), Jens Papenburg (Berlin) & N.N.

08:00 pm
Opening Dinner at the restaurant Wintergarten im Literaturhaus