24-26 settembre 2025
Siena
Complesso Museale di Santa Maria della Scala
Cconvegno internazionale "En Plein Air: Soundscapes of Ritual and Festivity in Europe and beyond from the Middle Ages to the Present"
Il Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini e il Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche e dei Beni Culturali dell’Università degli Studi di Siena organizzano il convegno internazionale “En Plein Air: Soundscapes of Ritual and Festivity in Europe and beyond from the Middle Ages to the Present” a Siena nei giorni 24-26 settembre 2025.
The conference objectives are: To encourage methodological reflections on how technologies can contribute to soundscape studies and issues related to musical cartography and topography in dialogue with other disciplines; To highlight the diversity and multiplicity of “minor” festive and ritual occasions often overlooked in favour of events that attract substantial economic resources and generate visibility; To promote sustainable enjoyment of sounds linked to festivities and rituals, creating new forms of experiential tourism aimed at strengthening awareness of the connections between sounds and spaces; To contribute to the sonic knowledge of spaces as they evolve over time. Thematic areas:
Digital Mapping applied to soundscapes;
Digital cartography for thematic representations and geolocation of spaces in relation to soundscapes;
Historical cartography as a source for soundscape studies;
Tangible and intangible cultural heritage, with particular reference to sources useful for reconstructing soundscapes;
Sound archives in relation to specific geographical contexts;
Evolution of urban spaces in relation to the production of sounds for festivities and rituals and their reciprocal influences;
Sustainability of tangible and intangible musical heritage;
New forms of experiential tourism and proposals for enjoying soundscapes.
L’evento, vede la presenza dei geografi Anna Guarducci e Giancarlo Macchi Janica nel Comitato organizzatore e Massimiliano Tabusi come keynote speaker.