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Sound Thought 2012

Posted: December 15th, 2011 | Filed under: Calls for Papers | No Comments »

Call for papers
2nd and 3rd March 2012, The Arches, Glasgow

A festival of sound and performance and associated research, run by postgraduate students from Glasgow University in partnership with The Arches, welcomes papers from researchers of any discipline.

Sound Thought 2012 considers the idea of music as gift: What value has this?  What is offered and what is returned?  What is at stake in the exchange?  Does giving diminish the giver?  Do gifts require justification or is it the thought that counts?

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