“The Global Composition 2026: Connective Resonance for (Post)Humans” is a conference dedicated to sound, media, and the environment, featuring a rich program of paper and poster presentations, discussions, workshops, concerts, installations, performances, sound walks/hikes, and a concluding rave.
Please, submit your abstracts for scientific/scholarly papers or posters and or artistic contributions via Easy Chair.
Details: https://tgc2026.medienkultur.eu/call-for-proposals/
It’s our pleasure to present the following keynote lectures and workshops:
Keynote Lectures
Mohammed Boubezari (Lisbon, Portugal)
Can We Shape Cities by Ear?
Co-creating livable urban soundscapes through ambiance-oriented design
Mohammed Boubezari completed his PhD in Architecture in 2001/11/05 by the Université de Nantes. He is a tenured researcher and professor at Universidade Lusófona (Lisbon), Department of Architecture and Urbanism. He currently chairs the COST Action project “CitySenZ – Architectural and Urban Ambiances of European Cities”.
Diane Schuh (Paris, France)
Sound Ecologies Beyond the Human, Exposing Articulation Through Artistic Research
Diane Schuh is a composer-researcher, currently a postdoctoral fellow at EURArTeC/CICM Paris 8/APM-IRCAM. She holds a PhD in Aesthetics, Science and Technology of the Arts (Music) from Université Paris 8 and a national diploma in landscape architecture (ENSP Versailles). Her thesis explored how gardening practices can inform musical composition and listening. Her research investigates post-human co-creativity through transdisciplinary artistic-research methods combining sound ecology, critical technology studies, and landscape thinking.
Barry Truax (Burnaby, Canada)
The Evolution of the Listener within a Technologically Saturated Soundscape
From surrogate environments to the aural sublime
Barry Truax is a Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University. He worked with the World Soundscape Project, editing its Handbook for Acoustic Ecology, and publishing a book Acoustic Communication, that deals with sound and technology. Truax’s multi-channel soundscape compositions are frequently featured in concerts and festivals. SFU gave him the University’s Award for Teaching Excellence in 1999, and an Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts in 2025.
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Keynote Workshops:
Avan-Nomayo Ikponmwosa (Frankfurt, Germany/Abuja, Nigeria)
Cities That Speak
A participatory exploration of acoustic infrastructures and the social life of sound in African urban cultures
Ikponmwosa Avan-Nomayo is a Nigerian curator, researcher and adjunct lecturer at Hochschule Darmstadt. His work engages curatorial practice, urban cultures and questions of documentation, with a growing interest in African sound cultures and listening practices.
Hildegard Westerkamp (Vancouver, Canada)
The Transformational Nature of Listening
Maintaining equilibrium in chaotic times
With her expert ear carefully attuned to the world around her, Hildegard Westerkamp has become a household name for pioneering soundscape composition and the practice of “soundwalking”. In June 2024 Simon Fraser University awarded her an honorary degree, Doctor of Fine Arts, honoris causa.
Lasse-Marc Riek (Hanau, Germany)
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Lasse-Marc Riek is a sound artist and composer whose work explores acoustic ecology, bioacoustics, and soundscapes through field recording. Since 1997, he has been active internationally with exhibitions, concerts, publications, lectures, and workshops. He has received grants and participated in numerous artist-in-residence programs in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Riek is co-founder of the label Gruenrekorder, which since 2001 has focused on soundscapes, field recordings, and electroacoustic compositions, fostering international collaboration between artists and scientists.