Sound Archives: Fieldwork and Memory
Section Policy
Sound Archives: Fieldwork and Memory
This section is dedicated to the complex relationships between fieldwork, memory, and sound documentation. It features contributions that emerge from ethnographic encounters, archival listening, oral histories, and the reflective practice of recording, collecting, and interpreting sonic materials.
Scope & Topics
Ethnographic narratives & field recordings Historical or institutional sound archives Reflections on listening & sensory ethnography Archival silences, loss & contested histories Audio documentation technologies & digitization Autoethnographies & researcher positionality
Submission Guidelines
Length 3k–8k words (flexible)
Style Chicago 17th Edition
!
Multimedia Encouraged
Authors are encouraged to include audio samples, playlists, sonograms, maps, or images.
Accepted formats: Research essays, field reflections, annotated transcriptions, audio-ethnographic media pieces.
What We Look For
- ✓ Critical engagement with sound as cultural evidence
- ✓ Methodological innovation in audio ethnography
- ✓ Intersections of memory, sound, and lived experience
- ✓ Reflections foregrounding ethical and sensory complexities
