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The Cultures of Sound Network presents:

Digitizing Audio: Topics in Contemporary Canadian Sound Archives

Monday, March 24, 2025 1:00pm – 3:30pm Mountain Time Join via Zoom

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About

The Sound Studies Institute (SSI) at the University of Alberta supports research and creative activities that centralize sound in any way. SSI offers researchers opportunities to work collaboratively, discover new areas of convergent enquiry, and benefit from collective administrative support. SSI is home to a variety of research projects and affiliates, with projects that span numerous areas of inquiry, from bioacoustics and linguistics, to audio culture and the sonics arts, to name a few. We provide a locus for sharing, exploring, and celebrating collaboration and innovation across disciplines.

SSI’s offices and studios are located on the North Campus of University of Alberta, in Arts and Convocation Hall (Old Arts), and include meeting and presentation spaces, digitization labs, recording and editing studios, a multichannel sound art gallery and a variety of archival collections.

Meeting Space
Arts 347

Our main presentation and meeting space, where we hold lectures, screenings, and research group meetings

Media Lab
Arts 347-A1

Our digitization and media lab, serving several active research and digitization projects.

Editing Studio
Arts 347-A2

Editing studio for audio and video editing, mixing, mastering, and critical listening. Equipped with Virtual reality hardware and software.

Sound3 Lab
Arts 147

State of the art sound proof recording studio with two recording rooms and a control room.

Multi-channel sound art gallery with flat screen.

Hours

The SSI offices are always open from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm on Wednesdays during Fall and Winter term. On other days of the week, we may be in and out of the office as we work on various research projects.

The Sound Art Gallery is open for extended hours during exhibitions. Check individual exhibition listings for times.

If our door is open, come in and say hi! If you would like to schedule a meeting with us, or have any other inquiries, please contact us at sounds@ualberta.ca

History

SSI’s home is near the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the heart of Edmonton, Alberta, which is on Treaty Six territory. Treaty Six is the framework that establishes the terms for sharing this place now, the agreement that locates both traditional and new cultural practices here. We are grateful also to be in the traditional territory of the Papaschase Cree First Nation, where Métis and other First Nations have sojourned and found welcome.

The cultural roots of these communities are deep, growing over thousands of years as successive newcomers to this area shared their cultural traditions. This location has particular resonance for sound studies researchers as they seek to create new forms of sonic expression and explore innovative approaches to historical and contemporary sonic environments.