{"id":4395,"date":"2025-08-13T18:16:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T15:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2025-08-14T18:03:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T15:03:01","slug":"unquiet-shores-coastal-acoustics-and-the-terpsichorean-ocean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/blog\/unquiet-shores-coastal-acoustics-and-the-terpsichorean-ocean\/","title":{"rendered":"Conference Report: Unquiet Shores: Coastal Acoustics and the Terpsichorean Ocean"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <strong>Megan McElhone<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hosted across three days (18th &#8211; 20th June) at the <strong>Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart Campus<\/strong>, the <em>Unquiet Shores: Coastal Acoustics and the Terpsichorean Ocean<\/em> conference provided a platform to consider the many intersections between perceptions of the sounds and movements of the coast and ocean. The conference included papers and showcases by a wide range of academics and practitioners and was well attended by both in person and online participants. The conference, co-hosted by research networks Haunted Shores and Macabre Danse, was the first in person conference of the HS network.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Panels across the three days included multiple different considerations of the sounds and movements of the coast, including \u2018Littoral Listening\u2019 and \u2018Shoreline Creatures\u2019. The structure of the conference ensured a balance of different voices, including a combination of papers, workshops, roundtables and performance viewings. This dynamic structure highlighted one of the main strengths of the conference: the inclusion of art and performance panels, combined with the academic papers. Harriet Crisp\u2019s sonic workshop on \u2018Coastal acoustics around Edinburgh\u2019 as a successor to the earlier \u2018Audio, Technology, Terror\u2019 panel created a distinctly immersive atmosphere and sensorially transformed understanding of the ideas presented.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u2018New Sound Waves: Arts and Practice-based Approaches to Ocean Epistemologies\u2019 roundtable, held at the close of the second day, was a high point for all attendees. The roundtable, chaired by Giulia Champion and Kaja Franck, offered a variety of different approaches to the study of ocean epistemologies and prompted interesting conversation around how this is discussed on a wider level. The roundtable also acted as a unique bridge between the art\/performance and academic panels \u2013 a true reflection of the dynamic nature of the ocean\u2019s sounds and movements. This was also particularly evident in the complimentary panels held during the final afternoon of the conference: \u2018Unquiet Shores and Drowned Worlds: Aural Afterlives of Flooded Communities\u2019 \u2013 including Mererid Puw Davies\u2019 compelling \u2018Drowned Villages, Silent Waters\u2019 paper \u2013 and the \u2018Bodies of Unquiet Shores\u2019 movement workshop, led by Ambre Emory-Maier. This combined finish to the conference marked the importance of interdisciplinary and multimodal approaches to study surrounding the oceans and coasts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Megan McElhone Hosted across three days (18th &#8211; 20th June) at the Edinburgh Napier University Craiglockhart Campus, the Unquiet Shores: Coastal Acoustics and the Terpsichorean Ocean conference provided a platform to consider the many intersections between perceptions of the sounds and movements of the coast and ocean. 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