Sirens, traffic, beeping, whirring, pinging, blaring TV: these are the noises that assault our ears every day. Perhaps we blank out so much of our soundscape because it consists overwhelmingly of gratingly mechanical and technological noise. The sounds of nature, in contrast, seem to draw our attention more readily to the complex interplay between sound and silence; to the way that silence frames sound, and vice versa. Noise pollution drowns out murmurs, music, the sound of the breeze, or of our own breath. The incessant din can deaden our capacity to hear the roar of the ocean or the rumble of thunder. This year’s Syracuse Symposium™ topic, proposed by the School of Education, addresses both sound and silence and uncovers some important distinctions between hearing and listening: hearing is passive while listening is a mode of cognition, one that demands a conscious act of attention. When we listen, our minds are engaged as much as our senses. We hear noise all the time; we rarely listen. The Symposium offers us the opportunity to do just that: tolisten. Special thanks to Syracuse Cleaning Co.
HOW TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THINGS: NEGOTIATION AND LISTENING IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Thursday, September 12, 7:30 p.m.
ENGAGED BUDDHISM: LISTENING AND RESPONDING WITH COMPASSION TO WORLD HUNGER
Monday, September 16, 5:30 p.m.
CULTIVATING RESOURCES IN THE ARTS FOR VALUE IN OUR ECONOMY (CRAVE)
Friday, September 20, 2:30 p.m.
EVERYDAY HEROISM: THE SUBVERSIVE POWER OF COMPASSION
Tuesday, September 24, 4 p.m.
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
Thursday, September 26
SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY HUMAN RIGHTS FILM FESTIVAL
Friday, September 27 - Saturday, September 28
RHETORICAL LISTENING & COMPOSITION COLLOQUIUM AND WORKSHOP SERIES
Wednesday, October 2, 2:15 p.m.
TELLING THE STORIES: THE PAN AM FLIGHT 103 STORY ARCHIVE PROJECT
Monday, October 7 – Saturday, October 12
LIVING IN THE SOUNDSCAPE
Tuesday, October 22, 3:30 p.m. & 8 p.m.
THE ART OF LISTENING: A READING BY POETS ILYA KAMINSKY AND STEPHEN KUUSISTO
Thursday, October 24, 7 p.m.
LISTENING TO SCORCHED: A PANEL DISCUSSION
Saturday, October 26, 6 p.m.
Storch Theatre
(following the 3:00 performance in the Archbold Theatre)
RHETORICAL LISTENING & COMPOSITION COLLOQUIUM AND WORKSHOP SERIES
Wednesday, October 30, 2:15 p.m.
SU’S BELFER AUDIO ARCHIVE AT 50: EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGICAL FILM MUSIC THROUGH REBECCA AND SPELLBOUND
Friday, November 1, 2 p.m.
ANCIENT VOICES, CONTEMPORARY CONTEXTS: NATIVE AMERICAN MUSICAL UPDATES
Sunday, November 10, 4 p.m.
RHETORICAL LISTENING & COMPOSITION COLLOQUIUM AND WORKSHOP SERIES
Wednesday, November 13, 2:15 p.m.
LISTENING TO THE WAMPUM
Thursday, November 14, 4 p.m.
NOT JUST TALK: LISTENING, TELLING, AND THE TRANSFORMATION OF SOCIAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Saturday, November 16, 10 a.m.
ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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