Call for proposals: EMR special issue on "Music and Shape"

Please find attached a call for proposals for a special issue of Empirical Musicology Review on "Music and Shape". 

The original deadline was 15th of September, but given that this is only nine days away, we will consider proposals till the end of September. Please note that EMR is published online and is open access. Its aims are to promote debate and discussion by publishing original papers with public reviews / commentaries. For the special issue, we require submission of an abstract and names and affiliations of authors who are interested in writing a commentary on the paper. 

Kind regards,

Renee Timmers & Nicola Dibben
(Incoming editors of EMR)




EMPIRICAL MUSICOLOGY REVIEW
Call for papers: Music and Shape
The journal  Empirical Musicology Review  invites submissions on the theme of 
“Music and Shape” for a special issue to be published in 2013. This call for papers is 
stimulated by the conference “Music and Shape” held in King’s College London, 12-
14 July 2012 but is not restricted to presenters and attendees of the conference. 
Scholars conducting relevant research are encouraged to submit an abstract of a 
research paper and a proposal for open review to the editors of the journal by 15
th
September 2012. 
Empirical Music Review is an online journal which aim is to provide an international 
forum promoting the understanding of music in all of its facets. In particular, EMR 
aims to facilitate communication and debate between scholars engaged in systematic 
and observation-based music scholarship. A special feature of EMR is Public Peer 
Review. This means that a research article is accompanied by commissioned or 
submitted critiques. More information about the open peer review process can be 
found on the journal website (http://emusicology.org/terciary_editorial_info.html).
Submission procedure for the special issue: 
Expression of intent before 15
th
 of September 2012 including
• Abstract of main research paper. Name(s) and affiliation(s) of author(s)
• Names and affiliation of two reviewers who will write a public commentary / 
critique
• Discussion points to be addressed in the public reviews. 
Scope of the issue:
Any issue related to music and shape will be considered for publication. This may 
include for example distinctive uses of the concept of shape by performers or 
composers, a discussion of cross-modal associations in the context of music and 
shape, an evaluation of visualisations of sound or performance. 
Preference is given to articles with a clear empirical component – whether including 
hypotheses testing, systematic observations or model building. Theoretical and 
speculative articles are welcome provided they contribute to the forming of 
empirically testable hypotheses, models or theories, or they provide critiques of 
methodology.
Contact information: 
In-coming editors September 2012: Dr Nicola Dibben and Dr Renee Timmers
n.j.dibben@sheffield.ac.uk, r.timmers@sheffield.ac.uk