Women In Sound Women on Sound (WISWOS)

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Women In Sound Women on Sound (WISWOS) identifies the need for action to tackle issues of inequality and gender bias in sound and music technology. WISWOS is an international hub of networks and individuals, including artists, researchers, technologists, musicians and archivists with an interest in sound, technology and education. This network plays a pivotal role in supporting this interventionist activity. Its core aim is to interrupt the gender gap by highlighting the work of women who are writing, and creating in the sonic arts.

WISWOS goals begin with making visible women who work in the multitudinous areas of sound from music technology to sound art, sound and society to the politics of sound, and every area in between. Members are doing this by creating event spaces for presenting workshops - symposiums - peer-to-peer networking events and performance/exhibition opportunities. They also aim to explore how secondary school education shapes girl’s participation in the fields of music technology and the sonic arts.

WISWOS was established in 2015 at Lancaster University as a space to showcase women’s contributions to computer music (the use of computer technology to compose and perform music), the sonic arts and sound studies. Since then, the network has collaborated with people from across the world and continues to instigate initiatives to tackle the industry’s gender gap. Network members co-organise activities and research projects. The network is always open to new members of supporting organisations.

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Founding year

2015

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University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh