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SUMMARY:Music and Sound Studies Colloquium: Kyle Devine\, “Recomposed: Mus
 ic\, Climate\, Crisis\, Change”
LOCATION:Lincoln Hall 124\, Dept of Music\, 101 Lincoln Hall\, Cornell Uni
 versity\, Ithaca\, NY 14853-4101\, USA
DESCRIPTION:Everywhere you look\, music is changing—overhauling itself in 
 response to sustainability issues and the climate crisis. There are recor
 ds made of plants\, stereos that run on sunshine\, streaming services pow
 ered like hot springs and cooled inside mountains. There are sector-speci
 fic carbon calculators\, climate credentials\, and emissions audits. Ther
 e are organizations that size up (and draw down) the environmental impact
  of music on all levels. And there is a lot of ecological awareness: whit
 e papers\, green road maps\, industry pacts\, emergency declarations\, so
 und installations\, song contests\, podcasts\, playlists\, and more. We a
 re witnessing a climate-oriented transformation of what music is and how 
 it comes to be\, not just what it is about or how it sounds.\n\nWhat is c
 hanging are the basic technological\, institutional\, and cultural bases 
 that decide how music gets made and heard in the first place. These chang
 es are good. They are needed. At the same time\, a variety of factors thr
 eaten to get in the way of what everyone wants to accomplish. In this pre
 sentation I highlight what is good about the good things\, drawing on yea
 rs of work with people in music who are committed to change. I also expla
 in what is not so good about the not-so-good things\, showing how stubbor
 n political economic realities can turn even the best ideas and intention
 s back into the problems they set out to solve. And I suggest what furthe
 r changes might authorize the most daring hopes and boldest plans for re\
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