The latest Vol. 2 of the international online- & peer reviewed Journal of Sonic Studies (based in Leiden & Nijmegen/The Netherlands) is online now. It presents a selection of articles on one crucial subject of sound studies: the question how and in what instances human beings do listen. The articles reflect seminal artistic position and research approaches (Schafer, Oliveros) as well as contemporary and progressiv approaches (Voegelin, Jing), e.g.:

Keynote Speech at the 2011 World Forum for Acoustic Ecology in Corfu, Greece
R. Murray Schafer

Electroacoustic Auditory Display
Paul Vickers

Ethics of Listening
Salomé Voegelin

Listening to Stories
Isobel Anderson

China’s Experimental Music and Sound Art Practice
Adel Wang Jing

The Lifework of Pauline Oliveros
Sharon Stewart