The topic for the next symposium (MUREL and IGdsKdV) is:

SchallErzeuger / SoundGenerators - Feldforschung zwischen Materialität und Virtualität / FieldResearch between Materiality and Virtuality.

Please send your application, an abstract of your article and a short description of your person to the following email adress: igdskdv@yahoo.com.
For this application the deadline is: 15th of April 2012.
Further instructions for the formal criteria will follow through eMail! The deadline for the transfer of the finished articles is: 30th of Mai 2012.
Kontakt: igdskdv@yahoo.com or musicresearchelearning@googlemail.com.
The international symposium will be arranged as an online event.
Targeted is an online discussion in 16th of Mai 2012 in the grid of the online-world Second Life.
To realize this, every participant needs a minimum of soft- and hardware requirements on his home computer equipment. It follows a description of a possible hardware configuration, which is relatively un-expensive (about € 200.-) and running very smooth:
Download here
Download and installation of the free Second Life-Software and some days preparation in the newcomer area to know the most important functions like building an avatar, moving around, teleporting, using the sound equipment etc. Second life has an enormous educational potential and is insofar a very interesting platform to become familiar with. For a one-hour-discussion symposium generally the time differences have to be considered too.
Persons, who are interested to get a fully equipped system like this, but have not the possibility to build it themselves can contact me under igdskdv(ad)yahoo.com.
For participants using a laptop, please look at the requirements given by LindenLab (developer of Second Life): http://secondlife.com/corporate/sysreqs.php.