Curriculum Vitae

Marian van der Zon
Fidget Sound & Word
mvdz@fidgetsoundword.com

Education

Concordia University, Montreal, QC
Master of Arts, Media Studies: Department of Communications- Masters thesis (May 2004)
Talking About Abortion: A Resurgence in Sound (audio documentary and accompanying thesis). Radio documentary broadcast nationally on Campus and Community Radio, and with WINGS (Women’s International News Gathering Service).

University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Bachelor of Arts (with distinction): Honours Program, Women’s Studies Degree- Honours thesis
Aliens Go Home: A Critical Media Analysis of the Chinese Migrants
Published online

Digital Humanities Summer Institute: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Intermediate, Multimedia: Tools and Techniques for Digital Media Projects (July 2006)
-additional multimedia skills learned, such as: Podcasting, Video and audio production, Website design (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, ImageReady, iMovie, etc).

Teaching, Presentation, Research, and Supervisory Positions

Teaching Experience, Workshops, and Conference Presentations,

Instructor at Vancouver Island University (formerly Malaspina University College), in the Media Studies and Women’s Studies departments, Nanaimo BC.

• Summer 2010
  -MEDI 111: History of Communications (online)
  
• Spring 2010
  -MEDI 111: History of Communications (including lab component)
  -DIGI 270: Digital Audio I
  
• Fall 2009
  -MEDI 111: History of Communications (including lab component)
  -iPro 101: Media Theory Essentials: Narratives of Image and Text (Online course)
  -WOST 100: Young Women and Leadership: Issues and Action
  
• Summer 2009
  -MEDI 111: History of Communications (online)
  
• Spring 2009
  -MEDI 111: History of Communications (including lab component)
  
• Fall 2008
  -DIGI 110: Introduction to Digital Media
  -DIGI 270: Digital Audio I
  -WOST 200: Intro to Women's Studies I
  -iPro 101: Media Theory Essentials: Narratives of Image and Text (Online course)
  
• Spring 2008
  -Chair of Women's Studies
  -WOST 100: Young Women and Leadership: Issues and Action
  -WOST 201: Intro to Women's Studies II
  -MEDI 111: History of Communications (including lab component)
  
• Fall 2007
  -MEDI 111: History of Communications (including lab component)
  -DIGI 270: Digital Audio I
  -WOST 200: Intro to Women's Studies I
  -iPro 101: Media Theory Essentials: Narratives of Image and Text (Online course)
  
• Spring2007
  -WOST 100: Young Women and Leadership: Issues and Action
  
• Fall 2006
  -MEDI 111: History of Communications (including lab component)
  -iPro 101: Media Theory Essentials: Narratives of Image and Text (Online course)
  
• Fall 2005
  -MEDI 111: History of Communications (including lab component)
  -WOST 100: Young Women and Leadership: Issues and Action

• Summer/Fall 2007
  -AC 310: Theory of Communication
  
• Fall 2006
  -AC 350: Interpersonal Communications
  
• Summer/Fall 2006
  -AC 310: Theory of Communication, as TA
  

• 2009 Conferences:
-Canadian Communications Association, Annual Conference, Ottawa May 28-30
-New Adventures in Sound Art’s 7th annual, Radio Without Boundaries conference, Toronto, May 28-30
-The Radio Conference 2009: A Transnational Forum at York University, Toronto, July 27-30

• 2008 Conferences:
-Canadian Communications Association, Annual Conference, Saskatoon (May-June) Ethics in Radio Documentary: My Voice and Yours

• 2007 Conferences:
-Canadian Communications Association, Annual Conference, Saskatoon (May-June) Beyond Bridging: Community Creation through Micro-radio
- Screening @ Canadian Communications Association, Annual Conference, Saskatoon (May-June) Imperial Reflections, in collaboration with Marshall Soules

• dataStream 2, Nanaimo Art Gallery
-Imperial Reflections: a slide show of juxtaposed Cuban and Canadian storefront reflections and audio, February 16-March 10, 2007.
-Tuning into Power: An interactive sound art piece in the form of an old radio, on the theme of power, February 16-March 10, 2007.

• Media Matters Lecture Series, Public Lecture, Malaspina University College
- Micro-radio: Narrowcasting to Create Community, January 26, 2007.

• 2006 Conferences:
-Console-ing Passions, Milwaukee (May), Audio piece (The Cultural Voice) and lecture (accepted, not attended)
-Canadian Communications Association, Annual Conference, Toronto (June) The Commons is Heard: Lend Us Your Ear (accepted, not attended)

• In & Out of the Studio Conference, Montreal QC. Guest lecturer on my sound art and sound documentary practice. July 26, 2005.

• Invited lecturer to:
-Applied Communication 345: History of Communication, Royal Roads University, Victoria BC. November 8, 2006.
- Sociology 100: Introduction to Sociology, University of Victoria, Victoria BC. January 30, 2006.
-Applied Communication 350: Interpersonal Communication, Royal Roads University, Victoria BC. October 24, 2005.
-Humanities 101: Carnegie Centre, sponsored by University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC. May 27, 2005.
-Women’s Studies 322: Women, Law, and Resistance, University of Victoria, Victoria BC. March 17, 2005.
-Sociology 382: Human Sexuality, Uvic. January 31, 2005.
-Women’s Studies 210: Exploring Women’s Diversity, Uvic. January 21, 2005.

• Panels, Invited Guest:
- CFUV Victoria. The issue of abortion. International Women’s Day. March 8, 2004.
- CFUV Victoria. The issue of abortion. January 4, 2005.

• Tutorials for upgrading sound production techniques. Primarily teaching ProTools and CoolEditPro. Requests coming through community radio stations and arts community.

• Canadian Communications Association Conference, Winnipeg MA. Presentation on ethical and responsible radio documentary practice, using Talking About Abortion: A Resurgence in Sound as a case study. June 3rd 2004.

• Radio Without Boundaries Conference, Toronto, ON. Speaker on Deep Wireless Panel. Discussion of my working practice. May 30th 2004.

• Western Tech, Toronto, ON. Grade 11, Workshop on Sound Documentary and Sound Art Practice. Introduction, recorded soundwalk, editing demonstration, and discussion included. June 1st 2004.

• Concordia University, QC. Media Technology as Practice, MA in Media Studies Class. Workshop on my sound documentary practice. Talking About Abortion: A Resurgence in Sound broadcast. May 18th 2004.

• Multi-Linguistic Services, Montreal, QC. Adult business English taught to business clients. September 2002 to February 2003.

• PalsLab Daejeon, Daejeon, South Korea. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced English taught for kindergarten through to adults. Design of curriculum, scheduling of teachers, conflict negotiation (staff and clients), and evaluation reports on students maintained. January to August 2002.

• Self-Employed, Daejeon, South Korea. Private conversation skills lessons for high school students and adults, March to August 2002.

• Wilderness Guide Teacher and Lead Guide. Chilcotin Holidays, Gold Bridge, BC. Subjects of instruction included horse and guest safety, wilderness techniques, packing techniques, organizational skills for food and entertainment, appropriate camping locations, horse knowledge, and first aid, for Canadian and international students. Also employed as lead guide: safety, work, and pleasure responsibilities implemented for guests and assisting staff. May to October 2000. Occasionally employed on a contract basis.

Audio Tech Work

• Senior Console Operator. Hansard Services, Victoria, BC. Audio technician and operator at the BC Legislature for MLAs, at the BC Legislature and on travelling committees (April 2006-Sept 2007).

• Audio and visual technician. Sharp’s Audio & Visual, Victoria, BC. Primarily for conferences, corporate shows, and community events. (March 2006-May 2006)

• Music Production:
- For independent musician, Gary Eugene (January-February 2006)
- For Puzzleroot, demo & CD (ongoing).

Research Interviewer and Writer

• Islands of Resistance: Pirate Radio in Canada. Edited by Andrea Langlois, Ron Sakolsky and Marian van der Zon, New Star Books, 2010.

• “Broadcasting on Our Own Terms: TAR (Temporary Autonomous Radio)”, book chapter in Autonomous Media: Activating Resistance and Dissent. Ed. Andrea Langois and Frederic Dubois. Cumulus Press, Montreal. copyleft 2005.
Translated into French
Médias Autonomes: Nourrir La Résistance et la Dissidence. Ed. Andrea Langois and Frederic Dubois. Lux Éditeur. 2006.

• Sound, gender and DJ research. Employed by Dr. Andra McCartney, Department of Communications, Concordia University. Montréal, QC. January 2003 – March 2005.

• Book reviews, with Andra McCartney, in Canadian Journal of Communications. Reviewed Books: Soundscape of Modernity: Architectural Acoustics and the Culture of Listening in America, 1900-1933, by Emily Thompson and Aural Histories: Essays on Recorded Sound, edited by Andy Lineham. Vol. 28, Num. 3, 2003. 383-386.

• Documentation of conference: Transmissions Sans Frontieres, Toronto, ON. May 2003.

• Researching ethnic programming in radio stations around Quebec. Employed by Dr. Monika Kin Gagnon, Department of Communications, Concordia University, Montreal, QC. March 2003 – August 2003.

• Through Vancouver Island Public Interest Research Group (VIPIRG), a resource bibliography addressing issues of racism, anti-racist work, refugee and immigration process which focused on the Chinese migrants who had arrived in British Columbia during the summer of 1999, was produced. Resource material ranged from newspaper, magazine, and journal coverage (both mainstream and alternative), to academic theorists. Victoria, BC. January – June 2000.

• Involvement with GAATW (Global Alliance Against Trafficking Women), on an importing/exporting project to aide high-risk women with alternate incomes. 1998.

CFPSA/PSP Travel and Recreations Administrator/Supervisor
Department of National Defense, stationed in Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Roto 8. Duties included providing travel research and bookings for over 270 Canadian peacekeepers, and organizing sports and recreation clubs. Extensive administrative, organizational, and management duties performed. NATO and Canadian Peacekeeping medals received. January 2001 – September 2001.

Radio Work and Community Involvement

• Victoira Anarchist Bookfair, August 2007
-Workshop on micro and pirate radio

• RockerGirl Camp, Victoria BC
-Workshop on slide banjo, July 2007

• TAR Narrowcasts:
Temporary Autonomous Radio has been used for music festivals
-May 5, 2007 (9+ bands performed live on air) Victoria BC
-November 3, 2007 (12+ bands performed live on air) Victoria BC

• TAR Narrowcasts:
Temporary Autonomous Radio is a Micro Radio Station with limited range. Narrowcasts include Music Festivals, Classroom Narrowcasts, Community Narrowcasts: Spoken Word, RadioArt, Music, and Sounds. All are welcomed to participate. Ongoing.

• 2006 CFUV FM Victoria radio shows (host and tech):
March 15: One hour, feature on Women’s Audio Art compositions
April 12: Panel (four guests) on Women On Air (WOA): Immigration, multiple identities, the concept of home.

• Participant in “In and Out of the Studio.” A project conducted by Dr. Andra McCartney, Dr. Beverley Diamond, Dr. Karen Pegley, Dr. Ellen Waterman, and others examining gender in relation to sound production. I have spoken and written about my role as a female sound art and sound documentary producer in Canada. Website: see 'project participants,' to link to my work.

• Talking About Abortion: A Resurgence in Sound is currently being re-worked as a sound installation project. It is intended to be shown in university spaces and artist-run galleries.

• Artist in Residency, Deep Wireless: A Celebration in Radio Art. Sponsored by CBC’s Outfront, Charles Street Video and New Adventures in Sound Art. Sound Art Piece: Speaking the Truth of the Moment, broadcast on Outfront, CBC Radio 1, May 25th 2004. New Adventures in Sound Art concert presentation occurred at the Latvian House May 29th 2004. Listen:

• The Culture of My Voice. A humourous and personalized sound piece of my historical and continuing interest in my own voice. Deep Wireless I: A Radio Art Compilation, 2-CD set, CD2, Track 3, 2004. Listen see #16. Broadcast for Ars Elektronika Festival on CKUT Montreal, August 2004, etc.

• Freelance sound documentary for Victoria CBC Morning News Show. June 2003 – August 2003.

• Community Radio Contributor
- CKUT, McGill University, Montreal, QC. Interviews, sound documentaries, panels. September, 2002 – continuing.
-CFUV, University of Victoria, Victoria BC. Hosted and produced, “Stirfry. Mixed up Politics: Politics for the Mixed Up.” Primarily conducted and edited interviews. January to June, 2000. Selected Stirfry interviews available on request.
-CFUV, University of Victoria, Victoria BC. Interviews, panels, sound documentaries, and feature shows. September 2000 – continuing.

• Arts Café Founder
Out of the Gutter Arts Café, The Palomino, Daejeon, South Korea. Designed, advertised, and coordinated Out of the Gutter Arts Café. June 2002 - August 2002.

For selected listing of: Sound Documentaries and Sound Art Pieces
For selected listing of: Publications and Spoken Word Performed Pieces