{"id":142,"date":"2024-11-11T15:10:54","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T20:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=142"},"modified":"2026-06-02T09:56:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:56:52","slug":"paul-jasen","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/people\/paul-jasen\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Jasen"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I am the Arts Technologist \/ Digital Media Producer for the School for Studies in Art and Culture (SSAC). Working with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/aah\/\">Art &amp; Architectural History<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/canadianstudies\/\">Canadian Studies<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/\">Film Studies<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/music\/\">Music<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/avrc\/\">AVRC<\/a>. I am the School\u2019s first point of contact for enquiries related to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SSAC-owned systems, studio spaces, musical instruments, and technology collections. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Communications and media development, including websites and social media accounts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Policies, protocols and procurement related to media and technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liaison with other technology-focussed offices on campus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Media-related student employment (projectionists, social media assistants)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"teaching\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I am also an educator, teaching in Carleton\u2019s School for Studies in Art and Culture, and previously in the School of Journalism and Communication. My areas of specialization include cultural theory, sound studies, media production, electronic music production and media studies.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"publications\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/11\/Book-Jasen-Low-End-Theory-320x478.jpg\" alt=\"Book cover: Low End Theory.\" class=\"wp-image-143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/11\/Book-Jasen-Low-End-Theory-320x478.jpg 320w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/11\/Book-Jasen-Low-End-Theory-512x764.jpg 512w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/11\/Book-Jasen-Low-End-Theory.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Paul Jasen, \u2018Perfect Music\u2019 in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vernonpublicartgallery.com\/project\/perfect-music-high-frequency\/\">Perfect Music: High Voltage<\/a><\/em> (Exhibition catalogue; Vernon Art Gallery, 2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasen, Paul.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/uk\/low-end-theory-9781501335914\/\">Low End Theory: Bass, Bodies and the Materiality of Sonic Experience<\/a>.<\/em>&nbsp;(Bloomsbury, 2016).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasen, Paul. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.2752\/174589314X13834112760967\">Transversal Strategies: Perceptual Abstraction from Eleh to Op Art<\/a>,\u201d&nbsp;<em>The Senses and Society.<\/em>&nbsp;9 No. 1 (March 2014).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasen, Paul, editor.&nbsp;<em>Surrounding Sound \u2013 An Electric Fields Symposium.<\/em>&nbsp;Ottawa: Art Engine. (Fall 2013).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jasen, Paul. \u201cAcoustemes: How does sound shape knowledge?\u201d in&nbsp;<em>Surrounding Sound \u2013 An Electric Fields Symposium.<\/em>&nbsp;Ottawa: Art Engine. (2013; in above)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braunn, Glenn, Sebastien Caquard, Paul Jasen, Benjamin Wright. \u201cDesigning Sound in Cybercartography: From Structured Narratives to Unpredictable Sound\/Image Interaction,\u201d&nbsp;<em>International Journal of Geographical Information Science<\/em>, 22 No. 11 (2008).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"audio-projects\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Audio Projects<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>My audio work has been featured on radio and podcasts in Europe and the Americas.\u00a0Recent projects have revolved around radio, handmade electronics and modular synthesis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n        \n    <div class=\"cu-imagegrid cu-imagegrid-4 cu-component-updated grid not-prose md:grid-cols-3 max-w-5xl gap-1 md:gap-2\">\n        \n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[1\/1] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:order-1 lg:order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/11\/Ill-Jasen-Birds-768x768.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[1\/1] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:order-1 lg:order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/11\/Ill-Jasen-Ether-768x768.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    \n\n<div class=\"relative overflow-hidden aspect-[1\/1] bg-cover bg-center col-span-1 md:order-1 lg:order-none rounded-lg bg-black\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/133\/2024\/11\/Ill-Jasen-Radio-Transmitter-768x576.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Left:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/refno.bandcamp.com\/album\/--2\">\u00b1\u00b0<\/a>&nbsp;(audio and postcard, Ref. No., 2024). Centre and right:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/refno.bandcamp.com\/album\/the-ether-is-free\">The Ether is Free<\/a>&nbsp;(audio, text and micro-FM transmitter kit; Ref. No, 2024).&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-mixcloud wp-block-embed-mixcloud\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vibration Sympathique\" width=\"100%\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mixcloud.com\/widget\/iframe\/?feed=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mixcloud.com%2Fpauljasen%2Fvibration-sympathique%2F&amp;hide_cover=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"encrypted-media; fullscreen; autoplay; idle-detection; speaker-selection; web-share;\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">Above: A sub-centric audio mix produced to accompany a<\/em><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\"> <\/em><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">2<\/em><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">0<\/em><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">1<\/em><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">0<\/em><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\"> <\/em><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">talk called &#8216;Bass: A Myth-Science of the Sonic Body&#8217; at the 2010 Electric Fields Festival (Artengine, Ottawa, 2010). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":247,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Paul","cu_people_last_name":"Jasen","cu_people_initials":"PJ","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[22],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-142","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-administrative-support"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Arts Technologist \/ Digital Media Producer (SSAC)","cu_people_degree":"PhD (Carleton)","cu_building":"SP","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"paul.jasen@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"(613)520-2600","cu_people_phone_ext":"8327","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/142\/revisions\/384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=142"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/ssac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}