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Quinton-Tulloch, Jo
journal article, curation, research, collection, photography, and exhibition
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Rather unspectacular: design choices in National Health Service glasses
This article considers the design and production of spectacles in Britain following the introduction of standardised frame styles under the National Health Service. NHS spectacles were provided as a functional, durable medical appliance to be delivered cost-effectively and there was no explicit concern for fashion or the patient experience. The...Gooding, Joanne
journal article, material culture, public engagement, technology, medicine, collection, disability, and National Health Service/NHS
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The Hugh Davies Collection: live electronic music and self-built electro-acoustic musical instruments, 1967–1975
The Hugh Davies Collection (HDC) at the Science Museum in London comprises 42 items of electronic sound apparatus owned by English experimental musician Hugh Davies (1943–2005), including self-built electro-acoustic musical instruments and modified sound production and manipulation hardware. An early proponent of ‘live electronic music’ (performed live on stage rather...Mooney, James
music, journal article, material culture, technology, electronic music, and collection
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‘A Chamber of Noise Horrors’: sound, technology and the museum
This article examines the 1935 Science Museum temporary exhibition on Noise Abatement, situating it in the sound historical context of inter-war Britain, and making an argument that the ‘way of hearing’ it advanced was part of an attempt to shape auditory perception in the interests of a class-bound culture of...Mansell, James
music, technology, collection, journal article, curation, sound, noise, public engagement, and exhibition
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