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#SonicFriday: Join our collaborative story of sound technologies
Join the #SonicFriday campaign! Every Friday we will be collecting memories and stories related to music, sound and sound technologies—from your favourite soundscape to your first CD! This was the first blog post published as part of #SonicFriday and aimed to encourage online users to contribute and add their memories...Lacedelli, Stefania Zardini
online engagement, sound, sound technology, cassette , memory, music, digital engagement, and public engagement
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Blog post
Sounds of my quarantine
A collaborative sound map, launched during the #SonicFriday project, collects lockdown sounds from the UK and beyond and shows how people have reacted to them. This blog explains the map in more detail and how to add your own sounds.Lacedelli, Stefania Zardini
online engagement, public history, music, sound, digital engagement, quarantine, curation, social media, and public engagement
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Sound of my quarantine
To celebrate World Listening Day on 18 July 2020, the National Science and Media Museum launched a collaborative map to collect the ‘sounds of quarantine’. The museum’s social media followers were invited to share the sounds they’d been listening to or noticing during Covid-19 lockdown. This image provides a snapshot...Science Museum Group
public engagement, music, sound technology, sound, online engagement, quarantine, digital engagement, and memory
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My Music Playlist
Science Museum Group
audio, public engagement, curation, music, sound, and sound technologies
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Journal article
Curating Sound in a Platform World – Insights from the #SonicFriday project
Traditionally, sound had no place in museums. Originally conceived as institutions predominantly devoted to visual and material culture, only in the past twenty years have museums started to recognise the role of sound as heritage and as a means to engage audiences. The digital revolution further contributed to this shift,...Lacedelli, Stefania Zardini ; Stack, John ; Jamieson, Annie
sound, crowd-curation, digital memories, music, public engagement, and sonic practices
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Book review
A history of ourselves?
Boon, Tim
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Journal article
Supporting young children’s learning from science objects: the importance of play on gallery
Experiences during the early years shape our lives as adults, including our appreciation and understanding of science. Even though early years audiences make up a significant number of visitors in many museums, they are an under-researched age group, particularly in science museums. This paper addresses this gap by considering young...Haywood, Naomi ; Davies, Karen ; Souter, Lauren