Sound Matters Symposium Presentation, South Africa

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Watch the presentation on our YouTube channel

STELLENBOSCH, SOUTH AFRICA – Our Director was invited to participate in the virtual symposium Sound Matters, a virtual symposium hosted by the South African Research Chair in Science Communication at Stellenbosch University, The Academic Citizen, and the South African Journal of Science.

His presentation ‘Science of Sound, Science as Sound’ was a brief introduction to our museum along with a special guided tour of our Science & Technology wing, which is currently in the midst of a large-scale renovation.

You can watch the presentation above or over at our YouTube channel.

Many thanks to the symposium’s convenors: Professor Mehita Iqani, Dr Nosipho Mngomezulu, and Professor Leslie Schwartz.

Published by Dr John Kannenberg

John Kannenberg is an artistic researcher whose work investigates sounds as museological objects. Via an acoustemological approach, he considers the histories and cultures surrounding sounds, the technologies that generate or record them, and the auditors who hear or listen to them. He holds a PhD in sound & museums from the University of the Arts London, as well as a Master of Fine Arts in Studio Art degree and Graduate Certification in Museum Studies from the University of Michigan. He is Director and Chief Curator of The Museum of Portable Sound. Learn more about his work at johnkannenberg.com.

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