Past projects

Scholars who emphasize the visual bias in Western culture usually point to science as their favorite example. Doing research seems impossible without using images, graphs […]

Sonic Skills: Sonification of Scientific Data This project investigates the practice of the auditory display of scientific data, also known as data sonification. Since the […]

This project examines how engineers and mechanics listen to sounds of machines. The two case studies encompass automobile repair and paper production. The project uses […]

This project explores listening as a strategy of inquiry in the scientific field-site. Since the late nineteenth century, ornithologists have attempted to make and use […]

This project explores how sensory skills, including listening, serve investigators in a laboratory environment. In many fields, its highly technically mediated state seems to underline […]

This project concerns how doctors and other hospital staff are taught, and engage in, listening to sounds (of the patient’s body, of instruments, of the […]