@CommTechCurator

Curator of Communication Technologies @IngeniumCa // Adjunct Professor @Carleton_U // Sound, Museums, History // he/il

 Ottawa, Ontario
Joined January 2011
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Ingenium@IngeniumCa15 Jul 2023
Carla Ayukawa worked with Ingenium’s @CommTechCurator to explore ways of collaborating with blind and low vision communities to create accessible and engaging virtual exhibitions. Read about it: ow.ly/8zws50P3XwF #AccessforAll #Accessibility

Museum podcasts: An ideal virtual format for blind and low vision visitors

How do you create a virtual web-based museum exhibition for visitors with vision impairments? Read about the recommendations and inclusive solutions Carla Ayukawa, a curatorial studies student,...

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Ingenium@IngeniumCa30 May 2023
Carlile Sea worked with Ingenium’s @CommTechCurator to explore strategies for representing accessibility in Ingenium’s artifact collection. You can read Carlile’s thoughts on the topic here: ow.ly/W5eO50OzN3T

Representing accessibility in the Ingenium collection

An Ingenium conservator shares a glimpse into life with dyslexia, struggles with the COVID-19 pandemic, and how disability impacts their view of the collection (Post 3/3).

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This week is Open Ears Festival of Music and Sound!🔊🎵 They have an incredible lineup of performances and workshops for their 25th anniversary of the festival. ⏰June 1-4 📍Throughout #KW For more details and festival passes, visit openears.ca
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Jean Straus@JeanStraus31 Jan 2022
My latest opinion piece for @RNID Magazine. ⁦@jaivirdi⁩ writes about the many ’cures’ for deafness through history. ⁦@_katiebooth_⁩ writes about Alexander Graham Bell’s life and devotion to the cause of suppressing #signlanguage ⁦@HearingLosshour⁩
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JK: Thanks for your question! I've wondered this too, and have never found a definitive answer beyond "because most people are right-handed" (ie a rightie user would have less tendency to bump against the cable w/their non-dominant left hand). I'll keep looking!
Dr Sonic the Curator🎙️🎚️🎧🔊@AnnieKJamieson15 Sep 2021
Replying to @museumsound
#askacurator Why is it that the vast majority of wired headphones have the cable on the left hand side?
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The CMA | L'AMC@musecdn15 Sep 2021
Happy #AskACurator Day! Today, museums in Canada and across the world are going to answer ANY questions you might have via all social media platforms. Ask away!
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Q: What's the most bizarre or unusual stamp? A: These tiny vinyl stamps (you could send post and play music with them!) were released in Bhutan in 1972. See other bizarre stamps in my blog -> bit.ly/2EmgjTd – Stuart, Curator of Philately #AskACurator
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Ingenium@IngeniumCa7 Sep 2021
Do you know what our #Curators do? Get your questions ready for #AskACurator day on Sept 15.
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CBC Music@CBCMusic15 Aug 2021
Considered Canada’s greatest composer, R. Murray Schafer was also a pioneer in the field of acoustic ecology who popularized the term soundscape. | @TheJunoAwards @SFU @cmcnational @GovGPAA @GlennGouldfndn @CLC_LCC cbc.ca/music/r-murray-schafe…

R. Murray Schafer, composer, writer and acoustic ecologist, has died at 88 | CBC Music

His ‘creative spirit knew no bounds,’ says one former colleague.

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Ingenium@IngeniumCa30 Jul 2021
How can we create virtual, web-based museum exhibitions for visitors with vision impairments? Read on the #IngeniumChannel 👉 bit.ly/3zPoph7 how consultation with the visitor group leads to an interesting solution. #TheBarriersWeFace #VirtualMuseumExhibits #AbleismExists

Museum podcasts: An ideal virtual format for blind and low vision visitors

How do you create a virtual web-based museum exhibition for visitors with vision impairments? Read about the recommendations and inclusive solutions Carla Ayukawa, a curatorial studies student,...

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Who wants a sneaky look around our two new exhibitions before they open tomorrow? 👀
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Ingenium@IngeniumCa20 Jul 2021
As the Garth Wilson Fellow at @IngeniumCa, @HawcoVictoria learned to handle data as she would artifacts while helping to build an international acoustics database. Read more on the #IngeniumChannel bit.ly/36O777K
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Curatorial and conservation experts are working to uncover the secrets of Hugh Le Caine's Electronic Sackbut, an extraordinarily difficult instrument to research and one of the most important in the history of electronic music. Read more via Amplify. bit.ly/3uBUndC
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#SoundStudies meetup happening Tues May 4th with the @RyersonU Sound Studies Collective! Come meet other sound oriented scholars and brainstorm what you'd like to see the collective engage in for 2021/2022. For scholars, students, activists, #community. @RTARyerson
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Lori Beckstead@lbeckste15 Mar 2021
The Ryerson Sound Studies Collective presents @RTARyerson alumnus @CommTechCurator on doing #soundstudies with silent artifacts. Free and open to the public. Fri March 16 at 2pm ET. Can't wait! Sign up here: eventbrite.ca/e/hearing-thro…
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More sounds of Mars: go.nasa.gov/perseverance-aud…

All Mars Resources - NASA Science

Explore this collection of Mars images, videos, resources, PDFs, and toolkits. Discover valuable content designed to inform, educate, and inspire, all conveniently accessible in one place.

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Now that you’ve seen Mars, hear it. Grab some headphones and listen to the first sounds captured by one of my microphones. 🎧 soundcloud.com/nasa/first-so… #CountdownToMars

Sounds From Mars: Filters Out Rover Self-Noise

This set of sounds from the surface of Mars were recorded by the microphone on the side of NASA’s Perseverance Rover on February 20, 2021. In the first set, sounds from the rover itself dominate. In t

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BBC Archive
@BBCArchive8 Feb 2021
#Onthisday 1970: Wendy Carlos demonstrated how to synthesise electronic noise into musical sound.

1970: Music Now: Moog Synthesizer

"There is no magic button marked trumpet or violin or drums - you have to build every sound."

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Live streaming in a few minutes #SISC and featuring @CommTechCurator A must-see panel for anyone interest in sound instruments and museums #OESM crowdcast.io/e/curatorial-re…

Crowdcast

Where the world gathers

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La pandémie COVID-19 a-t-elle un son ? Le conservateur de communications, @CommTechCurator, d'@IngeniumCa examine le sujet de la pandémie sous l'angle du son. ingeniumcanada.org/fr/le-res…
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