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‘A Chamber of Noise Horrors’: sound, technology and the museum

March 15, 2017 | Exhibitions
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 acoustic civilization. Further, the article uses this exhibition to mount an argument that museum scholars should consider sound not simply as a medium of engagement, but also as a politically interested and socially active field.

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  • James Mansell
    Author
    University of Nottingham
  • Citation

    ISSN : 2054-5770
    DOI : 10.15180/170704/005
    Publication Name: Science Museum Group Journal
    Volume: 7
    Resource Type: Research Products
    Discipline: History/policy/law | Physics | Technology
    Audience: General Public | Museum/ISE Professionals
    Environment Type: Exhibitions | Museum and Science Center Exhibits

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