Data Karaoke: Sensory and Bodily Skills in Conference Presentations

Science as Culture

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 436-457

  Supper, Alexandra ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

academic conferences; bodily practices; hierarchy of the senses; sonification; sound

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946919998     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505431.2015.1052390     Document Type: Article

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