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Dr Fiona Keenan
Lecturer in Sound Production

Biography

I am a Lecturer in Sound Production and programme leader of the MA/MSc in Film and Television Production with Sound. I teach sound design, audio programming and sound production/postproduction on our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Film and Television Production.

My research explores the experience of performative soundmaking with objects and materials, whether acoustic or digital. My PhD thesis, completed in 2019, focuses on historical methods of sound effects design and performance in late nineteenth and early twentieth century theatres, framing these as a sonic interaction design practice that could inform the design of new present-day encounters with digital sound.

My creative practice in sound design and music focuses on systems for live performance, including hand-built audio electronics, mechanical sound producers, augmented instruments, theatrical sound props and software-based systems. I am interested in the origins and contexts of the creative technologies we use, including how we use and learn to use them.

Contact details

Dr Fiona Keenan
School of Arts and Creative Technologies
University of York
York
YO10 5GB

Tel: +44 (0)1904 32 5223