Muriel Spark and Sound Technologies

MurielSpark and Sound Technologies LateSummer Lecture Series Deadline:30 September 2020 at 17:30 MurielSpark and Deceptive Sound Technologies : Hearing theAcousmatic Voice Thislecture draws on Spark's Political Warfare Executiveexperienceduring the Second World War to explore the deployment ofdeceptivesound technologies such as the wireless and the telephone inherfiction. Due to their disembodied nature, these technologiesrely onthe acousmatic voice - the voice without origin - to enacttheirpresence, yet their lack of visual references providesopportunitiesfor manipulation and deception. Location: AllScotland ,England, Wales, Northern Ireland, International Forfurther information, please contact latesummerlectures@gmail.com orvisit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/muriel-spark-and-sound-technologies-late-summer-lecture-series-2020-tickets-115344225684 Thedeadline is Wednesday 30 September 2020 at 17:30.

No more James Gillespie's?

James Gillespie: leading school urged to rename over founder’s slavery links. Dame Muriel's school, the inspiration for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, is being urged to change its name due to current events. There is an article in today's Times if you wish to learn more. Gillespie was involved in the tobacco trade, and was a tobacconist in Edinburgh's High Street.