Dr Alexandra Supper (A.)
Research profile
Alexandra Supper is an assistant professor in the Department of Society Studies at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University. Her research interests include the role of sound, listening and other bodily skills in scientific practice; the construction of scientific authority; the formation and consolidation of (inter)disciplinary communities and heterogeneous knowledge-based social movements; and the role of sound technologies in popular music (especially in relation to discourses about authenticity).
Key publications
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Supper, A. (2014). Sublime Frequencies: The Construction of Sublime Listening Experiences in the Sonification of Scientific Data. Social Studies of Science, 44(1), 34-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306312713496875More information about this publication
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Supper, A. (2015). Data Karaoke: Sensory and Bodily Skills in Conference Presentations. Science as Culture, 24(4), 436-457. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2015.1052390More information about this publication
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Supper, A. (2012). The Search for the 'Killer Application': Drawing the Boundaries around the Sonification of Scientific Data. In K. T. Bijsterveld, & T. J. Pinch (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Sound Studies (pp. 249-270). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/OXFORDHB/9780195388947.013.0064More information about this publication
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Supper, A. (2012). Lobbying for the ear : the public fascination with and academic legitimacy of the sonification of scientific data. [Doctoral Thesis, Maastricht University]. Datawyse / Universitaire Pers Maastricht. https://doi.org/10.26481/dis.20120606asMore information about this publication
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Supper, A. (2018). Listening for the hiss: lo-fi liner notes as curatorial practices. Popular Music, 37(2), 253-270. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0261143018000041More information about this publication
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Supper, A. (2015). Sound Information: Sonification in the Age of Complex Data and Digital Audio. Information & Culture, 50(4), 441-464. https://doi.org/10.1353/lac.2015.0021More information about this publication
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van der Heide, A., Rufas, A., & Supper, A. (2016). Doctoral Dissertation Defences: Performing Ambiguity between Ceremony and Assessment. Science as Culture, 25(4), 473-495. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505431.2016.1183610More information about this publication
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Supper, A. (2025). “More Where That Came From”: How the Voice of Randy Travis Helps to Normalize AI. Popular Music and Society, 48(4), 397-415. https://doi.org/10.1080/03007766.2025.2492500More information about this publication
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Supper, A. (2025). "Be Modest and Present Great Science": Performances of Scientific Authority in How-to Manuals on Presenting. Perspectives on Science, 33(3), 396-422.More information about this publication
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Supper, A. (2023). Observing Uno: Practicing participant observation through a card game. Teaching Anthropology, 12(2), 11-16. https://doi.org/10.22582/ta.v13i2.675More information about this publication