Developers without extensive accessibility experience may unintentionally adopt paternalistic approaches, missing critical insights from the BLV community. SWC was established to counteract this by promoting advocacy, project support, and collaboration.
SWC fosters a diverse professional community, including experts in science, accessibility, user-centered design, audio-acoustical engineering, music, education, and the cultural dimensions of sound perception. This diversity ensures that sonification projects can address both technical and human aspects comprehensively.
This session will provide an overview of the multidisciplinary nature of sonification and highlight key projects developed under SWC. Kate will present high-level overviews of initiatives such as Astronify (Space Telescope Science Institute), Star Sound and Vox Magellan (Swinburne University), SonoUno and Sensing the Dynamic Universe (Harvard University), and her work with the Audible Universe Meetings sponsored by the Lorentz Institute at Leiden University, Netherlands.