Mariana J López
@marianajlopez.bsky.social
Professor in Sound Production and Post Production, Sound Designer, Educator. Researcher in acoustical heritage and accessibility through sound design. Zumba instructor. Latina. She/Her https://marianajlopez.com/
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Author copies for my book 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes' have now arrived. Right on time for Christmas 😊 The book is now available for sale for anyone interested 🎁 www.routledge.com/Sonic-Pasts-...
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I love that the Internet is trying to sell me my own book 😂 You should definitely get one though 😜
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Really proud of this event and the team. I hope you enjoy the blog post enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-confer...
Back in September, #ACT proudly hosted the Conference on #DARCI. Read more from @marianajlopez.bsky.social , as she reflects on the event’s key discussions and future directions.
👉https://enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-conference-reflection
@york.ac.uk | #DARCI
👉https://enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-conference-reflection
@york.ac.uk | #DARCI
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Really proud of this event and the team. I hope you enjoy the blog post enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-confer...
We have just released a new episode of the #DARCI Podcast reflecting on the DARCI Conference. Both the audio and the transcript are available. A great episode with lots of insights on the field and lots of tips on how to organise inclusive and accessible events enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-23
November 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
We have just released a new episode of the #DARCI Podcast reflecting on the DARCI Conference. Both the audio and the transcript are available. A great episode with lots of insights on the field and lots of tips on how to organise inclusive and accessible events enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-23
Great reflection on last August's event 'Exploring Sonic Cultural Heritage'. It was such an honour to get to travel to Struer to present and meet the team at SOKU as well as all the presenters. Thanks! 🙏 www.sonicheritage.dk/aktiviteter/...
November 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Great reflection on last August's event 'Exploring Sonic Cultural Heritage'. It was such an honour to get to travel to Struer to present and meet the team at SOKU as well as all the presenters. Thanks! 🙏 www.sonicheritage.dk/aktiviteter/...
Me continuing to work on this research paper based on interviews done in 2022...I think it might be done soon...
a man with long hair is making a funny face and saying hmm
Alt: Henry Cavill playing Geralt of Rivia, nodding and saying 'Hmmm'
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November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Me continuing to work on this research paper based on interviews done in 2022...I think it might be done soon...
A blog post by researcher Eden Hutton on designing spaces for neurodivergent attendees at the #DARCI Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries - it might give you some inspiration if planning an event soon enhancingaudiodescription.com/edens-darci-...
Designing Spaces for Neurodivergent Attendees at the DARCI Conference – Enhancing Audio Description
We are delighted to have had Eden design a sensory and a quiet room for the DARCI conference. In this post Eden sums up their experience.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
A blog post by researcher Eden Hutton on designing spaces for neurodivergent attendees at the #DARCI Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries - it might give you some inspiration if planning an event soon enhancingaudiodescription.com/edens-darci-...
Important article ahead of Cop30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
I am the first Indigenous journalist to exclusively interview António Guterres. How many others will listen?
A young journalist reflects on the UN leader’s responses, and hopes his messages – about human violence and an increasingly hostile planet – resonated before Cop30
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October 28, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Important article ahead of Cop30
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Back in June we did a book launch for 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes'. Huge thanks to the amazing @racheljwillie.bsky.social for being a wonderful host. Here's a short extract on the motivation to write the book vimeo.com/1130708838?s...
Book Launch 'Sonic Pasts' - Motivation
The book launch of 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes' took place in June 2025 as part of the York Festival of Ideas. Here's…
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October 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Back in June we did a book launch for 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes'. Huge thanks to the amazing @racheljwillie.bsky.social for being a wonderful host. Here's a short extract on the motivation to write the book vimeo.com/1130708838?s...
Huge thanks to Marcel Cobussen for writing this wonderful review of 'Sonic Pasts' for the Journal of Sonic Studies.
www.researchcatalogue.net/view/558982/...
www.researchcatalogue.net/view/558982/...
October 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Huge thanks to Marcel Cobussen for writing this wonderful review of 'Sonic Pasts' for the Journal of Sonic Studies.
www.researchcatalogue.net/view/558982/...
www.researchcatalogue.net/view/558982/...
I love that the Internet is trying to sell me my own book 😂 You should definitely get one though 😜
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I love that the Internet is trying to sell me my own book 😂 You should definitely get one though 😜
A blog post reflecting on the organisation of an accessible and inclusive event, and discussing some of the wonderful presentations.
HRC's Deputy Director @marianajlopez.bsky.social wrote a blog post about the #DARCI Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries hosted by @school-of-act.bsky.social as part of the #EnhancingAD project enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-confer...
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
A blog post reflecting on the organisation of an accessible and inclusive event, and discussing some of the wonderful presentations.
The wonderful #DARCI Conference intern Martha Steventon wrote a blog post about her experience working as part of the conference team. Thanks Martha for all your wonderful work! enhancingaudiodescription.com/marthas-inte...
Reflecting on the DARCI Conference – Enhancing Audio Description
We are excited to have had Martha doing an internship with us. In this post she sums up her experience on working on the DARCI Conference.
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October 20, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The wonderful #DARCI Conference intern Martha Steventon wrote a blog post about her experience working as part of the conference team. Thanks Martha for all your wonderful work! enhancingaudiodescription.com/marthas-inte...
I was looking through old files, and found this priceless video of me accepting a prize I didn't win 😂 Back in one of the lockdowns the student union panicked about their excellence awards and asked everyone nominated to do an acceptance video just in case 🫠
October 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I was looking through old files, and found this priceless video of me accepting a prize I didn't win 😂 Back in one of the lockdowns the student union panicked about their excellence awards and asked everyone nominated to do an acceptance video just in case 🫠
Thanks 😊
Cracking talk from @marianajlopez.bsky.social
Digital Lunch - York Uni: Centre for Digital Heritage
Digital Lunch - York Uni: Centre for Digital Heritage
October 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Tomorrow (Friday 17th, 1pm) I'll be speaking as part of the series of talks organised by The Digital Archaeology & Heritage Lab at York at King's Manor and online. I'll be exploring how we study the sounds of the past + approaches to sound installations in museums and online experiences
October 16, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Tomorrow (Friday 17th, 1pm) I'll be speaking as part of the series of talks organised by The Digital Archaeology & Heritage Lab at York at King's Manor and online. I'll be exploring how we study the sounds of the past + approaches to sound installations in museums and online experiences
It's been a month since the DARCI Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries. I've put together a personal reflection on the event which I hope some of you enjoy reading or at least find mildly interesting enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-confer...
October 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
It's been a month since the DARCI Conference on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries. I've put together a personal reflection on the event which I hope some of you enjoy reading or at least find mildly interesting enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-confer...
Weekend harp playing 🎶 Not sure this Baroque piece titled The Cuckoo sounds anything like a cuckoo though.
October 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Weekend harp playing 🎶 Not sure this Baroque piece titled The Cuckoo sounds anything like a cuckoo though.
My electric toothbrush is embracing the month of October and has now started switching itself on and off on its own...
October 12, 2025 at 10:53 AM
My electric toothbrush is embracing the month of October and has now started switching itself on and off on its own...
We like all of our #DARCI Conference attendees, but we can't deny particularly liking the wonderful Jessi Parrott, one of our speakers and bursary recipients who, to thank us for our hard work, wrote us a sonnet 🥰 Thanks Jessi. The rest of you, we can't wait to receive your sonnets 😜
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We like all of our #DARCI Conference attendees, but we can't deny particularly liking the wonderful Jessi Parrott, one of our speakers and bursary recipients who, to thank us for our hard work, wrote us a sonnet 🥰 Thanks Jessi. The rest of you, we can't wait to receive your sonnets 😜
Today I finally finished a full draft of a research paper based on interviews I did in 2022...🫠
October 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today I finally finished a full draft of a research paper based on interviews I did in 2022...🫠
A new episode of the #DARCI Podcast on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries has just landed 🎉 An interview with Monika Zabrocka on #AudioDescription for children. We have a transcript on our website (enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-22) tinyurl.com/3u7krf2s
Interview with Monika Zabrocka | DARCI
This podcast episode features an interview with Monika Zabrocka, exploring creative audio description for children, neurodivergent inclusion, and the future of accessible storytelling.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A new episode of the #DARCI Podcast on Disability, Accessibility and Representation in the Creative Industries has just landed 🎉 An interview with Monika Zabrocka on #AudioDescription for children. We have a transcript on our website (enhancingaudiodescription.com/darci-22) tinyurl.com/3u7krf2s
Such a huge loss for the world of conservation and animal rights www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
'An extraordinary legacy': Tributes after chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall dies age 91 - follow live
The primatologist was a
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October 1, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Such a huge loss for the world of conservation and animal rights www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c9...
Delighted to have been invited to speak as part of the Digital Archaeology/Heritage Lab series of talks at University of York. I'll be presenting some of the work from my book 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes'. Thanks @clmorgan.bsky.social for the lovely invitation!
September 30, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Delighted to have been invited to speak as part of the Digital Archaeology/Heritage Lab series of talks at University of York. I'll be presenting some of the work from my book 'Sonic Pasts: acoustical heritage and historical soundscapes'. Thanks @clmorgan.bsky.social for the lovely invitation!
Why choose to play a musical instrument with 40 strings that can break? 🫠
September 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Why choose to play a musical instrument with 40 strings that can break? 🫠
New video on our Enhanced Audio Description (EAD) methods is now available. A brief introduction to the ethos behind our work, with some lovely contributions from Project Advisory Board member Warren Wilson and 'Visible Mending' director Samantha Moore #Accessibility vimeo.com/1122160731?s...
Enhanced Audio Description (EAD)
A short video introducing the Enhanced Audio Description (EAD) methods, featuring Mariana López, Gavin Kearney, Warren Wilson and Samantha Moore. Captions…
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September 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
New video on our Enhanced Audio Description (EAD) methods is now available. A brief introduction to the ethos behind our work, with some lovely contributions from Project Advisory Board member Warren Wilson and 'Visible Mending' director Samantha Moore #Accessibility vimeo.com/1122160731?s...