Pamela Jordan is an architect and doctoral candidate at the University of Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory, and Material Culture. Her project, “Site Sound: Using acoustics to analyze Mount Lykaion’s ancient sanctuary to Zeus”, is a multidisciplinary, non-destructive archaeological investigation funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Her broader research uses sound-based methodologies to analyse historic and contemporary built environments -- other recent projects have included places of worship, military installations, and infrastructural ruins. Her work includes architectural design practice, artistic collaborations, and archaeological fieldwork, and her research has been supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (DE), the HEAD Genuit Foundation (DE), the Dutch Research Council (NL), and the Society of Architectural Historians (US). Pamela is a registered architect (US; LEED AP) and holds master’s degrees in architecture and historic preservation from the University of Pennsylvania (US).
International conference director (with S. Mura),
November 2023: "Sensory Decay Symposium" (UvA) -- more information
October 2021: "Sensing The Past: A workshop in applied sensory archaeology and heritage assessment" (UvA)
Selected recent invited presentations
"Embodied sonic experience: an overlooked foundation of built heritage", International Conference on Heritage and Affect, Affective Architectures Lab, University of Oklahoma (2023)
“Acoustic preservation practices,” Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology (2022)
"Relational analysis in soundscape preservation", 'Soundscape Preservation' session, Inter-Noise annual conference (2021)
Interviews and Podcasts
"Attentions yet to come, Talking to Pam Jordan", Metropolis M, Sept 2022 (LINK TO RECORDING)
(1) "Picnics at the Wall with Pamela Jordan", and (2) "Soundscape Legacies", The Rest is Just Noise Podcast, Nov 2021 and Jan 2022 (LINK TO RECORDING 1 & RECORDING 2)
"And Vibrations Everywhere", The City Talks Back Assembly (Theatrum Mundi and Onassis Stegi), June 2021 (LINK TO RECORDING)