Symposium 2015: Participatory Arts in the Digital Age
DIGITAL FOLK 1; PARTICIPATORY ARTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE 27th November 2015, 10am – 5pm University of Sheffield, The Engineering Faculty Boardroom, Mappin Building, S1 3JD The first in a...
SYMPOSIUM: DIGITAL FOLK 1; PARTICIPATORY ARTS IN THE DIGITAL AGE
27th November 2015, 10am – 5pm
University of Sheffield,
The Engineering Faculty Boardroom, Mappin Building, S1 3JD
Only one week to go and we can announce our line-up! We are really excited by such a varied and illustrious group of speakers and look forward to seeing you there. There are a couple of spaces left, so if you’ve been umming and aahing about coming, check out the eventbrite page for the event and sign up.
Timetable:
| 10:00 – 10:30 | Registration & Coffee |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Introduction: Simon Keegan Phipps (University of Sheffield) |
| 11:00 – 11:45 | Speaker: Sita Popat (University of Leeds) – Virtually Touching: Embodied engagement in virtual and mixed reality art installations |
| 11:45 – 12:30 | Speaker: Kerrie Schaefer (University of Exeter) – Community Performance and Asymmetries of Digital Access and Creative Production |
| 12:30 – 1:30 | Lunch |
| 1:30 – 2:15 | Speaker: Henry Stobart (Royal Holloway, University of London) – Digital access, agency and creativity – or just amateurism? Indigenous music video (VCD) production in highland Bolivia |
| 2:15 – 3:00 | Speaker: David Gauntlett (University of Westminster) – Digital folk cultures that are not digital *folk* cultures |
| 3:00 – 3:30 | Coffees |
| 3:30 – 4:15 | Speaker: George McKay (University of East Anglia) – Connected Communities, community music and the congregationist imperative |
| 4:15 – 5:00 | Discussant: Nicola Dibben (University of Sheffield) |