Soundings and Findings conference, UEA, 30 June-2 July, programme

Tuesday 30^th June

15.00-17.00 Registration                                                    Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

20.00-22.00 Conference reception and dinner            Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts –Modern Life Cafe           

Wednesday 1^st July

9.00-9.30             Registration                                             Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

Teas & Coffees

9.30-9.45             Welcome & introductions                    Elizabeth Fry (EF) 01.08

• Prof George McKay, Connected Communities Leadership Fellow, UEA
• Sue Hanshaw, Arts & Humanities Research Council

9.45-11.00             Keynote lecture 1                                 EF 01.08

What do we do when we don’t agree: Making divergent ways of knowing come alive in Connected Communities projects. Prof Kate Pahl, University of Sheffield

11.15-13.15             Panels 1-3

1. Politics of Community Development: Past, Present and Future in North East England     EF 01.10

• Sarah Banks, Durham University
• Judith Green, St James Centre for Culture and Heritage, Benwell, Newcastle
• Mary Brydon-Miller, University of Cincinnati, USA

2. Rethinking Cultural Participation and Value Queens 01.11

• Andrew Miles, University of Manchester
• Lisanne Gibson, University of Leicester
• Delyth Edwards, University of Leicester

3. Reflecting on the Connected Communities Programme EF 1.01

• Peter Matthews, University of Stirling and
• Janice Astbury, Durham University: ‘The who, what, why, when and where of evaluation’
• Bryony Enright, University of Bristol: ‘Finding your place in the academy: Exploring different orientations towards interdisciplinarity and collaborative research amongst Early Career Researchers’

13.15-14.15             Lunch                                                 Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

14.15-15.45             Panels and workshops 4-6

4. Toolkits                                                             EF 1.01

• Arthi Manohar, Glasgow School of Art and
• Paul Smith, Glasgow School of Art: ‘Owls of Creative Evaluation’

• Simon Popple, University of Leeds and
• Danny Callaghan, Ceramic City Stories and
• Paul Duffy, University of Leeds: ‘Tools you can trust? Co-design in community heritage work’

Chair: Mike Wilson, Loughborough University

5. Rituals and Research Bricolage Rediscovered: Crossing Disciplines and Co-Producing Knowledge EF 01.10

• Margaret Greenfields, Buckinghamshire New University
• Searle Kochberg, University of Portsmouth
• Tess Josephs, community partner
• Joel Korm, community partner

6. Communities, Humanities, Identities             EF 01.05

• Josie McLellan, University of Bristol: ‘Are we nearly there yet? Co-production and the practice of academic history’
• Hugh Escott & Kate Pahl, University of Sheffield: ‘Re-reading the loss: exploring the intersections of ethnography and poetry from the Language as Talisman project’
• Anne Goulding, Newcastle University: ‘The role of cultural engagement in fostering resilience in older people’

15.45-16.15            Coffee/tea                                           Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

16.15-17.15             Focus panels and papers 7-9

7. Co-Producing Music, Writing and Film: Revisiting Transmitting Musical Heritage project EF 01.05

• John Ball, University of Sheffield
• Tony Bowring, Arts on the Run
• Kate Pahl, University of Sheffield

8. Developing a Co-Inquiry Group of Young Adults with Learning Disabilities on Resilience: Methods, Opportunities, Challenges                              EF 1.01

• Anne Rathbone, University of Brighton
• Domini Steele, community partner and co-researcher
• Mikey Reynolds, community partner and co-researcher
• Connel McGloughlin, Arts Connect volunteer

9. Food and the More-Than-Human                         Queens 01.11

• Emma Roe, University of Southampton: ‘Becoming ecological citizens: connecting people through performance art, food matter and practices’
• Michelle Bastian, Edinburgh College of Art: ‘Participatory Research and more-than-human communities’

Thursday 2^nd July

9.15-9.45             Registration                                             Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

Teas & Coffees

9.45-11.00             Keynote lecture 2                                                EF 01.08

Unbound! Creative Citizens and the productivity conundrum Professor Ian Hargreaves, Cardiff University. Chair: George McKay

11.15-13.15             Panels 10-12

10. Affirming Dissensus: Utopia, Art, and Community EF 01.08

• Richard D. Steadman-Jones, University of Sheffield
• David M. Bell, University of Nottingham
• Jessica Dubow, University of Sheffield

11. Space and Stage                                                 EF 01.05

• Nick Nourse, University of Bristol: ‘The Enhancing Know Your Place project’
• Clare Rishbeth, University of Sheffield: ‘Visibilities and vulnerabilities of sitting outside: narrating benches as contested micro-publics’
• Ann Light, Northumbria University: ‘Staging community engagement as a co-learning tool’

12. Co-Productions                                                 EF 01.10

• David Leat, Newcastle University: ‘Co-Curate: educational accountability as a brake on co-production’
• Martyn Hudson, Newcastle University: ‘Digital social machines, knowledge co-production and theoretical practice

13.15-14.15             Lunch                                      Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

13.30-14.00            Grab a sandwich and come and hear Tamar Millen, ex-Community Media Association, showcasing and discussing extracts from the Connected Communities Media Collection: Connected Communities Media Collection showcase and discussion

14.15-15.45             Panels and workshops 13-15

13. Re-Imagining Co-Production                         EF 01.05

• Liz Pente, University of Huddersfield
• Milton Brown, Community Partner
• Sarah Banks, Durham University
• Angie Hart, University of Brighton
• Kate Pahl, University of Sheffield

14. Becoming Inexpert                                     EF 01.08

• Phil Jones, University of Birmingham
• Beth Perry, University of Salford
• Carenza Lewis, Cambridge University

15. A Pair of Papers, on Ways of Collaborating EF 01.10           

• Candice Satchwell, UCLan: ‘“Have you done a risk assessment?” Bringing collaborative research into the university’
• Margaret Somerville, University of Western Sydney: ‘Connected Communities in Australia, UK and the UN’

15.45-16.15             Coffee/tea                                          Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts

16.15-17.15             Focus panels and papers 16-18

16. Culturally Mapping Legacies: How Stories and Maps Connect  EF 01.08

• Karen Smyth, UEA
• Rik Martin, Community Action Norfolk

17. Resilience Promotion Through Communities of Practice: Methodology, Methods and Preliminary Findings                                                                EF 01.05

• Angie Hart, University of Brighton
• Ceri Davies, University of Brighton
• Scott Dennis, Boingboing Social Enterprise
• Lisa Buttery, University of Brighton

18. 18. Leapfrog and Other Actions Moving Between Design Theory and Practice     EF 01.10                                  

• Leon Cruickshank, Lancaster University
• Roger Whitham, Lancaster University
• Gemma Coupe, Lancaster University

17.15             End of conference. Thanks for coming. See you next time. Your place?