All Outputs (89)

Blood Sugar - Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire - A slavery connected history (2018)
Digital Artefact
Sobers, S. (2018). Blood Sugar - Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire - A slavery connected history

This film has been made by the Nottingham based Slave Trade Legacies (STL) group with Dr Shawn Naphtali Sobers, based on a poem by Michelle 'Mother' Hubbard. STL is a mainly African Caribbean group working to gain acknowledgement of the contribution... Read More about Blood Sugar - Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire - A slavery connected history.

Ethiopian echoes in the British landscape (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2017, November). Ethiopian echoes in the British landscape. Paper presented at BCMCR Research Seminar, Birmingham, England

Presentation about my ongoing work and research at Fairfield House, Bath, the former residence of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I. I discuss engagements with the site using creative media, arts and research, relationships with the local communitie... Read More about Ethiopian echoes in the British landscape.

View over Bristol - Tryers, creativity and a civic imaginary (2017)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S., Dovey, J., & Agusita, E. (2017). View over Bristol - Tryers, creativity and a civic imaginary. In A. Atay, & J. Brower (Eds.), Communication, Culture, and Making Meaning in the City: Ethnographic Engagements in Urban Environments. Lexington Books

"Bristol has a culture of tryers, lots of people trying but because there’s a lack of accessibility. Because there is a lack of exits, naturally there are loads of people trying to get out… it is full of people who are trying because they can't grab... Read More about View over Bristol - Tryers, creativity and a civic imaginary.

Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value (2017)
Book Chapter
Dovey, J., Sobers, S., & Agusita, E. (2017). Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value. In S. Malik, C. Chapain, & R. Comunian (Eds.), Community Filmmaking: Diversity, Innovation, Policy and Practice. (1). Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315642727

This chapter discusses the Creative Citizens study, an extensive research project conducted by the authors from 2013 to 2015, looking into the community media practices of the South Blessed collective, a self-motivated network of young creatives appr... Read More about Community media as social innovation: Transformation, agency and value.

Five corners of reggae music, and the house where Rastafari lived (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2017, January). Five corners of reggae music, and the house where Rastafari lived. Paper presented at Reggae Research Network, Norwich, England

This presentation began with a personal exploration of what reggae music means to me, from the perspective of five areas of life - Cultural/ Educational, Spiritual, Political, Entrepreneurial/ Resourcefulness, and Social. It then goes on to discuss... Read More about Five corners of reggae music, and the house where Rastafari lived.

Ethiopian stories in an English landscape (2017)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S. (2017). Ethiopian stories in an English landscape. In H. Roued-Cunliffe, & A. Copeland (Eds.), Participatory Heritage. Facet Publishing

Bath is a UNESCO World Heritage Site with an established narrative of being built by the Romans, and built upon with architectural splendour by the Georgians in the 1700-1800s. This has resulted in a tourist industry worth an annual average of £414... Read More about Ethiopian stories in an English landscape.

Photographic Dialogues: Moving Stills (2017)
Book
Sobers, S. (2017). S. Sobers, & K. Hursthouse (Eds.), Photographic Dialogues: Moving Stills. Bristol: Community Media South West

Special issue looking at photographers who shoot moving image, and the relationship between the creative approaches. We ran the Moving Stills symposium in April 2016, which explored the practices of photographers who also produce moving image work... Read More about Photographic Dialogues: Moving Stills.

Five corners of reggae music (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2016, November). Five corners of reggae music. Presented at Afrika Eye Film Festival, Watershed, Bristol

A personal exploration of what reggae music means to me, from the perspective of five areas of life - Cultural/ Educational, Spiritual, Political, Entrepreneurial/ Resourcefulness, and Social. Speech given at the Afrika Eye Film Festival, 12 Novem... Read More about Five corners of reggae music.

Hidden presence: Comparative study of visualising the presence of Black people living in Georgian era Britain – an analysis of two participatory creative history projects (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2016, April). Hidden presence: Comparative study of visualising the presence of Black people living in Georgian era Britain – an analysis of two participatory creative history projects. Paper presented at What's Happening in Black British History IV, Watershed, Bristol, UK

This paper will discuss the outputs and findings of three recently completed creative history projects, which worked in participatory ways to explore and visually respond to the lives of Black people living in Georgian and Victorian era Britain. All... Read More about Hidden presence: Comparative study of visualising the presence of Black people living in Georgian era Britain – an analysis of two participatory creative history projects.

Civic cultures and modalities of place-making (2016)
Book Chapter
Alevizou, G., Alexiou, K., Harte, D., Sobers, S., Zamenopoulos, T., & Turner, J. (2016). Civic cultures and modalities of place-making. In J. Hartley, & I. Hargreaves (Eds.), The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy (205-230). Policy Press

Acts of creative citizenship require places, where challenges and tensions generate energy, inviting resolution through creative collaboration. In this chapter we aim to shed light on processes of place-making, whether they occur in physical, digital... Read More about Civic cultures and modalities of place-making.

Conversations about co-production (2016)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S., Greene, C., Zamenopoulos, T., Chapain, C., & Turner, J. (2016). Conversations about co-production. In J. Hartley, & I. Hargreaves (Eds.), The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy. Policy Press

This chapter explores the dynamics of Higher Education Institutions working with non-academic partner organisations. The chapter engages in dialogue with key individuals in these partnerships, discussing key issues experienced throughout the Creativ... Read More about Conversations about co-production.

Varieties of creative citizenship (2016)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S., Zamenopoulos, T., Alexiou, K., Alevizou, G., Chapain, C., & Williams, A. (2016). Varieties of creative citizenship. In J. Hartley, & I. Hargreaves (Eds.), The Creative Citizen Unbound: How Social Media and DIY Culture Contribute to Democracy, Communities and the Creative Economy. Policy Press

This chapter reflects on different variations of creative citizenship drawing from empirical studies carried out across the Creative Citizen project, covering different domains in which media are used creatively by communities. It discusses a number... Read More about Varieties of creative citizenship.

From networks to complexity - Creative Citizens project (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., & Harte, D. (2015, December). From networks to complexity - Creative Citizens project. Paper presented at DCRC Cultural Value Seminars, Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol

From Networks to Complexity: two case studies from the AHRC Creative Citizens project. From the noticeboard in the newsagent’s window to multi-layered online networks using social networking technologies, citizens are increasingly accessing networks... Read More about From networks to complexity - Creative Citizens project.

Self-portraiture and portraiture in the dialogic moment (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2015, June). Self-portraiture and portraiture in the dialogic moment. Paper presented at Gender Recalled, King's College, London

This presentation will be an autoethnographic exploration of personal and public approaches to memory, reparation and reconciliation within implicit gendered contexts. Discussed will be personal art works ranging from my confessional works, activist... Read More about Self-portraiture and portraiture in the dialogic moment.

Photography and integrity - an overview (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2015, June). Photography and integrity - an overview. Paper presented at Exclave 2015 and Photography and Integrity Symposium, Oxo Tower Wharf, London

To open the 'Integrity and Photography' symposium, this brief paper gives an overview of how I see integrity played out across various genres of photography. I argue that integrity is not a notion owned by documentary approaches to photography, and... Read More about Photography and integrity - an overview.

Names I once owned (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
Sobers, S. (2015). Names I once owned. 13 June 2015 - 13 June 2015. (Unpublished)

A spoken word autoethnography of names. Exploring the names I once owned discussed through the lens of identity, history and politics. Contextual references are made to Malcolm X, and his journey with names in pursuit of social justice and spiritual... Read More about Names I once owned.

One bridge, two Williams: Photographic integrity in the age of ubiquity (2015)
Journal Article
Sobers, S. (2015). One bridge, two Williams: Photographic integrity in the age of ubiquity

A brief and personal exploration of integrity in photography in relation to identity. Starting with an analysis of the differing photographic practices of William Klein and William Eggleston, as a means of entering the discourse of what integrity me... Read More about One bridge, two Williams: Photographic integrity in the age of ubiquity.

Photojournalism and ethics: In search of a peace journalism (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., & Mitchell, R. (2015, March). Photojournalism and ethics: In search of a peace journalism. Paper presented at Bristol Cable Workshop and Seminar Series, Bristol, UK

Photojournalism has long been associated with events of conflict, war and tension, and never more so than now in the age of 24 hour rolling news, and the proliferation of platforms for citizen media.  This session asks, what could Peace Photojournali... Read More about Photojournalism and ethics: In search of a peace journalism.

The suppressed majority? What does it mean to be a modern man? (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2015, March). The suppressed majority? What does it mean to be a modern man?. Paper presented at Young People's Festival of Ideas, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK

Looking at critical issues affecting young people today - exploring the topic of masculinity. What is masculinity? What does it mean to be a modern man? Should gender define us? Is modern masculinity a problem? And where does masculinity fit within t... Read More about The suppressed majority? What does it mean to be a modern man?.

Walking interconnections: Case study of methods of a participatory action research project (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2015, March). Walking interconnections: Case study of methods of a participatory action research project. Paper presented at Visual Social Science Network, Watershed, Bristol, UK

Discussing the methodologies and research methods of 'Walking Interconnections' - a research project that worked in the Bristol region from 2013 – 2014 using walking, conversation and creative activities as methods to trigger communication between se... Read More about Walking interconnections: Case study of methods of a participatory action research project.