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Hidden Presence: British history and the need to acknowledge true stories with African descendent casts (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2013, September). Hidden Presence: British history and the need to acknowledge true stories with African descendent casts. Paper presented at Black History in Wiltshire Symposium, East Tytherton

British culture is full of legend and folklore, yet true stories about the Black presence in pre-20th century UK, which on the surface are even more fantastical than fiction, struggles to find a place in the historical British narrative. The functi... Read More about Hidden Presence: British history and the need to acknowledge true stories with African descendent casts.

Walking interconnections: Researching the lived experience of disabled people for a sustainable society (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Adams, S., & Heddon, D. (2013, September). Walking interconnections: Researching the lived experience of disabled people for a sustainable society. Paper presented at Walking in the City: Mapping Borders Symposium, The Parlour Rooms, Bristol

‘Walking Interconnections’ is the name of a collaborative research project. As the name suggests, the project’s focus is on the ways in which walking, as an activity, can prompt the sharing of experiences between people. The interconnections we expl... Read More about Walking interconnections: Researching the lived experience of disabled people for a sustainable society.

Enthusiastic facilitator, reluctant anthropologist (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2013, July). Enthusiastic facilitator, reluctant anthropologist. Paper presented at International Visual Sociology Association, Goldsmiths, London, UK

After 17 years of working in community media video projects as a facilitator and later as a researcher, I felt the time was right to now reconnect with my own creative practice of photography and filmmaking. As a facilitator I was ever conscious of t... Read More about Enthusiastic facilitator, reluctant anthropologist.

Re:Interpretation: the representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media (2013)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S., & Mitchell, R. (2013). Re:Interpretation: the representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media. In M. Dresser, & A. Hann (Eds.), Slavery and the British Country House (132-139). English Heritage

This chapter describes the process, production and context of Re:Interpretation, a participatory media project carried out by Firstborn Creatives in partnership with the National Trust. The brief was to explore the challenging subject of transatlant... Read More about Re:Interpretation: the representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media.

Re:Interpretation: The representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2013, March). Re:Interpretation: The representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media. Paper presented at Conservation and (Post) Colonialism Conference - Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings (ASCHB), Museum of London, Docklands

This presentation describes the process, production and context of Re:Interpretation, a participatory media project carried out by Firstborn Creatives in partnership with the National Trust. The brief was to explore the challenging subject of transa... Read More about Re:Interpretation: The representation of perspectives on slave trade history using creative media.

Reflections on partnership working: Case Study of BBC partnership with UWE photography programme (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Smart, D., Connolly, S., Weston, P., & McGinn, C. (2012, December). Reflections on partnership working: Case Study of BBC partnership with UWE photography programme. Paper presented at Engage 2012 - National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement Conference, Bristol Hotel

This presentation discussed the partnership that was built between BBC Bristol and the UWE photography programme, which saw students working with BBC staff on the 'More Than Words' festival, producing imagery across the city. Reflections on the succ... Read More about Reflections on partnership working: Case Study of BBC partnership with UWE photography programme.

Adinkra Poster Series (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Sobers, S., & Mitchell, R. (2012). Adinkra Poster Series. 1 November 2012 - 1 November 2012. (Unpublished)

These poster images are work in progress of a series of 54. They explore the Adinkra symbols which originate from Ghana, dating back to the pre-historic era. The symbols are still widely used by Ghanaians to the present day, as well as by the wider A... Read More about Adinkra Poster Series.

Real and Imagined Lives (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Sobers, S. (2012). Real and Imagined Lives. 20 October 2012 - 6 January 2013. (Unpublished)

Real and Imagined Lives explores identity through works drawn from the National Portrait Gallery Collection. Fictional character sketches written by well known authors accompany Tudor & Jacobean paintings of unknown sitters, while writers offer an a... Read More about Real and Imagined Lives.

Words Inside (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Sobers, S. (2012). Words Inside. 1 October 2012 - 1 January 2013. (Unpublished)

Solo photography exhibition - This photography series is interested in marginalia – notes in the margins of books, and the other markings they carry that were not there when new. The photographs on display are a combination of my own books, and ones... Read More about Words Inside.

Identity in community media (negotiating marginal positions within photographic practices) (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2012, April). Identity in community media (negotiating marginal positions within photographic practices). Paper presented at Rendering the Real: Negotiating marginal positions within photographic practices, 198 Contemporary Gallery, London

Invited to discuss how notions of identity, self, and place feature for participants in community media projects, where those themes are related to the project contexts.

The business of community media: Stakeholders and sustainability (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2012, March). The business of community media: Stakeholders and sustainability. Paper presented at Community Media Symposium 2012, University of Gloucestershire

I was invited to discuss the economic, ethical, pedagogic, political and other factors relating to community media activities, and their bearing on the sustainability of the businesses carrying out the work. "This interdiscplinary Symposium brough... Read More about The business of community media: Stakeholders and sustainability.

Roots & Wings (2012)
Exhibition / Performance
Sobers, S. (2012). Roots & Wings. 12 February 2012 - 30 October 2012. (Unpublished)

Touring group photography exhibition - 2012. Locations included The Hawth, Crawley, Steel Shed Gallery in Barbados, Martinique art gallery, and Brighton Photo Fringe. Curated and coordinated by Urban Flo Creative Consultancy, in partnership with... Read More about Roots & Wings.

Socially engaged arts practice in the current economic climate (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2010, September). Socially engaged arts practice in the current economic climate. Paper presented at Demanding Conversations, Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol

Demanding Conversations was a conference that took place at Knowle West Media Centre, Bristol on 22nd and 23rd September 2010. The conference involved practitioners, artists, policy makers, and commentators in debate about socially engaged arts pract... Read More about Socially engaged arts practice in the current economic climate.

Myths, facts and feelings: Bristol and transatlantic slavery (2010)
Book
Sobers, S., Mitchell, R., Lynas, L., Burton, E., & Cavannah, K. (2010). S. Sobers, R. Mitchell, L. Lynas, E. Burton, & K. Cavannah (Eds.), Myths, facts and feelings: Bristol and transatlantic slavery. Community Media South West

Positioning education within community media (2010)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S. (2010). Positioning education within community media. In K. Howley (Ed.), Understanding Community Media (188). Sage Publications, Inc

Looking at how educational activities contribute to the broader community media sector, and discussing the impacts of involvement for young people in media arts activity.

Perspectives of slave trade history using creative digital platforms (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., & Mitchell, R. (2009, November). Perspectives of slave trade history using creative digital platforms. Paper presented at Slavery and the British Country House, London School of Economics

This presentation describes the process, production and context of Re:Interpretation, a participatory media project carried out by Firstborn Creatives in partnership with the National Trust. The brief was to explore the challenging subject of transa... Read More about Perspectives of slave trade history using creative digital platforms.

Plan China (2009)
Digital Artefact
Sobers, S. (2009). Plan China

In 2007 I visited Guangzhou, China for 10 days as Filmmaker-in-Residence with a group of young people and three other support workers, on a research trip exploring creative life and education in the city. The resulting 21 minute film was screened... Read More about Plan China.

Lafrance’s Story: Inside Out (2008)
Digital Artefact
Sobers, S., & Wicks, R. (2008). Lafrance’s Story: Inside Out

Short documentary for BBC 1's 'Inside Out' magazine programme, exploring the story of Lafrance Gordon, and how he has overcome suffering from a stroke by challenging himself to physical tests. This film charts his climbing of the highest peak in Sout... Read More about Lafrance’s Story: Inside Out.