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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.

What came first, the Black or the Arts? An autoethnography (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2016, March). What came first, the Black or the Arts? An autoethnography. Paper presented at Framing the Critical Decade: After the Black Arts Movement, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

This highly personal paper will discuss what inspired me about the Black Arts Movement and the critical decade’, and how has it continued to influence my arts practice and thinking. Growing up in Bath in the 80s, leaving school in 1988 aged 16 to... Read More about What came first, the Black or the Arts? An autoethnography.

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.

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.

Language and resistance: Memories of transatlantic slavery, and its continuing afterlives in the use of Rastafari language and terminology (2016)
Book Chapter
Sobers, S. (2016). Language and resistance: Memories of transatlantic slavery, and its continuing afterlives in the use of Rastafari language and terminology. In J. Gill, & J. O'Connell Davidson (Eds.), Slavery: Memory and Afterlives (60-63). Open Democracy

This article discusses how language within the Rastafari culture, known as Iyaric, or Word Sound, has been formed in resistance to the effects of white supremacist domination in the forms of slavery and colonialization. It explores how Rastafari ter... Read More about Language and resistance: Memories of transatlantic slavery, and its continuing afterlives in the use of Rastafari language and terminology.