All Outputs (18)

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.

Walking interconnections: Walking in someone else's shoes (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Porter, S., Parfitt, A., & Wheeler, A. (2014, November). Walking interconnections: Walking in someone else's shoes. Presented at Thinking Futures, MShed, Bristol, UK

'Walking Interconnections' is a research project that worked in the Bristol region from 2013 – 2014 using walking, conversation and creative activities as methods to trigger communication between self-identified disabled people and sustainability pra... Read More about Walking interconnections: Walking in someone else's shoes.

The social vocabulary of Hidden Presence: British History and the need to talk through the silence and acknowledge true stories of African presence (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2013, October). The social vocabulary of Hidden Presence: British History and the need to talk through the silence and acknowledge true stories of African presence

When British spaces, rural and otherwise, are full of celebrated and re-told myths and legends – from sites such as Stonehenge through to character based fables such as Robin Hood – why do some resist to allow true stories, which are no less fantasti... Read More about The social vocabulary of Hidden Presence: British History and the need to talk through the silence and acknowledge true stories of African presence.

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)
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.

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.

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.

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.

Re-Representing rural racism through the use of community media (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Johnson-Idan, L., Bunting, D., Rocas, V., & Watts, V. (2008, August). Re-Representing rural racism through the use of community media. Paper presented at OurMedia7 Conference, Accra, Ghana

Discussing how critical pedagogy approaches to participatory media production can enable young people co-producing the media address and negotiate complex aspects of their identities, in this instance, identities of race and culture. This paper was... Read More about Re-Representing rural racism through the use of community media.

Re-Representing rural racism through the use of Community Media (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2006, July). Re-Representing rural racism through the use of Community Media. Paper presented at DIVERSE Conference, Glasgow Caledonian University

Discussing how critical pedagogy approaches to participatory media production can enable young people co-producing the media address and negotiate complex aspects of their identities, in this instance, identities of race and culture. This paper was... Read More about Re-Representing rural racism through the use of Community Media.

Young people's needs and the negotiation of community media working mainstream services (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Thomas, H., Reid, M., Saunders, J., Mason, S., Froome, K., & Froome, D. (2006, July). Young people's needs and the negotiation of community media working mainstream services. Presented at Diverse, Glasgow Caledonian University

How young people have worked with community media projects to negotiate their life needs, working with formal and informal services.

Re-Representing rural racism through the use of community media (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2006, January). Re-Representing rural racism through the use of community media. Paper presented at Politics, Race & Ethnicity Conference, Glenside Campus, University of the West of England, Bristol

Discussing how critical pedagogy approaches to participatory media production can enable young people co-producing the media address and negotiate complex aspects of their identities, in this instance, identities of race and culture. This paper was... Read More about Re-Representing rural racism through the use of community media.

Beyond Project: Working towards defining and sustaining the community media sector (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S. (2005, September). Beyond Project: Working towards defining and sustaining the community media sector. Paper presented at The MacBride Report-25 Years Later A Euricom Colloquium, Piran, Slovenia

Discussing the impact of the UNESCO MacBride Report titled, 'Many Voices-One World', on the ethos and working principles of community media education, and building upon the report findings to build a sustainable community media sector.

Using digital media to enhance creative writing (2005)
Presentation / Conference
Sobers, S., Mitchell, R., & Smith, R. (2005, July). Using digital media to enhance creative writing. Paper presented at ICT Education West of England Conference, University of the West of England, Bristol

Discussing Creative Partnership case studies: 'Blueboard Creative Media Residencies' and 'Brief Consequences' as examples of embedding the use of digital media across the curriculum in primary and secondary school education to enhance creative writin... Read More about Using digital media to enhance creative writing.