All Outputs (3)

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.