Outputs (6)

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.

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.

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.