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<u>Future Thinking: The AHRC Connected Communities Collection,
Archiving the Audio-Visual and Beyond</u><br>
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<b>29 October 2014</b><br>
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University of Salford, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays<br>
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A day of thinking about and exploring archives and their use and
development, in relation to the Connected Communities Media
Collection…. The focus of the day is this archive built to host
(and make accessible) audio-visual media outputs from more than 300
projects funded in the AHRC Connected Communities programme.<br>
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Today we will hear about a range of current audio-visual archiving
practices, future digital possibilities, and have the opportunity to
explore the working prototype of the Connected Communities Media
Collection, before deciding on some possibilities for the archive as
it goes forward.… Brought to you by Ann Light, Northumbria
University and Tamar Millen, Community Media Association, with AHRC
CC Leadership Fellow, George McKay.<br>
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This event is FREE, but registration is essential. First come, first
served. To book a place or find out more contact us on
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:connectedcommunities@commedia.org.uk">connectedcommunities@commedia.org.uk</a>.<br>
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The day will be of interest to scholars and workers in media
studies, radio, music, community media, archives, digital, heritage,
Connected Communities.... Come to MediaCityUK for the day, find out
more, tell us about your practice and interest.... <br>
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The programme is below, and further information also available at:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://connected-communities.org/index.php/future-thinking-the-ahrc-connected-communities-media-collection-archiving-the-audio-visual-and-beyond-29-october-mediacityuk/">http://connected-communities.org/index.php/future-thinking-the-ahrc-connected-communities-media-collection-archiving-the-audio-visual-and-beyond-29-october-mediacityuk/</a>
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9.30-10.00 Arrival and coffee<br>
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10.00 Welcome and introduction<br>
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10.10-12.10 Session 1. Archiving the audio-visual,
archiving community: some current practices<br>
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· Paul Wilson, Radio Curator, The British Library: ‘The Future
Radio Archive?’<br>
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· Caroline Mitchell, University of Sunderland: ‘Fem FM Archive:
working with Bristol City Archives to establish an archive of
Britain’s first women’s radio station’<br>
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· Kathy Cremin, Director of Cooperation, Bede’s World Museum
(including Hive Radio, the first radio station in and from a
museum): ‘Community, Media and Place’<br>
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· Jez Collins, Birmingham City University/Birmingham Music
Archive: ‘“A pile of my history, found in my parents’ attic”:
sustaining popular music’s material cultures’<br>
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12.10-12.30 Coffee<br>
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12.30-1.30 Session 2. Exploring the new Connected
Communities audio-visual online archive<br>
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This AHRC Connected Communities project brought together media,
academic and community partners to develop and test a means of
storing the many audio-visual media outputs of the CC programme as a
whole. Ann Light worked with Tamar Millen and colleagues at the
Community Media Association to produce a working prototype of the
archive, at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://ccmc.commedia.org.uk/">http://ccmc.commedia.org.uk/</a>. In this session they will
introduce it and invite us to explore it using maps and themes. <br>
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1.30-2.15 Lunch <br>
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2.15-3.15 Session 3. 20 ways to use a media archive<br>
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This session is a chance to think up innovative ways of using the
archive and develop a plan for its future in research and in play.
How are media developing? And what role might the archive take? We
look at ways to bring the learning caught in these materials closer
to the people who might use and develop them. We start the afternoon
with a glimpse into the practice of mashing up archives, before
devising our own scenarios to make the materials accessible and
valuable over time and the sum equal more than the parts.<br>
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· Prof Chris Speed, Chair in Design Informatics, Edinburgh
College of Art/University of Edinburgh <br>
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3.15-4.00 Round table discussion<br>
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Action planning:<br>
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· What next? Where can we take an archive of this nature? Do we
want to incorporate it in upcoming projects or find it a research
angle of its own? How do we get maximum value out of aggregating all
the outputs from 300+ research projects involving media and
communities?<br>
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Tamar Millen
Arts Coordinator
Community Media Association
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield
S1 2BX
0114 2795219
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.arts.commedia.org.uk">www.arts.commedia.org.uk</a>
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