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Forum: No User Manual: Gender, Access & Representation in Music & Sound Technologies

  • Bergen Kjøtt 1 Skutevikstorget Bergen, Vestland, 5032 Norway (map)

Forum: No User Manual: Gender, Access & Representation in Music & Sound Technologies

Arrangør: Grieg Academy (Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design – KMD) and the Centre for Women's and Gender Research (Faculty of Humanities) at the University of Bergen (UiB)
Dato: Torsdag 20. + Fredag 21. november
Tid: 10:00 - 16:30
Billetter: Gratis! Påmelding: https://kmd.uib.no/en/Calendar/events/no-user-manual)
Rom: Fabrikkhallen (2. etasje)
Aldersgrense: fri alder!

Mer info:
The forum No User Manual brings together researchers, artists, and stakeholders from the music sector, with the aim of opening new conversations between academia and the music industry.

The program features a range of guest lecturers from both Norway and abroad, and includes lectures, discussions, and presentations exploring gender, technology, and participation in the field of music.

Programme - Thursday 20. november:
10-10.15 Welcome & Opening

10.15-11.15 Session 1: Gender and Music Production

11.15-11.45 Break: Coffee & Conversations

11.45-12.45 Session 2: Hacking Bias: Rethinking Gender through AI and Instrument Design

12.45-13.45 Lunch: Daily Pot @ Bergen Kjøtt

13.45-14.30 Session 3: Sonic Cyberfeminisms

14.3o-14.45 Short break

14.45-15.15 Session 4: Encounters with Jocy de Oliveira – her life and music

15.15-15.30 Short break

15.30-16.30 Session 5: Roundtable – Gender And/As Technology

Confirmed speakers:
Katie Ambrose, University of York, UK
Joanne Armitage, University of Leeds, UK
Michelle Badiane, AKKS Bergen, Norway
Balansekunst, Norway
Jude Brereton, University of York, UK
Késia Decoté, Norway
Grace Goodwin, University of Liverpool, UK
Nina Himmelreich, University of Liverpool, UK
Eva Navarro López, Digital Fems Network, Spain
Amandine Pras, Le Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris, France
Eva Rowson, Bergen Kjøtt, Norway
Marie Thompson, The Open University, UK

The forum is part of the project Gender, Technology and Participation, a collaboration between the Grieg Academy (Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design – KMD) and the Centre for Women's and Gender Research (Faculty of Humanities) at the University of Bergen (UiB).

Photo: Sasha Azanova