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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 - Friday 21. november:
9.30-10.00 Morning Coffee & Welcome Back

10.00-11.00 Session 6: Gender and Representation in the Music Industry – Connecting Research and Practice

11.00-11.15 Break: Coffee & Conversations

11.15-11.45 Session 7: Balansekunst

11.45-13.00 Session 8: Let’s put an end to microaggressions in the recording studio and music industry!

13.00-14.00 Lunch: Daily Pot @ Bergen Kjøtt

14.00-14.30 Session 9: Some Thoughts on Code, Sound, and Bodies

14.30-14.45 Short break

14.45-15.45 Session 10: Roundtable – Perspectives from the Music Sector

15.45-16.00 Short break

16.00-16.30 Session 11: Sum up – Open conversation (with audience participation)

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