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DRHA 2016
Digital Research in the Humanities and Arts
University of Brighton, September 4th – 7th 2016.
Place, Ecology and the Digital
DRHA will gather in Brighton for the 20th anniversary of the network and
conference. DRHA has become one of the foremost conferences in the world in
facilitating dialogue between academics and practitioners from:
• Digital Arts and Humanities,
• Creative Industries,
• Digital Libraries and Archives
The University of Brighton is proud to be hosting DRHA2016 and invites you to
contribute.
DRHA2016 Theme: Place, Ecology and the Digital
The ‘digital’ can imply a sense of everywhere and at the same time nowhere in
particular. The combination with place and ecology invites reflection on what
it is to be: situated; embedded in complex nested systems; to be in
relationship to place and, further, how the digital may challenge or facilitate
this. Place could refer to ideas of localism; to community and to geographical
base, or equally it may refer to more abstract, distributed or virtual realms
or networks.
DRHA 2016 continues where the conference in 2015 left off in asking how we can
engage with some of the ‘wicked problems’ and grand challenges of our time.
There will be a number of high profile keynotes as well as a focus on
interdisciplinary and intercultural ‘labs’. The conference will offer a
platform to ‘labs’ that offer insights into approaches and methods for
facilitating interdisciplinarity. Complex contemporary issues resist
single-disciplinary enquiry and require hybrid or emergent methods. The
conference will bring together lab curators and facilitators so that the
network can collaboratively reflect upon, evaluate and refine methods for
resolving grand challenges.
CALL FOR PAPERS
DRHA2016: Place, Ecology and the Digital. This announcement is to alert you to
the forthcoming event and to invite you to consider developing a proposal. DRHA
is a peer-reviewed conference. The call for papers will be released later this
month.
COMMISSIONS
DRHA comprises and academic conference and a curated programme. Along with the
call for papers we will also be issuing a call for proposals for creative
responses to the theme. The curatorial panel will be comprised of
representatives of DRHA and cultural partners in the city of Brighton. There
will be opportunities to create/install work thought the city in partnership
with Brighton Digital Festival, Fabrica Gallery, ONCA Gallery and the
University of Brighton Gallery.
PARTNERS
DRHA2016 has established partnerships with:
Brighton Digital Festival (BDF)
Fabrica Gallery
ONCA Gallery
Brighton Photo Biennial
(Leonardo Education and Art Forum tbc.)
THE CITY
Brighton is one of the UK’s most exciting cities with a remarkable number of
creative individuals and enterprises. The city was selected to be the focus of
internationally significant research looking at creative clusters because of
the concentration of creatives engaged with the digital economy: a growing and
important part of the local economy comprising more than 15% of employment.
College of Arts and Humanities is highly ranked for its world-leading research
and impact. The city boasts a great social scene, a historic palace, the North
Laine and the Lanes for great independent stores, cafes, bars and restaurants.
It is a dynamic and creative city which hosts the largest arts festival in
England each May with the Brighton Festival, its Fringe and associated
festivals such as House/ Artist Open Houses (visual arts), The Great Escape
(music) and B:Fest (young people) . Each autumn the city holds an
internationally renowned film festival, Cine City and every two years, the
Brighton Photo Biennial; all hosted by the College of Arts.
It is also a place of beautiful natural landscapes, with a vibrant seafront
along one edge and surrounded on the others by the South Downs National Park.
This unique mix of coastal, downs and urban areas has been designated a UNESCO
Biosphere. Brighton is 45 minutes by train from London and 20 minutes from
Gatwick airport.
You are invited to consider submitting a paper, lab or to propose a
contribution to the co-curated digital festival. Please check the website:
http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/drha16
for forthcoming deadlines and do get in touch for further information at:
drha2016@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The conference and wider programme is likely to be of particular interest to
those involved with:
• Big data
• Interdisciplinary labs
• Digital economy
• Open access and open source
• Playable cities
• Climate change mitigation
• Smart cities
• Digital museums, archives and engagement programmes
• Community led planning
• Social media and active citizenship
• Urban agriculture
• Placemaking
• Performance and embodied experience of place
• Rapid urbanisation and mass migration
• Conflict and climate change
Alan Boldon
Head of Cultural Engagement and Innovation
College of Arts and Humanities
University of Brighton
Feb 2016
Prof Sue Broadhurst,
Director of Research,
Department of Arts and Humanities,
Brunel University,
London,
UB8 3PH, UK
Direct Line: +44(0)1895 266588
Extension: 66588
Fax: +44(0)1895 269768
Email: susan.broadhurst@xxxxxxxxxxxx