Fwd: [CLHLWR] Free and open mini-conference_Working with Narrative, Memory and Life History

Tue Apr 17 11:15:12 UTC 2012

of interest ? -  pass  on as you wish and do book a place if you wish 
to go - best wishes - Chris

>Working with Narrative, Memory and Life History: A Postgraduate and 
>Graduate Afternoon for Sharing Projects, Skills and Job Experiences.
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>The Centre for Life History and Life Writing Research (University of 
>Sussex) and the Centre for Research in Memory, Narrative and 
>Histories (University of Brighton) are co-hosting a mini-conference 
>on Friday, 25 May 2012. The event will begin at 1pm and finish at 
>5:30pm (refreshments will be provided). For those able to continue, 
>discussions will then move on to a nearby pub in central Brighton.
>
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>This open event will take place at Grand Parade, University of 
>Brighton and it will be free of charge although places are limited. 
>To book please email Sara Duffy sd164 at brighton.ac.uk
>
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>The conference theme considers what to do with a postgraduate degree 
>in life history, narrative or memory studies. Graduates from the 
>University of Sussex MA in Life History Research and the University 
>of Brighton's MA in Cultural History, Memory and Identity will offer 
>mini-presentations on paid or voluntary work they have done since 
>graduation. The afternoon will allow for networking and also for 
>hearing about projects by MA students currently studying at 
>Brighton. It will also serve as a reunion event for life history 
>graduates that have moved on from the two universities.
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>Presentations include:
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>Daisy Asquith (University of Brighton)
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>Nothing Worse Should Happen: Making a Documentary about Holocaust Survivors
>
>Daisy intended her MA as a way out of her established job making 
>documentaries for television where she found telling stories to 
>order frustrating and demoralising. This course made her regard her 
>work in a different way; reinvigorating it with new ideas and 
>approaches. Daisy recently applied for a history commission with 
>Channel 4 on the present day lives of Holocaust survivors. She will 
>discuss how her work and study have interacted and how she has 
>learned to be robust about the way she wants to tell a story. She 
>will show a short clip from the film in order to demonstrate how it 
>was hugely enriched by further study.
>
>
>Jenna Bailey (University of Sussex)
>
>Can Any Academic Help Me? A Personal Perspective on Balancing 
>Academic and Commercial Interests in Life History Research
>
>Since graduating, the two main projects that Jenna has worked on 
>have been her first book, 'Can Any Mother Help Me?' and forthcoming 
>second publication, a band biography about the Ivy Benson Band. 
>Jenna will discuss her experience of researching and publishing life 
>history based books that are geared toward a popular audience. She 
>will focus on the lessons learned while transitioning between the 
>academic arena and the world of commercial publications, looking 
>both at issues of content selection and research practice. Finally, 
>she will touch upon her experience of working as a consultant on 
>both a theatrical adaptation and television screenplay of her first book.
>
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>Frances Cornford (University of Sussex)
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>Crafts Lives at the British Library
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>Frances will give an overview of the Crafts Lives project, which is 
>part of National Life Stories at the British Library. She will focus 
>on what the project interviewer's job involves, the nature of the 
>collected interviews and discuss some of the challenges of 
>interviewing craftspeople. She will suggest some approaches to 
>encouraging the interviewee to speak about ingrained habits and 
>skills that operate at a non-verbal level.
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>Sarah Hitchings and Jenny Stewart (University of Sussex)
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>Turning an MA in Life History Research into a business.
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>Sarah and Jenny will talk about their Life History business 'Spoken 
>Memoirs'; their motivation for setting it up, how it evolved and 
>some of the challenges they have faced along the way. They will also 
>share their successes and the positive support network established 
>with other students. They will discuss the discrepancy between the 
>academic world and the 'real ' world and some of the strengths and 
>limitations of an MA course in preparing students for a future 
>career in life history.
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>
>Sue Maclaine (University of Sussex)
>
>The me in you and the you in me.
>
>Sue MacLaine is a writer and performer. Her artistic practice is 
>located within the auto/biographical construct and has been informed 
>and influenced by her MA Studies in Life History and Life Writing at 
>the University of Sussex. For this presentation she will focus on 
>her current production 'Still Life: An Audience with Henrietta 
>Moraes' to example the journey from autobiographical impulse through 
>academic research to biographical creative product.
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>Noelle McCormack (University of Sussex)
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>Life History and Disability
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>Since graduating in 2007 Noelle has been involved in a variety of 
>life history projects concerned with recording the stories of people 
>with disabilities and dementia. One funded project supported her to 
>record the story of a mother of a profoundly disabled child, 
>resulting in a multi-media exhibitionInside My Dance at the Jubilee 
>Library. Noelle will discuss her present project work where she 
>supports mixed ability learning disabled adults to tell their 
>stories using sound, film and photography.
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>Fiona Murrell (University of Sussex)
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>Working with archives
>
>Since graduating, Fiona has been involved with two projects. The 
>first is working with West Sussex Libraries who have been awarded 
>Heritage Lottery funding on a project about West Sussex during WW2. 
>Her role involved researching material from the Mass Observation 
>Archive including several diaries that will be used as evidence on 
>Sussex life during this period. Her second job is archiving the 
>documents of a leading primatologist, Alison Jolly, known for her 
>studies of lemurs in Madagascar. Fiona will present on the the 
>pleasures and pitfalls involved in working with archives.
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>Catherine Page (University of Sussex)
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>A Licence to Explore
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>Since graduating Catherine has written a street history 'My House, 
>My Street' and has interviewed for the 'Speaking Up for Disability' 
>project. She is now working up her own oral history research 
>concerned with the disappearing lifestyles of West Sussex. Catherine 
>is on the management committee of QueenSparkBooks. She will discuss 
>how the MA in Life History Research has given her natural 
>inclination to enquire in to other people's affairs, a quasi-official status.
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>Jo Palache (University of Sussex)
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> From individual experience to public perception
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>Jo Palache shares her experience of working on oral history projects 
>in the museum environment, and in particular collecting interviews 
>to engage the public and provide an exhibition narrative. She will 
>discuss the tension that arises in achieving the archival depth 
>appropriate for future researchers and upholding the integrity of 
>the individual story whilst providing the brevity of expression 
>required for museum displays.
>
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>Lucy Pearce (University of Brighton)
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>Moving between two worlds - activism and academia
>
>Since graduating with a degree in African and Caribbean Studies, 
>Lucy has worked as a professional campaigner. Fifteen years later 
>she returned to study part time, alongside continuing to work part 
>time in campaigning. Her talk will explore how she has experienced 
>these two separate yet connected parts of her life, their 
>complementarities, and tensions. Key words will include reflection 
>and language. Lucy does not know where her studies will take her, 
>and looks forward to questions, comments, and thoughts on this 
>creative tension between professional activism and academia.
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>Don't forget to book a place as soon as possible to avoid disappointment
>
>Email Sara Duffy
>
>sd164 at brighton.ac.uk
>
>Best wishes from CLHLWR
>
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