[ecrea] Sonic Cyberfeminisms - registration

*SONIC CYBERFEMINISMS

UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN, UK

**5-6th MAY 2017*

_Online registration now open:_

http://store.lincoln.ac.uk/product-catalogue/conferences/sonic-cyberfeminisms/sonic-cyberfeminisms-56th-may-2017

In recent years, the relationship between sound, gender and technology 
has gained increasing attention. There have been a number of artist 
networks, archives and educational initiatives established in the hope 
of tackling the gendered exclusions from and disparities within the 
technocentric fields of electronic music, audio production and sound 
arts. Many of these projects can be understood to share some of the 
concerns and ideals of cyberfeminism. Emerging in the early 1990s, 
cyberfeminism sought to explore the potentials and possibilities of 
technology, computing and Cyberspace for feminist praxis. However, to 
talk of cyberfeminism or indeed a cyberfeminist ethos in the singular is 
something of a misnomer: we consider it more appropriate to speak of 
plural cyberfeminisms, with various agendas, methods, perspectives and 
priorities.


Whilst many of these recent initiatives have been aimed at increasing 
the visibility of women in sound technology and computing-related 
fields, for many, the debates around improving representation of gender 
reveals disparities around what feminist agendas are being pursued. Is 
the lack of women and girls in audio technology a problem only to be 
fixed by increasing participation? Or is there a danger of “leaning in” 
to a regime of white supremacist, imperialist, capitalist 
hetero-patriarchy (to use bell hooks’ augmented phrase)? Revisiting 
Faith Wilding’s question of the political strategy of cyberfeminism, it 
is timely to ask – where is the feminism in sonic cyberfeminisms?

Sonic Cyberfeminisms will provide an opportunity to critically reflect 
upon and, in doing so, contribute to current activism and debates 
concerning sound, gender and technology.


Speakers:

Patricia Alessandrini, Mariana Bahia, Marlo De Lara, Jane Frances 
Dunlop, Laura Gracia, Nastasia Hadjadji, Maren Haffke, Adam Harper, 
Natalie Hyacinth, Miranda Iossifidis, Tina Krekels, Cathy Lane, Natasha 
Lall, Frances Morgan, Maria Murphy, Isabel Nogueira, Jo Norcup, Shanti 
Suki Osman, Paul Rekret, Asha Tamirisa, Mollie Zhang.


Performances/installations by:

Robin Buckley, Laura Gracia, Louise Lawlor, Ingrid Lee, OFFAL, Anuka 
Ramischwili-Schaefer, Amble Skuse

Please note: Sonic Cyberfeminisms will begin at 10.45 on Friday and end 
no later than 5.30 on Saturday.

Hosted by Marie Thompson, Annie Goh and the Extra Sonic Practice 
research group

Registration will close on 1st May 2017 5pm.

More info: https://soniccyberfeminisms.wordpress.com/
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