[Air-l] DRHA (UK) 2006 - call for participation, papers etc...

[Barry.Smith at bristol.ac.uk]

...forwarding a CFP for those particularly interested in "digital 
influences" on contemporary culture, arts and humanities...

DIGITAL RESOURCES IN THE HUMANITIES AND ARTS
 * *  CONFERENCE 2006  * *
DARTINGTON COLLEGE OF ARTS, UK
SEPTEMBER 3-6, 2006

for further details see
http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha06/index.asp

and
http://www.ahds.ac.uk/drha2006/index.php?cf=5

This year the renamed DRHA (UK) Conference - Digital Resources in the 
Humanities and Arts - is choosing to bring a new dimension into its 
standard range of digital projects and interests across the major 
disciplines of the humanities (archaeology, history, literature, 
languages, linguistics...) by offering an exceptional invitation to 
practitioners and scholars working with digital media across the 
creative, visual, performing and media arts (music, performance, 
dance, visual arts, gaming, media, Internet...).  This development is 
intended to draw upon and give greater opportunity to consider changes 
that have occurred through the various applications of digital 
resources across multi-media platforms and practice-based and practice-
led arts research.  The Conference offers an opportunity to all 
participants involved in arts, humanities and cultural studies to 
present, witness, experience and exchange knowledge and applications 
of accessible digital resources, and to appreciate how the 
collaborative practices of everyone involved with digital resources 
has a considerable potential to inform and influence other disciplines.

The history and environment of Dartington College of Arts UK make it 
the perfect location for Conference 2006.  Well known as a place of 
special beauty and seclusion, the performance studios and exhibition 
facilities are equally superlative and include the 14th Century Great 
Hall, The Barn Theatre, The Gallery, plus several 'black-box' 
and 'white-box' studios equipped with highly sophisticated computer 
installations appropriate for music, sound, theatre, dance, media, 
exhibition, installation, screenings, demonstrations and presentations 
of both completed digital works and work in progress;  comfortable 
well-equipped seminar rooms complement these facilities for the 
presentation of academic papers, panels sessions and debates; outdoor 
events are possible in the extensive gardens and estate grounds.  You 
can visit Dartington College of Arts online at:  
http://www.dartington.ac.uk/space/index.asp

For this Conference two websites have been commissioned to give 
expanded up-to-date Conference details and to provide opportunities 
for making proposals and registering online.  The Dartington venue 
website is at 
http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha06/index.asp

and the DRHA2006 website (providing further details and facilities for
making online proposals and checking the overall Programme as it 
develops) is at 
http://www.ahds.ac.uk/drha2006/index.php?cf=5

On these websites you will also find more detailed information on:
*  key themes for Conference 2006;
*  how you can participate and make proposals for presentations;
*  the  variety of presentation formats available;
*  additional notes for practitioners with particular technical
requirements;
*  key dates;
*  points of contact for further information.

DRH Conferences are never less than inspirational for those working 
with digital resources in the arts and humanities. With the advent of 
DRH+Arts this conference series enters a new decade (the first DRH 
Conference was at Somerville College, University of Oxford in
1996) and begins an exploration of new horizons in digital resources.  
I hope you will feel a sense of anticipation and be inclined to join 
Conference 2006 in order to participate in its presentations and 
debates and contribute to its scholarly, artistic and cultural 
endeavours and exchange.

I look forward to welcoming you to Dartington and DRHA2006.

Barry Smith
Programme Chair, DRHA Conference 2006
barry.smith at bristol.ac.uk

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