Conference presentations 2021 History Access NEW MEDIA Productions: Collages, Poems and Podcasts
In the History Access Programme this year we explored and experimented with different forms of historical research and production to reimagine our work within the two history access clusters, being ‘Vernacular Universals’ and The ‘Everyday Archives’. We learnt how to make podcasts, work in the collage medium and expressively encouraged each other to collaborate and create interdisciplinary variation. We became makers of original research in an interplay between the discipline of History, technology, media and sound.
In a rapidly changing world fast forwarded by the pandemic rethinking historical knowledge production in forms such as podcasts, poetry, collage and music and beyond is vital - In essence reconfiguring texts in audio and visual interpretation departs from the measured, standard forms of academic production to embrace and nurture transformative practices which build an accessible bridge to share and disseminate New Media concepts, being mindful of the polarities in our society. Each of these expressive works by history scholars involved testing the boundaries and digging deep within to awaken different iterations, expressions and to develop enabling skills in order to reach beyond the academy and effect transitions into the public realm. Producing entirely new narrative platforms that activate the archive, history and storytelling in various exciting and visual ways was developed as a new historical learning journey. A primary objective is to future proof history, to forge alternative pathways and conduits that enable circulation of our work to spark synergies around these emerging forms of historical practice inspired by academic research and to encourage reading differently.
With quite a few works in progress as well as completed productions the final output is an accessible curated online exhibition of History Access New Media practice with a linked virtual launch event and posts via our HA social media accounts: twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
A collection of interpretative multimodal practices……
