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‘Human Interfaces: Borderless (Dis)Connections and Disrupted
Futures’, is the Association for Photography in Higher Education’s three-day summer conference. This year’s theme addresses the complexities of how and what it means to be human
now, exploring the functions, affects and dynamics of how identity is constructed through narratives, histories and social geography; through the exploration of relationships between communities and individuals, between power and empowerment, nature and nurture
and representations of the human condition through technology – between the 'real' world, a digitally networked one and the space in-between.
The conference looks specifically at the disruptions and slippages that occur between positions, people, territories and contexts. As the world and higher education become increasingly connected / disconnected and we embark upon unchartered territory, who do
we hear, who do we listen to, how do we learn and share, what does this mean for the University? It is in these disruptions and unreliable narratives, where memory and histories are fabricated, in the holes and gaps, the truths, the lies and how these shift,
adapt or translate that tell us what it is to be human.
Submissions
As the UK’s network for photography educators, the conference will be looking to forge positive connections across pedagogy, practice and research. We warmly welcome submissions from academics, practitioners, and researchers and encourage contributions from
those at different stages and places in their educational journey.
Suggested topics for experiments and innovations with teaching, learning and research;
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Neo-geography and dissemination
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Representations in a ‘post truth’ world
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Constructed Identities
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Power and Gender
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Photography and democracy
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Narratives / non-narratives
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Disruption / stasis
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Memory and Palimpsest
The conference team are looking to offer a range of stimulating activities and presentations, in particular we invite
submissions under the following presentational forms:
Conference Papers (20 min slots)
Lightning talks (5-10 min slots)
Pecha Kucha (further information to follow for the 3rd Annual APHE Teaching Awards)
Performances
Panel discussions
Practical workshops (1 hour)
All submissions must include:
Name
Position
Institution
Title
Type of session: Conference paper / workshop / Pecha Kucha / Lightning talk etc
Abstracts / proposals max. 300 words.
Short biography max. 150 words
Proposals should be emailed to [log in to unmask] by 23rd April 2017.
If you have any questions, please contact Professor Richard Sawdon-Smith
[log in to unmask] (on behalf of the organising committee).
Review process
All submissions will be peer reviewed and authors will be contacted by 31st May 2017.
Host Information
Norwich University of the Arts (NUA) is a successful specialist university, offering high-quality education at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Degree level provision in arts, design, architecture and media is delivered from a unique campus in the heart
of Norwich. Courses include BA and MA Photography, both commercial photography courses with an advertising, fashion and editorial focus. High levels of graduate employability, student satisfaction and research are key to the success of the University, which
is known as a leading contributor to the cultural and economic life of the City, County and Country, providing the future workforce for the creative industries.
Human Interfaces Creative Lab
The conference is hosted by the ‘Human Interfaces Creative Lab’ based at Norwich University of the Arts (NUA). Members include lecturers, practitioners and PhD students from across subject disciplines including photography, design, film, fine art, sound arts,
Illustration, performance, architecture, fashion and textiles. Dialogue centres around questions investigating the multiplicity of identity and what it means to be human. For many, this is constructed through narratives, histories and memories. These structures,
however are not taken for granted as complete or definitive – often it is the disruptions and slippages, the discomfort and unease and how identities are renewed and shifted, that are most important.
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