..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, languages, 
linguistics,
literature, philosophy...) 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.
The organisers hope you will feel a sense of anticipation and be inclined 
to join
DRHA Conference 2006 in order to participate in its presentations and
debates and contribute to its scholarly, artistic and cultural
endeavours and exchange.


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Dr A A Piccini
Research Councils Academic Fellow
Department of Drama: Theatre, Film, Television
University of Bristol
Cantocks Close, Woodland Road
Bristol BS8 1UP
T: +44 0117 954 5449
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