An Interview with Stefania Serafin
Interview by Anna Xambó, Anna Weisling, and Takumi Ogata May 15, 2017 Photo (above): Stefania in her home town Venice. A few words about Stefania: Stefania Serafin is Professor in sound for multimodal environments at Aalborg University in Copenhagen, where she pioneered the media technology program Medialogy. Her research areas include sound modeling, multimodal interfaces, and […]
Call for Participation – New Perspectives: Innovations by Women Intersecting Science, Media and Sonic Arts
A three-day conference that celebrates women’s achievements in media arts. The conference will showcase papers, demos, posters, workshops, installations and concerts. The event is hosted by the Alliance of Women in Media Arts and Technology Conference,University of California, Santa Barbara. Dates: February 8-10, 2018 University of California Santa Barbara, CA USA. Read more here
12th Women in Machine Learning Workshop (WiML 2017) – Call for Participation
Women in Machine Learning presents a workshop for underrepresented minorities and undergraduates interested in machine learning research. The workshop will focus on female presenters, and include opportunities such as mentoring sessions and career advice tables. Registration is open until November. Dates: December 4–7, 2017, co-located with NIPS, Long Beach, California, US Read more here
Move the Needle: Watch an Irish Documentary to Encourage More Women DJs & Producers – Nialler9.com
This article presents the short-documentary Move the Needle to provide evidence that there are many women DJs and encourage new ones to come. The article also announces summer workshops in Ireland aimed at women that teach DJ techniques. Read more here
Applications Women Shaping Tomorrow: Workshop Series 2017 – FabricLondon.com
In order to increase the number of female headliners in electronic music, Fabric London organizes progress career workshops for DJs and electronic musicians. Dates: 2-4 May, 2017 Read more here
‘Electronic Music: Powered by Girls’ TURN IT UP! – TECHNEsound.org
TECHNE, a national arts education organization focused on technology workshops for women, launched the 2017 crowd-sourced fundraiser ‘Electronic Music: Powered by Girls’ to increase their reach. They raised $10,239 USD (%2 more than their goal), which is a total success! Read more here
Sonic Cyberfeminisms: Call for Contributions
Sonic Cyberfeminisms will be held at the University of Lincoln, UK, 5-6th May 2017. Contributions include research papers, standpoint papers, workshop proposals, and performances. Five bursaries are available to help cover travel, accommodation and childcare costs. Deadline for proposals: 12 February 2017 Read more here
Soldering a Noise Instrument / Sound Composition Workshop – Yorkshire Sound Women Network
A video that reflects on a workshop organized by The University of Huddersfield and Yorkshire Sound Women Network. The workshop invited girls and women to solder noise instruments. Read more here
Female Composers: AHRC/BBC Workshop (January 25, 2017) – AHRC
A joint workshop between AHRC and BBC will be held in January 25, 2017. The workshop seeks around 8 researchers of arts and humanities interested in female composers. The aim is to commision up to three features that can include working with BBC Orchestras and Choruses, together with radio programs. Deadline: November 30, 2016. Read […]
Implicit Bias Workshops – Institute Diversity (Georgia Tech)
90-minute workshops offered for faculty on implcit bias and perceptions of competence. The workshops are organized by Institute of Diversity in collaboration with Georgia Tech’s ADVANCE program. Find out more at http://www.advance.gatech.edu/implicit-bias-workshops