Meeting Report: March 31st, 2020 by Amy Thiessen (Project Manager) Welcome to the first in a recurring series of short posts that will highlight the work being done by our UBCO SpokenWeb team. Since September 2019 our team has been […]
by Karis Shearer (AMP Lab Director) In spring 2019 the UBCO SpokenWeb team commissioned multimedia artist Evan Berg (BFA ’19) to create a short film drawing on an archival recording from the AMP Lab’s SoundBox Collection. I was personally very […]
By Karis Shearer (Director) On Monday, SpokenWeb Podcast released its 3rd episode: Invisible Labour. Our UBCO SpokenWeb team has been following the podcast series since the inaugural episode, the occasion for which we hosted a big listening party in […]
By Amy Thiessen On September 18th, Megan Butchart curated a close listening experience during which I gathered with friends, colleagues, and guests – including Daphne Marlatt and her partner Bridget MacKenzie – with the intent to listen. We first […]
By Megan Butchart (BA, English Hons & History) Earlier this term, I invited celebrated poet Daphne Marlatt to Kelowna and organized a series of events around her visit. With support from Tuum Est Student Initiative Fund and SpokenWeb, I […]
By Miles Thorogood The SpokenWeb project relies on concrete approaches to audio analysis for uncovering the patterns embedded in archival spoken word recordings. The 2019 SpokenWeb Sound Institute at Simon Fraser University highlighted the strategies that researchers are following and […]
By Marjorie Mitchell This has been a busy May and June conference-wise for me. Fresh off the amazing week at SFU campuses in Vancouver immersed in all things SpokenWeb, I came to Berlin for their Erasmus + International Week. At both […]
By Deserae Gogel The SpokenWeb Sound Institute (May 28-29, 2019) provided many valuable experiences: not only were we able to strengthen relationships amongst our own team from UBCO, but I also had the opportunity to form connections with other members […]
By Evan Berg At the end of May, I attended the 1st annual SpokenWeb Sound Institute. The Sound Institute was the first time the entire SpokenWeb team was together in the same room. The institute kicked off with 3 rounds […]
By Megan Butchart (BA Hons candidate, UBCO SpokenWeb Research Assistant) On May 28th and 29th, 2019, I joined the SpokenWeb UBCO team in attending the first annual SpokenWeb Sound Institute (SSI), held at the Burnaby campus of Simon Fraser University. […]