3rd Annual F-List Research Hub Conference

 MUSIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE: Research, Participants and Social Justice

Hosted by the University of Wolverhampton, the Law Research Centre, at Springfield Campus, Wolverhampton and sponsored by the ISM.

The F-List Gender in Music Research Hub held its Third Annual Research Conference, Wednesday, 22 May 2024 and Thursday, 23 May 2024. This research conference was a two-day event, held in person and online at the University of Wolverhampton, hosted by The F-List and the Law Research Centre

Read academic researcher and musician Lauren Alex Hooper’s blog about her personal experience of the conference here https://thef-listmusic.uk/reflections-on-the-3rd-annual-f-list-conference/

The Research Hub has been founded to increase knowledge by conducting research into gender inequality in music. In its approach, the Research Hub aims to implement an inclusive definition of research:

EVENT SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE for Wednesday, 22 May 2024

– DAY 1 –

08:15-09:00 Registration and welcome (with Coffee)

09:00-09:15 Welcome Address: Vick Bain, Sophie Daniels and Metka Potocnik

09:15-10:15 IN FOCUS (60 minutes)

MISOGYNY IN MUSIC ROUNDTABLE

Challenge-led Research or Research Informed Activism: What’s Next?

Conversation with Vick Bain, Naomi McCarthy (online), Saoirse Caitlin O’Shea (online), Polly Shute (online) and Metka Potocnik.

10:15-10:30 Comfort Break

10:30-11:30 Workshop I (60 minutes)

Resilience for Musicians and Researchers

Led by Katherine Williams

11:30-11:45 Comfort Break

11:45-13:00 Research Papers I (75 minutes): Community, Knowledge, and Music for Change.

Moderated by Sally Anne Gross

Jaime Diaz: Towards a Sociogenic Methodological Research Framework: Composing in/through/with the Latina/o/x Diaspora.

Lulu Le Vay: Not just a woman’s work: Can incorporating a feminist pedagogy in supervision enhances the student-supervisor experience?

Nadia (Nedia) Buyse: Cultural Activism, Abolition and ‘Riot Grrls’ in Georgia.

13:00-13:45 Lunch (F-List Networking Event)

13:45-15:15 Practice Research I (90 minutes) Autonomy, Power, and Identity.

Moderated by Sophie Daniels

Rosie Middleton: Opera; How does an Industry so Obsessed with the Voice leave its Performers without One? Performance with Maya-Leigh Rosenwasser

Lucy James: Musical Theatre Songwriting and Self-Transformation.

Lucy Barka: Narrative Transformation as Rape Recovery through Autobiographical Songwriting: a presentation and performance.

15:15-15:30 Comfort Break

15:30-17:30 My Why …………….. (30 minutes)

Led by Brenda Rattray

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Workshop II (90 minutes)

Why do We Write Songs? Creativity, Originality and Authorship.

Led by Sophie Daniels, Julianne Oc and Metka Potocnik

17:30-17:45 Comfort Break

17:45-19:15 Practice Research II (90 minutes) Creating Excellence Outside Boxes.

Moderated by Lucy James

Estée Blu: Healing Through Sacred Sound: Sound and Technology Converge as Tools for Empowerment and Active Participation.

Jemma Roberts: Girl vs Ableton.

Lauren Alex Hooper: #ActuallyAutistic: Songs for an Underserved Audience.

19:15-20:45 F-List Networking, with Music

(Music coordinated by Dr Maren Hancock: with Echo Juliet, Dee’Cleo and Selecta 4)

SCHEDULE for Thursday, 23 May 2024

– DAY 2 –

08:15-09:45 Sunrise Workshop III (90 minutes)

BLU WAV Wellbeing Workshop: Relaxing Crystal Sound Bath with Jazreena Harlow.

Led by Estée Blu

Sponsored by Independent Society of Musicians (ISM)

(*there are only 20 spaces available for this workshop – based on first, come, first served basis – sign up will open shortly before the conference start)

09:15-10:00 Registration (with Coffee)

10:00-11:15 Research Papers II (75 minutes) Music, Business, Law, and Control.

Moderated by Cande Sánchez Olmos

Vick Bain: Navigating Success: Insights from Women in the UK Music Industry.

Benjamin Bierman (online): Social Justice Within Academia Through Copyright.

Metka Potocnik: Misogyny in Music: Feminism, Power, and Intellectual Property.

11:15-11:30 Comfort Break

11:30-12:45 Research Papers III (75 minutes): Voices, Representation and Music.

Moderated by Laura Hamer

Lucinda Allen: Voice and Consent.

Elizabeth Hardman: Tokenism, positive discrimination, and visibility: visibility and women composers in classical concert programming.

Shauna Stapleton: Techno, turntables, and tokenism: A mixed-methods exploration of the lived experiences of female DJs in EDM.

12:45-13:30 Lunch (F-List Networking Event)

13:30-15:00 Workshop IV (90 minutes)

Re-Writing Recovery

Led by Lucy Barka

15:00-15:15 Break

15:15-16:30 Research Papers IV (75 minutes): Building Power, Solidarity and Safe Spaces in Music.

Moderated by Maren Hancock

Laura Hamer and Helen Julia Minors: Observations and Proposals from the Women’s Musical Leadership Online Network.

Jenn Clempner: Generational Discourse, The Queen Bee Phenomenon and Women in Music.

Jemma Roberts: The ADHD Music Producer: 1 Year Later.

16:30-16:45 Break

16:45-18:15 Research Papers V (90 minutes): Music and the Future – Reasons for Hope?

Moderated by Helen Julia Minors

Nina Himmelreich: Gender Inequality in the German Music Industry – an Analysis of the German Charts, Festival Stages, and Record Company Rosters.

Kemi Sulola: Soul Music to AI: An R&B Girl’s Perspective.

Jessica Blissitt and Isla McRobbieExploring Female Representation within lineups at UK Music Festivals.

18:15-19:45 Closing, F-List Networking, with Music (with Dr Maren Hancock, aka DJ Betti Forde and DJ TONi)