The Radio Conference 2018 takes place in Prato, Toscany, this year.
Dr. Hans-Ulrich Wagner will be presenting a lecture about "Radio eye, audio vision and the freeing of the feature in post war German and Australian radio" (together with Virginia Madsen, Macquarie University in Sydney, Australien). The conference takes inspiration from its location in Italy and the Libertà d'antenna ‘Free Radio’ movement of the 1970s through which civil society and commercial organisations pushed for greater access to the media and forced an end to the state’s broadcasting monopoly.
At the height of the ‘Free Radio’ movement, in mid-1978, more than 2000 independent radio stations were on air, making Italy the world leader in stations per capita. The movement not only freed up the Italian broadcasting landscape so new voices from across the political spectrum could be heard, but some stations also actively sought to break radio free from its established aesthetic through experiments in production technology, style and form.
Drawing on the theme of ‘Free Radio’ the conference will feature papers reporting on a range of radio and audio media research, including studies investigating:
- production and aesthetics,
- community radio,
- public service and policy,
- commercial industries,
- technology and innovation,
- podcasting and webstreaming,
- sound and radio history,
- education and training,
- storytelling and narrative,
- art and creative practice,
- radio & audio media translation,
- ...and a whole lot more.
Tuesday 10 July
0900 – 1000 Pre-conference registration
1000 – 1630 Pre-conference
1630 – 1730 Registration
1730 – 1800 Conference Opening
1800 – 1900 Italian Free Radio Panel
1900 – 2000 Opening Drinks
Wednesday, 11 July
0900 – 0930 Registration
0930 – 1100 Panel Session 1
1100 – 1130 Morning Break
1130 – 1230 Keynote: Prof. Kate Lacey - Univ. of Sussex
1230 – 1330 Lunch
1330 – 1500 Panel Session 2
1500 – 1530 Afternoon Break
1530 – 1730 Panel Session 3
2000 – 2145 Radio Atlas Screening & Drinks [Buonamici Garden]
Thursday, 12 July
0900 – 0930 Registration
0930 – 1100 Panel Session 4
1100 – 1130 Morning Break
1130 – 1230 Keynote: Graham Dixon – EBU
1230 – 1330 Lunch
1330 – 1500 Panel Session 5
1500 – 1530 Afternoon Break
1530 – 1730 Panel Session 6
2000 – Conference Dinner [Convitto Nazionale Cicognini]
Friday, 13 July
0900 – 0930 Registration
0930 – 1100 Panel Session 7
1100 – 1130 Morning Break
1130 – 1300 Panel Session 8
1300 – 1400 Lunch & Conference Inedei Cristina Marras
