Conferences & Publications

• 'Singers and Songs – Amplifying Romany Gypsy and Traveller Voices in Music Archives' 

Finnish Folk Music Institute Webinar - Online, 13 May 2025 - Wettermark

• 'Music in Pubs and Clubs' 

RMA Study Day - Newcastle University, 14-15 Apr 2025 - Wettermark

• NASC 2025 Convention 

Edinburgh, 11-13 Apr 2025 - Wettermark and Draisey-Collishaw

• Nordic Folk Alliance Conference & Festival 

Panel participation, Uppsala Sweden, 3-5 Apr 2025 - Wettermark

• ICTMD Conference 

New Zealand, 9-15 Jan 2025 - Draisey-Collishaw + Wettermark / Hield

Conference / Symposia Presentations

• Opening Up Practice-based Research 

Sheffield, 4 Dec 2024 - Wettermark

• Research Seminar 

Dept of Music, University of Maynooth Ireland 27 Nov 2024 - Hield

• Roundtable: ‘Ethnomusicological Exits: Breaks, Goodbyes, Partings’ 

Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) Online Conference, October 2024 - Draisey-Collishaw

• ICTMD Sweden 

26 Sep 2024 (Online presentation in Swedish - Using PR methods with the folk scene) - Wettermark

• ‘Access Folk, our partners, and open research’ 

Open Research workshop (Music, SEAS, SLC), Sheffield, 19 Sep 2024 - Wettermark and Draisey-Collishaw

• DHH Roundtable Event

London 12 Sep 2024 - Draisey-Collishaw

• ‘Issues and approaches to open access for ethnographic, participatory, and creative practice methodologies’ 

OpenFest 2024, Sheffield, 10 Sep 2024 - Hield, Wettermark and Draisey-Collishaw

• IASPA Conference

Music, Musicology and Academic Responsibilities in the 21st Century - Dublin, 1-3 Jul 2024 - Hield

• 'Access Folk and Folk Singing in England' 

Guest Lecture, Memorial Uni of Newfoundland / HarbourVOICES International Festival of Collective Singing Practices
Online, 28 Jun 2024 - Draisey-Collishaw

• IISCM International Seminar 

Venice, 26-28 Jun 2024 - Wettermark, with Hazel Marsh (UEA) and Tiffany Hore (VWML/EFDSS)

• Intellectual Property Rights & Participatory Research Workshop 

PRN Event, 25 Jun 2024 - Draisey-Collishaw and Wettermark (see blog)

• PR Methods Event 

Panel participant - Newcastle, 17/18 Jun 2024 - Hield

• ‘Designing Access Folk: Participatory and Action Research, and the Ethics of Change’ 

CSTM Roundtable Conference (online only) 10-11 May 2024 - Hield, Draisey-Collishaw and Wettermark

• ‘Laying foundations for impact: Access Folk, Participatory Research, and the Ethics of Change’ 

BFE-ICTMD-IE Joint Annual Conference - Cork 4-7 Apr 2024 (with collaborators - Chris & Morag Butler, Roary Skaista, Alexander Douglas) - Fay Hield / Rebecca Draisey-Collishaw / Esbjörn Wettermark / Kirsty Kay / Chris Butler /Morag Butler / Roary Skaista / Cat McGill / Alexander Douglas

• North Atlantic Song Convention 

Edinburgh 22-24 Mar 2024 - Hield and Wettermark

• ACERT 

Online - 9 Feb 2024 - Wettermark

• UKRI FLF Annual Conference 

Manchester, 6-8 Feb 2024 - Hield

• UoS Research Records Podcast 

30 Jan 2024 - Hield