Conferences & Publications

2025

• Webinar presentation – 'Singers and Songs: Amplifying Romany Gypsy and Traveller Voices in Music Archives,' 13 May 2025
  Wettermark (online). Presented at ICH North’s webinar ‘Making music collections public with the communities’, Kaustinen, Finland. https://fb.me/e/4Amd1gfhq
  
  

• Conference presentation – ‘“Like folk singing was supposed to be…” - The English public house, access, inclusion and folk singing’. 14-15 April 2025
  Wettermark (in person). Royal Musical Association (RMA) Study Day ‘Everyday Music Scenes: Pubs, Clubs and ’Stutes’ , Newcastle University, England. https://www.rma.ac.uk/2025/06/06/conference-report-rma-study-day-on-everyday-music-scenes/
   

• Organiser/panel participation – North Atlantic Song Connections 2025, 11-13 April 2025
  Wettermark (organiser) with Draisey-Collishaw. Including: Draisey-Collishaw - panel facilitator “Community/Choir Singing” and “Singing lives lived: songwriting and tradition); Wettermark - panel discussant “Songs that think locally and act globally”. Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland.  https://www.northatlanticsong.com/convention-2026/convention-2025
   

• Keynote presentation – ‘Understanding folk and traditional music scenes across borders: Experiences from the UK and Sweden’, 4 April 2025
  Wettermark. Nordic Folk Alliance, Uppsala, Sweden https://www.nordicfolkalliance.com/program
  
  

• Panel participation/moderation - Swedish Folk and World Music Awards, 3-5 April 2025
  Wettermark. ‘Folk Dance in Transition: – Tradition, Innovation & Social Impact’  and ‘Status & Statutes – Where Does Folk Singing Belong? Uppsala, Sweden. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/6217aab05ffe40574750adc7/t/67e650ce255d615a4aa73472/1743147214182/Program_EN_FMVG%3ANFA25.pdf
  
  

• Presentation/organiser – ‘Folk singing in contemporary England - findings from a large-scale folk song survey’, 22 March 2025
  Wettermark, North Atlantic Song Connections @ Manchester Folk Festival, Social Refuge, Manchester, England. https://www.northatlanticsong.com/convention-2026/1-day-convention-manchester-folk-festival
  
  

• Blog post – ‘"Negotiating the right to be named": Reporting on the PRN’s Intellectual Property Rights and Participatory Research Training Workshop,’ 4 March 2025
  Draisey-Collishaw, with the Participatory Research Network. iHuman News, The University of Sheffield, England. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/news/negotiating-right-be-named-reporting-prns-intellectual-property-rights-and-participatory-research
  
  

• Presentation – ‘Access Folk - Participatory and action research with singers in the English folk scene’ 7 February 2025
  Wettermark. Presented at the launch of the Muses, Minds, Machine research centre at the University of Sheffield. https://sheffield.ac.uk/muses-mind-machine/news/future-directions-arts-south-yorkshire-launch-new-centre-muses-mind-machine
  
  

• Conference presentation – ‘Channels of influence and paths to change: Communicating participatory and action research outcomes outside the academy,’ 15 January 2025
  Draisey-Collishaw (in person) + Wettermark / Hield (online). Presented at the 48th International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance World Conference, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand. https://planmyevent.eventsair.com/ictmd-world-conference-2025/programme
  
  

• Podcast - ‘Folk Arts, Cultural Policy and the Convention’, January 2025
  Wettermark. The University of Sheffield. https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.29038004.v1
  
  

• Workshop graphics - Folk Arts and Cultural Policy: Developing networks and sharing knowledge across the UK’s devolved nations, regions and the Isle of Man’, January 2025
  Wettermark with Nifty Fox Creative, Trac-Cymru, TRACS, EFDSS, Culture Vannin, Lowender and Armagh Pipers Club. The University of Sheffield. https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.29365253.v1

2024

• News article – ‘How Romani Gypsy and Traveller people have shaped Britain’s musical heritage,’ 24 June 2024
  Wettermark, with Hazel Marsh, and Tiffany Hore. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-romani-gypsy-and-traveller-people-have-shaped-britains-musical-heritage-232522
  
  

• Magazine article – 'How to make folk more friendly,' 19 September 2024
  Piggott. Tradfolk. https://tradfolk.co/research/how-to-make-folk-more-friendly
  
  

• Magazine article – 'Access Folk and the culture wars,' 9 September 2024
  Hield. Tradfolk. https://tradfolk.co/news/access-folk-and-the-culture-wars/
  
  

• Journal article (peer reviewed) – ‘Calling Out the Catalogue: Romani Singers in an Archive of English Folk Song,’ 2024
  Marsh, Wettermark & Hore. Music Minorities Journal vol 3, 2024. https://doi.org/10.52413/mm.2024.25
  
  

• Research Seminar - ‘A participatory and action research approach’, 27 November 2024
  Hield. Presented at the Department of Music, University of Maynooth, Ireland. https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/music/events/music-research-seminar-professor-fay-hield-university-sheffield
  
  

• Workshop presentation - ‘Access Folk’, 13 November 2024
  Wettermark, Hield and Draisey-Collishaw. Presented at the English Folk Dance & Song Society (EFDSS) Folk Education Development Day in collaboration with Access Folk, at University of Sheffield, England. https://www.efdss.org/images/pdfs/FocusonSheffieldBeyondNov2024ReveiwMarillaHomes.pdf
  
  

• Roundtable participant – ‘Ethnomusicological Exits: Breaks, Goodbyes, Partings,’ 23 Oct 2024
  Draisey-Collishaw, with Andrew Green, Yuiko Asaba, Lonán Ó Briain, Rachel Harris, and Barley Norton. Presented at the 69th Annual Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) Online Conference. https://www.ethnomusicology.org/page/Conf_2024
  
  

• Webinar presentation – Deltagarbaserad Forskning och den Engelska Folksångsmiljön/ Participatory research and the English folk music scene‘ 26 September 2024
  Wettermark (online). Presented at the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance Sweden, quarterly webinar.
  
  

• Workshop presentation – ‘Access Folk: IPR, GDPR & Our Partners,’ 19 September 2024
  Draisey-Collishaw and Wettermark. Presented at Open Research workshop (Department of Music, School of East Asian Studies, School of Languages and Cultures), The University of Sheffield, England. https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.26426929.v1
  
  

• Event participant – Changes and Challenges in Heritage and Open Knowledge, 12 September 2024
  Hosted by the Digital Heritage Hub, Arts Marketing Association (AMA) and supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, Bishopsgate Institute, London, England. https://www.culturehive.co.uk/digital-heritage-hub/resource/leadership/heritage-open-knowledge/
  
  

• Conference presentation – ‘Issues and approaches to open access for ethnographic, participatory, and creative practice methodologies,’ 10 September 2024
  Draisey-Collishaw and Wettermark. Presented at OpenFest, The University of Sheffield, England. https://doi.org/10.15131/shef.data.27100444.v1
  
  

• Guest lecture – 'Access Folk and Folk Singing in England,' 28 June 2024
  Draisey-Collishaw (online). Presented at Memorial University of Newfoundland / HarbourVOICES International Festival of Collective Singing Practices, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. 
  
  

• Conference presentation –‘Calling out the Catalogue’: Romani Singers in an Archive of English Folk Song ’ 26-28 Jun 2024
  Wettermark, with Hazel Marsh (University of East Anglia) and Tiffany Hore (Vaughan Williams Memorial Library). Presented at the International Seminar of the Intercultural Institute of Comparative Music Studies (IISMC) of the Giorgio Cini Foundation, Venice, Italy/Online. https://www.cini.it/en/eventi/seminar-repatriating-rematriating-sounds-a-digital-challenge-for-xxi-century-sound-archives/
  
  

• Workshop – Intellectual Property Rights & Participatory Research Workshop, 25 Jun 2024
  Draisey-Collishaw (organiser/presenter), with Wettermark (presenter) and the Participatory Research Network (sponsor). The University of Sheffield, England. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ihuman/news/negotiating-right-be-named-reporting-prns-intellectual-property-rights-and-participatory-research
  
  

• Workshop attendance – ‘<title>,’ 17 June 2024
  Hield. Music, Participatory Research and Community Archives Workshop, Newcastle University, Newcastle, England.
  
  

• Roundtable – ‘Designing Access Folk: Participatory and Action Research, and the Ethics of Change,’ 10-11 May 2024
  Hield, Draisey-Collishaw and Wettermark. Presented at a Conference in the Round: Collaborative Dialogues for Ethnomusicology, Canadian Society for Traditional Music, Online conference. https://cstm-sctm.ca/event/conference-2024
  
  

• Roundtable – ‘Laying foundations for impact: Access Folk, Participatory Research, and the Ethics of Change,’ 4-7 April 2024
  Hield (online), Draisey-Collishaw, Wettermark, Kay, with Chris Butler, Morag Butler, Roary Skaista, Cat McGill (online), and Alexander Douglas. Presented at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology and the International Council for Traditions of Music and Dance Ireland Joint Annual Conference, University College Cork, Ireland. https://bfe.org.uk/bfe-annual-conference-2024-report-university-college-cork-impacts-ethnomusicology
  
  

• Conference – North Atlantic Song Convention 2024, 22-24 Mar 2024
  Hield and Wettermark. Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland. Including: Hield - panel discussant with Eilidh Cormack “Respecting Tradition - encouraging innovation”; Hield - concert with Jordan Price Williams; Kit Knight Folk; Linus Orri; Eilidh Cormack; Wettermark - panel discussant with Josie Duncan “Making Traditions Accessible”. https://www.northatlanticsong.com/convention-2026/convention-2024
  
  

• Podcast - ‘Professor Marie Kinsey interviews Professor Fay Hield’, 30 January 2024
  Hield. UoS Research Records Podcast, The University of Sheffield. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3AAkX9hjomA4AbvTHvmvYV 

2023

• Presentation/workshop - ‘Gypsy & Traveller Voices in Archives’ 15 November 2023
  Wettermark with Hazel Marsh, Tiffany Hore and Candy Sheridan. Presented at the English Folk Dance & Song Society (EFDSS) Folk Education Development Day ’A Multitude of Voices: Folk Arts and Communities‘, at University of East Anglia, Norwich, England.
  
  

• Guest speaker - ‘Incorporating Participatory Research Methods in Music Studies’, 16 November 2023
  Hield (online). Presented at the International Council of Traditional Music Ireland workshop, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.
  
  

• Workshop - 'Ask a Friend - a collaborative approach for peer-interview methods',  18 October 2023
  Wettermark. Presented at the SysMus2023 Student Conference, The University of Sheffield. https://sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.uk/sysmus23/programme/conference-programme
  
  

• Professorial inaugural lecture - ‘Ways of understanding Musical Heritage in England’, 3 July 2023
  Hield. Presented at The University of Sheffield.
  
  

• Conference presentation - ‘What are we protecting? Folk culture in the Anthropocene’ 7-10 Jun 2023
  Kay. Presented at ‘Living Uncertainty’ SIEF (International society for ethnology and folklore) 16th congress in Brno, Czech Republic. https://www.siefhome.org/doi/sief2023
  
  

• Conference – North Atlantic Song Convention, 28-30 April 2023
  Wettermark. Panel participant and moderator. ‘Participation in Folk Singing Today’ & ‘Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion in Folk Song’. North Atlantic Song Convention, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh.
  
  

• Conference presentation - ‘Move along! Get along?’ Searching for Gypsy and Traveller Voices in the English Folk Scene’, 13-16 April 2023
  Wettermark. Presented at the British Forum for Ethnomusicology Conference, Edinburgh, Scotland. https://bfe2023.wordpress.com/programme/
  
  

• Seminar presentation - 'Ask a Friend: using peer interviews to understand outsider perspectives on music practice', 6 March 2023
  Wettermark. MUS Research Seminar Series at the University of Sheffield.
  
  

• Presentation - Gypsy and Traveller Voices in UK Music Archives, 3 Feb 2023
  Wettermark with Hazel Marsh. Presented at ‘Storytelling, Education & Wellbeing’ the annual conference of the Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and other Travellers. Liverpool John Moore’s University.