Past Events

MULTIMODALITY TALKS Series

The UCL Visual and Multimodal Research Forum is collaborating with the University of Leeds Multimodality@Leeds and the University of Stockholm to offer the first of a series of jointly organized talks on multimodality.

MULTIMODALITY TALKS Series is a joint initiative for researchers across the world who are interested in multimodality. It aims to provide a platform for dialogue for advancing multimodal research across disciplines. Multimodality draws attention to how meaning is made through the combined use of semiotic resources such as gesture, speech, face expression, body movement and proxemics, (still and moving) image, objects, sound and music, writing, colour, layout, and the built environment. It is conceived of working as a tandem with the Bremen-Groningen Online Workshops on Multimodality to make the best of the online format to offer multiple chances for sharing research and stimulating discussions on multimodality worldwide.

The Multimodality Talks Series is organised by Elisabetta Adami (University of Leeds), Sophia Diamantopoulou (UCL), Eva Insulander and Eva Svärdemo Åberg (Stockholm University).

Please note that the forthcoming sessions of MULTIMODALITY TALKS are running fortnightly on Fridays from 12:00-13:30 GMT. Use the registration link below to access the Zoom link to the event.

PAST AND FORTHCOMING MULTIMODALITY TALKS and RECORDINGS OF PREVIOUS TALKS

The seminars will be running 12.00-13.30 GMT – 13.00-14:30 CET online on Zoom. Use the registration link to register and attend the talk.

3rd December 2020 Prof. Rodney Jones, University of Reading, UK

The invasion of the body snatcher: Synthetic embodiment and metalinguistic entanglement on TikTok

Watch the recording of the talk here.

10th December 2020 Dr Ibrahim Seray, UCL, UK

Communication and non speaking children with physical disabilities: The issue of recognition

Watch the recording of the talk here.

17th December 2020 Dr Carl Smith, Ravensbourne University London, UK

The multimodality of Contextology, Double Consciousness and Holotechnica

Watch the recording of the talk here.

8th January 2021 Dr Ali Reza Majlesi, Stockholm University, Sweden

Agency and joint activities with people with late-stage dementia

To attend the talk

Watch the recording of the talk here.

22nd January 2021 Professor Øystein Gilje, University of Oslo (UiO), Norway, Professor

Henning Fjørtoft, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Post doc Eli Tronsmo (UiO), research fellow Åslaug Bjerke (UiO), associate professor Line Ingulfsen, University of South Eastern Norway and associate professor Sigrid Ørevik, University of Bergen

Assessment practices of multimodal compositions

Watch the recording of the talk here. (Passcode: s2*.Pvnz)

5th February 2021 Professor Staffan Selander and Dr Eva Insulander, Stockholm University, Sweden

Knowledge representations and re-designs in museum contexts

Watch the recording of the talk here. (Passcode: q229$r&t)

19th February 2021 Dr Janina Wildfeuer, University of Groningen, Netherlands

From comics strips to serious games: Notes about the multimodal complexity of first-aid instructions

Watch the recording of the talk here: (Passcode: 479675)

5th March 2021 Professor Yiqiong Zhang, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, China

The same pandemic, different “PanMeMic”: COVID-19 in Chinese and American universities

To attend the talk, register here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yiqiong-zhang-the-same-pandemic-different-panmemic-multimodality-talk-tickets-132285474415