...forwarding a CFP for those particularly interested in "digital influences" on contemporary culture, arts and humanities... DIGITAL RESOURCES IN THE HUMANITIES AND ARTS * * CONFERENCE 2006 * * DARTINGTON COLLEGE OF ARTS, UK SEPTEMBER 3-6, 2006 for further details see http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha06/index.asp and http://www.ahds.ac.uk/drha2006/index.php?cf=5 This year the renamed DRHA (UK) Conference - Digital Resources in the Humanities and Arts - is choosing to bring a new dimension into its standard range of digital projects and interests across the major disciplines of the humanities (archaeology, history, literature, languages, linguistics...) by offering an exceptional invitation to practitioners and scholars working with digital media across the creative, visual, performing and media arts (music, performance, dance, visual arts, gaming, media, Internet...). This development is intended to draw upon and give greater opportunity to consider changes that have occurred through the various applications of digital resources across multi-media platforms and practice-based and practice- led arts research. The Conference offers an opportunity to all participants involved in arts, humanities and cultural studies to present, witness, experience and exchange knowledge and applications of accessible digital resources, and to appreciate how the collaborative practices of everyone involved with digital resources has a considerable potential to inform and influence other disciplines. The history and environment of Dartington College of Arts UK make it the perfect location for Conference 2006. Well known as a place of special beauty and seclusion, the performance studios and exhibition facilities are equally superlative and include the 14th Century Great Hall, The Barn Theatre, The Gallery, plus several 'black-box' and 'white-box' studios equipped with highly sophisticated computer installations appropriate for music, sound, theatre, dance, media, exhibition, installation, screenings, demonstrations and presentations of both completed digital works and work in progress; comfortable well-equipped seminar rooms complement these facilities for the presentation of academic papers, panels sessions and debates; outdoor events are possible in the extensive gardens and estate grounds. You can visit Dartington College of Arts online at: http://www.dartington.ac.uk/space/index.asp For this Conference two websites have been commissioned to give expanded up-to-date Conference details and to provide opportunities for making proposals and registering online. The Dartington venue website is at http://www.dartington.ac.uk/drha06/index.asp and the DRHA2006 website (providing further details and facilities for making online proposals and checking the overall Programme as it develops) is at http://www.ahds.ac.uk/drha2006/index.php?cf=5 On these websites you will also find more detailed information on: * key themes for Conference 2006; * how you can participate and make proposals for presentations; * the variety of presentation formats available; * additional notes for practitioners with particular technical requirements; * key dates; * points of contact for further information. DRH Conferences are never less than inspirational for those working with digital resources in the arts and humanities. With the advent of DRH+Arts this conference series enters a new decade (the first DRH Conference was at Somerville College, University of Oxford in 1996) and begins an exploration of new horizons in digital resources. I hope you will feel a sense of anticipation and be inclined to join Conference 2006 in order to participate in its presentations and debates and contribute to its scholarly, artistic and cultural endeavours and exchange. I look forward to welcoming you to Dartington and DRHA2006. Barry Smith Programme Chair, DRHA Conference 2006 barry.smith@bristol.ac.uk ==========================