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Dr Cara Courage talks of her pleasure/pain fan relationship with The Archers, in a talk called My BDSM Relationship with The Archers. This talk was first given at Brighton's Catalyst Club in 2016 and now features as a podcast from The Odditorium.
BDSM is used as a metaphor in the talk for the often pained, but very pleasurable, experience Cara has as a listener to The Archers - it doesn't contain any explicit sexual references, but does contain swearing and lots of innuendo.
A huge thanks due to the University of Lincoln team for the livestreaming of the conference, the use of their radio station for down the line interviews, and for the films of the sessions, now all on YouTube.
Genteel Country Hobbies?: In the first session of the Academic Archers Conference 2017 Professor Carenza Lewis, Dr Nicola Headlam and Dr Cara Courage introduce the conference followed by Rachel J. Daniels & Annie Maddison Warren, Joanna Dobson, and Christine Michael present the topic genteel country hobbies.
Educating Ambridge: In the second session of day one of the Academic Archers Conference 2017 Madeleine Lefebvre, Jane Tuner and Dr. Grant Bage, and Felicity MacDonald-Smith discuss Educating Ambridge.
The Geography of Ambridge: In the third session of the Academic Archers Conference 2017 Dr. Angela Connelly, Fiona Gleed, and Tom Nicholls discuss the Geography of Ambridge.
Helen'n'Rob: Session four, part one, of the Academic Archers Conference 2017 looks at the relationship between Helen and Rob. Speakers include Katherine Runswick-Cole & Becky Wood, Amber Medland, Elizabeth Campion, and Dr Freya Jarman & Emily Baker.
Helen'n'Rob: Session four, part two, Dr. Caroline Taylor and Keynote, Professor Jennifer Brown, continue the discussion of Helen and Rob.
Power Relationships: In part one of session five of the Academic Archers Conference 2017 Dr. Alastair Goode & Dr Cara Courage, Louise Gillies & Helen M Burrows, and Dr Nicola Headlam examine Power Relationships.
Keynote, presented by Hannah Ratcliffe (Assistant Producer, BBC Radio 4, The Archers) and Jenny Thompson (Producer, BBC Radio 4, The Archers).
Bereavement and Spirituality: Session Six sees Revd. Dr Jonathan Hustler, Rosalind Janssen & Dr Ruth Heilbronn, and Jessica Meyer discuss Bereavement and Spirituality in Ambridge.
Ambridge Online: In the final session of the 2017 Academic Archers Conference Professor Lizzie Coles-Kemps & Professor Debi Ashenden, Olivia Vandyk, Jerome Turner, and Dr. Nicola Headlam & Dr. Cara Courage discuss Ambridge Online.
With her usual wit, sharp eye for detail and sharp writing, Christine Micheal's special edition of The Ambridge Observer, is a great read on the conference:
A number of the speakers universities supported coverage on the conference on their news pages and in the local media:
University of Portsmouth, An academic look at life in The Archers, 13th February 2017
The News (Portsmouth), Portsmouth academics ask: What can The Archers tell us about real-life crime?, 16th February 2017
Manchester Metropolitan University, Why did soap opera scriptwriters use stoma bag to vilify character? asks professor, 20th February 2017
Royal Holloway University, Professor Lizzie Coles-Kemp to present paper at this year's Academic Archers Conference, 15th February 2017
Grantham Journal, Interest surges in Rippingale as ‘home’ of Archers, 17th February 2017
The Archers tweeter was busy both days of conference and was also busy taking down notes, as this 'Five Crucial Questions About Ambridge Answered (by Academics)' feature in its current newsletter attests.
Whilst some of us were still on the train back from Lincoln, Jerome Turner was writing his review of the conference.
Quite rightly, Jerome points out that Academic Archers is a 'different kind of conference' and explains why, including: members of the public attended; sometimes research is allowed to be entertaining; I’ve never been to a conference that trended on Twitter; and people stayed the full two days.
Thank you also to Elizabeth Campion for her review, and Olivia Vandyk for her preview too.
Thank you to our 2017 hosts, University of Lincoln, the conference will be live streamed over both days, via the link below:
All monies go to supporting the conference and online community of Academic Archers Research Fellows.