2017 Seminar – Advanced Research Seminar on Audio Description

BOOK OF ABSTRACTS (downloadable version of the book of abstracts in pdf)

ARSAD 2017 PROGRAMME (down l oadable version of the ARSAD programme in pdf)

SOCIAL EVENT. Wednesday 15th March, 2017: Speakers’ get-together with concert screening, sponsored by Bridge Multimedia. Speakers will be contacted by email with further details.

Day 1: THURSDAY – 16^thMARCH, 2017

08:30 – 09:00	Registration
09:00 – 09:15	Welcome address by Anna Matamala (TransMedia Catalonia, UAB), Federico Spoletti (FRED, SUB-TI), and Matt Kaplowitz (Bridge Multimedia).
09:15 – 10:00	KEYNOTE LECTURE by Alejandro Moledo (EDF). Users’ perspective on a converged media environment. Chair: Pilar Orero (UAB).
10:00 – 11:00	PANEL 1. AUDIO DESCRIBING ART Chair: Gian Maria Greco Anna Jankowska (Jagiellonian University in Krakow), Agnieszka Szarkowska (University of Warsaw), Krzysztof Krejtz, (National Information Processing Institute), Jaroslaw Kowalski (National Information Processing Institute). OpenArt- Modern Art REALLY for all (15’) Esmeralda Azkarate-Gaztelu Carro, Javier Jiménez (Aptent Soluciones SL). *Teatro Accesible project and STARTIT software. Custom-made accessibility solutions for theatres* (15’) Katarzyna Solinska (presenter), Renata Nych, Jerzy Myszak (“De Facto”). *The Invisible Art Gallery- where the art can be seen* (10’) Discussion: 20 minutes.
Coffee break (11:00 – 11:30)
11:30 – 13:15	PANEL 2. COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO AUDIO DESCRIPTION Chair: Louise Fryer (Utopians) Veronika Šnyrychová (Palacky University Olomouc). *Semantic and pragmatic aspects of audio description* (10’) Kim Linda Starr (University of Surrey). *Thinking inside the box: bespoke audio description for cognitively diverse audiences* (20’) Nazaret Fresno (The University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley). *Engagement in audio description: so simple, and yet so complex* (20’) Jan-Louis Kruger (Macquarie University). *Beta coherence as objective measure of immersion* (20’) Discussion: 30 minutes
Lunch break (13:15-14:30). Although lunch is not included, sandwiches will be offered to participants
14:30-16:00	PANEL 3. RECEPTION RESEARCH Chair: Elisa Perego (University of Trieste) Floriane Bardini (UVic-UCC). Audio description style and film experience: a reception study (20’) Anna Jankowska (Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Seventh Sense Foundation), Bartosz Ziolko (AGH-University of Science and Technology), Dawid Skurzok (AGH-University of Science and Technology), Agata Psiuk (Seventh Sense Foundation), Monika Zabrocka (Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Seventh Sense Foundation). *Reading speed in AD* (20’) Anna Sadowska (John Paul Catholic University of Lublin). Selected strategies in audio description – a reception study on user preferences (10’) Agnieszka Walczak (UAB). *Presence as a tool for measuring the effectiveness of audio description* (10’) Discussion: 30 minutes
Coffee break (16:00-16:30)
16:30-18:00	PANEL 4A. WORLD-WIDE EXPERIENCES I Chair: Agnieszka Chmiel (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan) Lucinéa Marcelino Villela (Universidade Estadual Paulista). *Shameless AD: the art of describing erotic scenes in Brazilian film ‘Future Beach’* (15’) Bernd Benecke (Bayerischer Rundfunk). *Can you believe it? An experiment with “subjective AD” for children* (15’) Natalia Kiser (University of Warsaw), Clarissa Agostini Pereira (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina). *Live audio description to the 2017 Samba Carnival Parade in Florianópolis, Brazil* (10’) Martin Zwischenberger (University of Teacher Education, Graz). *Live audio description* (10’) Lara Valentina Pozzobon da Costa (Lavoro Produçoes Artísticas LTDA). Audio description practices in big events (10’) Discussion: 30 minutes.
18:00-19:00	PANEL 4B. WORLD-WIDE EXPERIENCES II Chair: Jan-Louis Kruger (Macquarie University) Jody Holdback, Jacqueline Homer (DADAA Ltd & Access2Arts). *Audio description in the Australian context – establishing a national standard of audio description practice* (15’) Veronika Rot, Maja Sumej, Mateja Vodeb (RTV Slovenia). Audio description process at RTV Slovenia (15’) Susanne J. Jekat (Zurich University of Applied Sciences). *Project competence centre for barrier-free communication* (10’) Discussion: 20 minutes.

DAY 2 (Friday, 17th March 2017)

08:30-09:10	PANEL 5. “PROJECT PILLS” (5-minute presentations) Chair: Agnieszka Szarkwoska (University of Warsaw) Pilar Orero (UAB). The ACT project (5’) Elisa Perego (University of Trieste). *The ADLAB-PRO project* (5’) Olga Soler-Vilageliu (UAB). The NEA project (5’) Anna Matamala (UAB), Gian Maria Greco (POIESIS), Pablo Romero-Fresco (University of Roehampton, Univ. de Vigo). *The MAP project* (5’) Discussion: 20 minutes
09:10-10:15	PANEL 6. TEACHING AD, AD IN TEACHING Chair: Gion Linder (Swiss TXT) Agnieszka Chmiel, Iwona Mazur (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan). ADLAB PRO- a snapshot of AD training practices in Europe (15’) David Vialard (Texas Tech University, Illionois State University). *Audio description as a pedagogical tool in composition and writing* (10’) Juan Pedro Rica Peromingo, Ángela Sáenz (Universidad Complutense de Madrid). *CALING corpus: students’ production and evaluation of audio descriptions* (10’) Monika Zabrocka (Pedagogical University of Cracow). *Audio describing as a purposeful activity (about the language of children’s AD in relation to its planned purpose)* (10’) Discussion: 20 minutes.
Coffee break (10:15-10:45)
10:45-11:45	PANEL 7. HISTORY OF AUDIO DESCRIPTION AND THE PROFESSION Chair: Anna Jankowska (Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland) Joel Snyder (Audio Description Associates, LLC, American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project). The history of audio description – from prehistoric times to present (in 15 minutes) (15’) Wojciech Figiel, Irena Michalewicz (University of Warsaw). The evolving status of audio describers in Poland (15’) Cristóbal Cabeza-Cáceres (Universitat d’Alacant/UAB). Professional audio descriptions: same film, same assignment = same quality? (10’) Discussion: 20 minutes.
11:45-13:00	PANEL 8. OPERA, COMICS, AND FILMS Chair: Iwona Mazur (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan) Iris Cristina Permuy Hércules de Solás, Gonzalo Iturregui-Gallardo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona). A standard for the audio introductions of operas (10’) Montse Corrius, Eva Espasa (UVic-UCC). The audio description of multilingual films: audio subtitling and beyond (20’) Gian Maria Greco (UAB/Transmedia Catalonia). On the audio description of comic books (20’) Discussion: 20 minutes
13:00-13:30	CLOSING REMARKS by Pilar Orero (TransMedia Catalonia, UAB)