Sheenagh Pietrobruno
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Profile
Dr. Pietrobruno, Full Professor, was a Visiting Professor (2018) in the Department of Social Change and Culture (ISAK) at Link枚ping University. She has been awarded research fellowships at the Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths/University of London, the Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden (ACSIS)/ Link枚ping University and the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada. Pietrobruno was awarded the Muriel Gold Visiting Professor Position at the Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies at McGill University and the Scientist-in-Residence position at Gendup: Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Salzburg. Areas of research in media and communication studies include gender, intangible heritage, museum studies, digital media, social media, media archaeology, media theory, photography and visual studies. Her pioneering work in digital media and intangible heritage has led to invitations to present her work by the Commission of the European Union at the Prague Global Platform on the Future of Heritage (2019) and G20 Italian Presidency in Rome (2021). Author of Salsa and Its Transnational Moves (Rowman and Littlefield), and co-author of Museum Digitisations and Emerging Curatorial Agencies Online: Vikings in the Digital Age (Palgrave), Pietrobruno is also a dance journalist
Ph.D., Communication Studies, McGill University, Canada
M.A., Comparative Literature, McGill University, Canada
B.A., French, University of British Columbia, Canada
Academic Honours
Research Disseminiation Grant (with Marta Samokishyn), 性爱学堂, 2020
Visiting Professor, Department of Social Change and Culture (ISAK), Linkoping University, Sweden, 2018
Scientist-in-Residence, University of Salzburg, 2012
Visiting Scholar, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, 2011-2013
Muriel Gold Senior Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Study of Gender, Sexuality and
Feminist Studies, McGill University, 2010-2011
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Link枚ping University, Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden, 2006
FQRCS Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Goldsmiths, University of London, 2003-2005
Dissertation Award, Dean鈥檚 Honour List, Fall 2002
Books Authored
1. Pietrobruno, Sheenagh; Bodil Axelsson, Bodl;Cameron, Fiona; and Hauptman, Katherine. Museum Digitisations and Emerging Curatorial Agencies Online: Vikings in the Digital Age. London: Palgrave Macmillan, (forthcoming 2022).
2. Salsa and its Transnational Moves. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2006
Refereed Chapters in Books
1. 鈥 Curating the Viking Helmet on Personalized Search Engine Results: The Role of language and Location in Heritage Stories.鈥 Museum Digitisations and Emerging Curatorial Agencies Online: Vikings in the Digital Age, Bodil Axelsson, Fiona Cameron, Catherine Hauptman and Sheenagh Pietrobruno. London: Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming 2020)
2.鈥淒ance, Intangible Cultural Heritage and YouTube: Methodological Approaches.鈥 geschlecht_transkulturell 鈥 Aktuelle Forschungsperspektiven (gender_transcultural 鈥 Current Research Perspectives), ed. Eva Hausbacher, Liesa Herbst, Julia Ostwald and Martina Thiele. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2020 (forthcoming).
3. Digital Intangible Heritage: Mediated Transformations and Authenticity.鈥 In Revisiting Nara: Intangible Cultural Heritage and Authentic Change, eds. Taku Lida,Christina Kreps and Michelle Stefano. Rochester, NY: Boydell & Brewer, 2020 (forthcoming).
4. 芦 Patrimoine immat茅riel num茅rique et communication internationale : Int茅r锚ts nationaux, politiques mondiales, et communaut茅s locales [Digital Intangible Heritage and International Communication : National Interests, Global Policies and Local Communities]. 禄 In Patrimoine en movement [Heritage in Motion], ed. Laurier Turgeon.Ville de Qu茅bec: Les Presses de l鈥橴niversit茅 Laval, 2020 (forthcoming).
5.鈥淎lgorithmic Choreographies on YouTube: Screendance and Social Media.鈥 In Routledge Companion to Dance Studies, eds.Helen Thomas and Stacey Prickett, 337-350. London and New York: Routledge, 2019.
6. 鈥淵ouTube and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Disseminating Community Expressions within a Commercial Platform.鈥 In Num茅rique et PCI: transmission, participation, enjeux (Digital Media and ICH: Transmission, Participation, Issues). Paris: L鈥橦armattan, 2016.
7. 鈥淐hapter Eight: Medianatures鈥漑Gender and Media Archaeology]. In Macmillan Interdisciplinary Handbooks: Gender: Nature, vol. 2, ed. Iris van der Tuin, 103-116. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Cengage Learning, 2016.
8.. 鈥淏etween Narratives and Lists: Performing Digital Intangible Heritage through Global Media.鈥 In Re-enacting the Past: Heritage, Materiality and Performance, ed. Mads Daugbjerg, Rivka Syd Eisner and Britta Timm Knudsen, 62-79. New York and London: Routledge, 2016.
9. 鈥淐ulture in the Digital Metropolis: Theoretical and Methodological Crossroads.鈥 In The Geography, Politics and Architecture of Cities: Studies in the Creation and Complexification of Culture, ed. Michael A. McAdam, Ivani Vassoler-Froelich and Jesus Trevi帽o-Cant煤, 153-179. New York: Edwin Mellen, 2012.
10..鈥淭he High Arts of Europe and UNESCO鈥檚 Intangible Heritage.鈥 In Media, Culture and Identity in Europe, ed. Savas Arslan, Volkan Aytar, Defne Karaosmanoglu and S眉heyla Kirca Schroeder, 144-159. Istanbul: Bah莽e?ehir University Press, 2009.
11.. 鈥淎vrupa鈥 nin Y眉ksek Sanatlari ve UNESCO鈥 nun Soyut Mirasi.鈥 In Avrupa鈥檇a Medya, K眉lut眉r ve Kimlik [The High Arts of Europe and UNESCO鈥檚 Intangible Heritage], trans. Deniz Arslan, ed. Sava? Arslan, Volkan Aytar, Defne Karaosmanoglu and S眉heyla Kirca Schroeder, 143-156. Istanbul: Bah莽e?ehir University Press, 2009.
12. 鈥淭he Palpability of the Digital: Touch, Presence and Online Video Sharing.鈥 In E-Motion: Sentiment and Technology, ed. Verena Laschinger and Ralph Poole, 83-100. Istanbul: Fatih University Press, 2009.
Papers in Refereed Journals
1. Pietrobruno, S., “Curating Viking Objects through Customized Scrolling: How Search Engines Personalize Historical Narratives.” In Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies [Sage], (forthcoming, 2020).
2. Pietrobruno, S., 芦 Les migrations culturelles: Des travers茅es transnationales aux espaces virtuels. 禄 In Tic & Soci茅t茅 15 pp.(under review 2020)
3. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淵ouTube and the Transmission of Heritage: The Interplay of Users, Content and Algorithms.鈥 Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies [Sage] 24, 6 (2018): 523-537.
4. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淟ists, Narratives and Archives of Intangible Heritage: The Politics of Digital Reenactments.鈥 In Refaire/Redoing, ed. Anne B茅nichou, special edition of Interm茅dialit茅s: Histoire et th茅orie des arts, des lettres et des techniques, vol. 28-29, (Fall 2016/ Summer 2017): 1-15.
5. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淭echnology and its Miniatures: The Photograph.鈥 Belph茅gor : Litt茅ratures populaires et culture m茅diatique, vol. 15, no. 1 (2017), (online) 5.Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淭he Transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage through Social Media: The Mevlevi Sema Ceremony of Turkey. 鈥 ICH [Intangible Cultural Heritage] Courier, 29(2016): 8 -11.
6. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淪ocial Media and Whirling Dervishes: Countering UNESCO鈥檚 Cultural Heritage.鈥 Performing Islam (Intellect Books) 4, 1 (2015): 3-25.
7. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淏etween Narrative and Lists: Performing Digital Intangible Heritage through Global Media.鈥 In Re-enacting the Past: Vivifying Heritage Again, ed. Britta Timm Knudsen, Mads Daubjerg and Rivka Eisner, special edition of International Journal of Heritage Studies (Routledge) 20, 7-8 (2014): 742-759.
8. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淵ouTube and the Social Archiving of Intangible Heritage.鈥 New Media and Society (Sage) 15, 8 (2013): 1259-1276.
9. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淪cale and the Digital: The Miniaturizing of Global Popular Knowledge.鈥 International Journal of Cultural Studies (Sage) 15, 2 (2012): 101-116.
10. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淭he Stereoscope and the Miniature.鈥 Early Popular Visual Culture (Routledge) 9, 3 (2011): 171-190.
11. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淢iniaturization, Miniatures and the Digital.鈥 NMEDIAC: The Journal of New Media and Culture 6, 1 (2009): 1-15.
12. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淐ultural Research and Intangible Heritage.鈥 Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research 1 (2009): 1-15.
13. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淐ulture in the Digital Metropolis: Theoretical and Methodological Crossroads.鈥 Urbana: An Electronic Publication on Methodology, Teaching, Practice and Decision Making 9 (2008): 1-16.
14. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淓mbodying Canadian Multiculturalism: The Case of Salsa Dancing in Montreal.鈥 Revista mexicana de estudios canadienses, no. 3 (Summer 2002): 23-56.
Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings
1. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淵ouTube and Intangible Cultural Heritage: Disseminating Communication Expressions within a Commercial Platform.鈥 In Le patrimoine immat茅rial et num茅rique, eds. Marta Severo and S茅verine Cachat. Vitr茅: Maison des Cultures du Mondes 鈥 Centre fran莽ais du patrimoine culturel immaterial, Online. . 2019: 109-130.
2. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淚ntangible Heritage Archives: Building Counterpublics through Social Media.鈥 In MIT8: Public Media/Private Media: Media in Transition International Conference, 1-10. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014.
3. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淭he Stereoscope and the City.鈥 In European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) Online Publications, 1-8. 2010. https://www.necs-initiative.org.
4. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淰irtual Collections: Archive Building on the Internet.鈥 In Conference Papers: Digital Content Creation: Creativity, Competence, Critique (The Second International Dream Conference), 1-10. Odense, Denmark: University of Southern Denmark, 2008.
5. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淭he Immensity within the Minute: Forging Digital Space.鈥 In Inter: A European Cultural Studies Conference in Sweden: Conference Proceedings, 1-10. Link枚ping: Link枚ping University Electronic Press, 2007.
6. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淐yberspace and the Globalization of Urban Dance Scenes.鈥 In IASPM International Conference Proceedings, ed. Jan Hemming, Shuhei Hosokawa, Anahid Kassabian, Marion Leonard, Claire Levy, Lilian Radovac, Geoff Stahl, Sheila Whiteley and Jessica Furster, 1-10. Montreal, Canada: IASPM-Canada, 2005.
7. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淭urning Heritage into Commodities: Selling Latin Culture in Montreal.鈥 In Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Popular Music Studies 20 Years Later: Proceedings of the Eleventh Biannual IASPM Conference, ed. Kimi Karki, Rebecca Leydon and Henri Terho, 1-12. Turku, Finland: International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM)-Norden, 2002.
8. Pietrobruno, S. 鈥淚dentity in Motion: Embodying Multiculturalism in Montreal鈥檚 Salsa Dance.鈥 In Proceedings: Congress on Research in Dance: Thirty-Second Annual International Conference, 1-11. Los Angeles: Congress on Research in Dance, 1999.
Major Invited Contributions
1.Keynote Inspirational Speech: 鈥淚ntangible Cultural Heritage and Digitalisation鈥, Keynotes by Three Inspirational Speakers: Professor Sheenagh Pietrobruno, Professor Fabio Viola and Mr. Michael Peter Edson. Invited/Funded by the European Union Commission. European Union Commission conference – Platforms on the Future of Cultural Heritage: A Problem-Solving Approach. Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age. Prague Platform, Prague, The Baroque Refectory of the Dominican Monastery of St. Giles, October 7, 2019.
2.Introductory Comments: Workshop: Group 1 鈥 Intangible Cultural Heritage and Digitization led by Dr. Emanuela Gasca and Dr. Ugo Bacchella. Invited/Funded by the European Union Commission. European Union Commission conference 鈥 Platforms on the Future of Cultural Heritage: A Problem-Solving Approach. Cultural Heritage in the Digital Age. Prague Platform, Prague, National Library of the Czech Republic, October 8, 2019.
3.鈥淢useum Objects on YouTube: Methodological Tensions.鈥 Funded by the project Museum: A Culture of Copies. Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages, Oslo, University of Oslo, June 19, 2018.
4.芦 YouTube come archive participative du patrimoine culturel immateri茅l. 禄 L鈥檌nstitution culturelle face 脿 l鈥檃mateur : Quel r么le des plateformes participatives aujourd鈥檋ui ? Journ茅e d鈥櫭﹖ude organis茅e dans le cadre du projet Wikipatrimoine, financ茅e par le Labex Les pass茅s dans le pr茅sent, par la COMUE Universit茅 Paris Lumi猫re et par la direction g茅n茅rale des Patrimoines, d茅partement du pilotage de la recherche et de la politique scientifique (DPRPS) du Minist猫re de la Culture. Universit茅 Paris Nanterre, Paris. May 29, 2018.
5.鈥淒igital Heritage and YouTube: Methodological Approaches.鈥 Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden, Link枚ping University, Norrk枚ping, May 24, 2018.
6.鈥淵ouTube and UNESCO鈥檚 Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage: Intersections Between Digital Heritage and International Communication.鈥 Geomedia Speaker Series. Karlstad University, Karlstad, March 21, 2018.
7. 鈥淒igital Heritage and Community Expressions: The Case of YouTube鈥檚 Women Whirling Dervishes.鈥 Department of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, February 19, 2018.
8.鈥淕lobal Dance Screens and Women Whirling Dervishes.鈥 DSP Gender_Transcultural Doctoral Research Platform, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, May 5, 2017.
9. 鈥淛ustice sociale, communaut茅s et num茅risation du patrimoine immaterial.鈥 Centre d’茅tude interuniversitaire sur les lettres, les arts et les traditions (CELAT) and Chaire de recherche du Canada en patrimoine ethnologique / Canada Research Chair on Intangible Heritage, Quebec City, Laval University, November 22, 2016.
10. 鈥淔rom Miniature Technology to the ENIAC 鈥榞irls鈥: Challenging the Invisibility of Gender in Media Archaeology.鈥 Department of English and American Studies, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, April 18, 2016.
11. 鈥淔rom Miniature Technology to the ENIAC 鈥榞irls鈥: Challenging the Invisibility of Gender in Media Archaeology.鈥 Department of English and American Studies, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, April 18, 2016.
12. 鈥淭he Global Archiving of Intangible Heritage.鈥 Intangible Cultural Heritage and Digital Tools: Transmission, Participation, Issues/Fourth FCICH (French Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage) International Seminar. In collaboration with GERiiCO Laboratory (University of Lille III) with the support of the Directorate General for Heritage, the Department of Research Management and Scientific Policy (Ministry of Culture and Communication). A Chonbuk National University (Republic of Korea) and UNESCO ITEN University (University of Paris VIII) Partnership. World Cultural Institute, Vitr茅, September 8, 2015.
13. 鈥淪ocial Media and Heritage Institutions: Archiving Intangible Heritage on YouTube.鈥 Spotlight Session: Heritage Institutions in Motion. Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden (ACSIS) Conference/In the Flow: People, Media, Materialities. University of Link枚ping, Norrk枚ping, June 17, 2015.
14. Respondent, Anna Reading, Professor of Culture and Creative Industries, King鈥檚 College London, 鈥淥pening Key-Note: Cloud Memory: The Material Fabrications of Memory.鈥 Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden (ACSIS) Conference/In the Flow: People, Media, Materialities. University of Link枚ping, Norrk枚ping, June 15, 2015.
15. 鈥淕ender, Intangible Heritage and Digital Humanities.鈥 Department of Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, January 27, 2014.
16. 鈥淒igital Theory, The Archive and Intangible Heritage.鈥 Faculty of Humanities, York University, January 31, 2013.
17. 鈥淧erformance, the Archive and Digital Humanities.鈥 Department of English and American Studies, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, October 11, 2012.
18. 鈥淲omen and the Whirling Dervish: Gender and the Digital Archiving of Intangible Heritage.鈥 Center for Gender Studies, Department of Music, Art and Dance, and Centre for Art and Science, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, October 4, 2012.
19. 鈥淭he Archive, Intangible Heritage and Digital Humanities.鈥 Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, May 30, 2012.
20. 鈥淭he Power of User-Generated Content: Building Online Video Archives of
Intangible Cultural Heritage.鈥 Department of American Studies, University of Erfurt, Erfurt, December 7, 2011.
21. 鈥淭he Interplay of Traditional and Commercial Culture: Cuban Dance, Social Media and UNESCO鈥檚 Intangible Heritage.鈥 International Workshop: Afro-Indigenous Cultural Heritage: Current Debates on Origins, Multiculturalism and Consumerism in Latin America. Institute for Latin American Studies, Freie Universit盲t Berlin, Berlin, December 5, 2011.
22. 鈥淭he Monastery and the Female Whirling Dervish: Intersections between Intangible and Material Heritage.鈥 Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, University of Western Australia, Perth, August 23, 2011.
23. 鈥淔eminist Methodologies: Ethnography, History and Theory.鈥 Feminist Theory and Research: Undergraduate Seminar. Women鈥檚 Studies Program, McGill University, Montreal, March 1, 2011.
124. 鈥淭he Female Whirling Dervish: Challenging UNESCO鈥檚 Intangible Heritage on YouTube.鈥 Institute for Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies (IGSF), McGill University, Montreal, January 18, 2011.
25. 鈥淢iniaturization and Media.鈥 The School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, February 9, 2010.
26. 鈥淩esearch and Expressive Practices: Weaving Ethnography with Theoretical and Historical Perspectives.鈥 Department of Child Studies, Link枚ping University, Link枚ping, September 27, 2006.
27. 鈥淪alsa Migrations: From Transnational to Online Spaces.鈥 Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden (ACSIS) Seminar, Link枚ping University, Norrk枚ping,
September 13, 2006.
28. 鈥淧opular Dance, Globalization and Technology.鈥 Department of Dance, York University, Toronto, February 27, 2005.
29. 鈥淟es Migrations Culturelles: Des Travers茅es Transnationales aux Espaces Virtuels.鈥 Department of Communication, University of Montreal, Montreal, January 27, 2005.
30. 鈥淒ancing across Disciplines.鈥 Undergraduate Seminar: Dance, Culture and Difference: The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory. Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths鈥, University of London, London, February 4, 2004.
31. 鈥淭he Internet, Dance and the City.鈥 Graduate Seminar. Department of Sociology, Goldsmiths鈥, University of London, London, October 14, 2003.
32. 鈥淢ulticultural Expressions of the City.鈥 SSHRC Cultures of the City Colloquium: The Material City. University of Waterloo, Waterloo, November 16, 2002.
33. 鈥淐ultural Production and Montreal鈥檚 Latin Diaspora.鈥 SSHRC Cultures of City Research Meeting. Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University, Montreal, April 26, 2001.
34. 鈥淩esearching Popular Culture: Perspectives from Sociology, Anthropology and Cultural Studies.鈥 Graduate Seminar. Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University, Montreal, December 6, 2000.
35. 鈥淧opular Music Practices and the Latin Diaspora: An Ethnographic Inquiry.鈥 Graduate Seminar. Department of Art History and Communication Studies, McGill University, Montreal, November 12, 1998.
36. 鈥淒ancing Salsa in Montreal: Breaking Barriers and Reinforcing Stereotypes.鈥 Colloquium of Salsa and the Latin Diaspora. University of Montreal, Montreal, November 7, 1995.
Abstracts and/or Papers Read
1. 鈥淟ive and Emergent Hybrid Research Methods: Tracking Viking Objects on YouTube.鈥 Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) 2020 Conference. Technological University Dublin, Maynooth University, and University College Dublin, Dublin, October 29 -31, 2020 [abstract submitted].
2. 鈥淪ocial Media Platforms and Intangible Cultural Heritage: The Digital Dissemination of Community Practices on YouTube.鈥 Association of Critical Heritage Studies [ACHS] 2020 Futures. Association of Critical Heritage Studies Fifth Biennial Conference. University College London, London, August 26 鈥 30, 2020.
3. 鈥淪earch Engines, YouTube and Intangible Cultural Heritage.鈥 Crossroads in Cultural Studies. Association for Cultural Studies 2020 Conference. School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon and the Lisbon Centre for English Studies, Lisbon, July 28 – 31, 2020 [abstract submitted].
4.鈥淭he Diversity of Heritage Content on YouTube.鈥 Media in Transition 10 International Conference: A Reprise: Democracy and Digital Media. Hosted by the Department of Comparative Media Studies/Writing. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 18, 2019
5.鈥淢ethods and Media Ecology: Curating Digital Museum Objects on Search Engines.鈥 Digital Cultures: Knowledge/ Culture/ Technology. Co-hosted by the Centre for Digital Cultures (CDC), Leuphana University, L眉neburg and the Institute for Culture & Society (ICS), Western Sydney University as part of the Knowledge/ Culture Series. L眉neburg, Leuphana, September 19-22, 2018.
6.鈥淒igital Museum Objects on YouTube and Heritage Narratives.鈥 Association of Critical Heritage Studies, 4th Biennial Conference: Heritage Across Borders. Zhejang University, Hangzhou, September 1-6, 2018 (unable to attend).
7.鈥淒ance and Conflict: Women Whirling Dervishes on YouTube.鈥 Contra: Dance & Conflict. Dance Studies Association. University of Malta, Valleta, July 6, 2018.
8.鈥淭racking Digital Museums Objects: Challenges for Methodology.鈥 Knowledge/ Cultural/ Ecologies 鈥揔nowledge/ Culture Conference Series- University of Western Sydney University. University Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile, November 18, 2017.
9.鈥淐ultural Heritage on YouTube: Networks of Algorithms and Images.鈥 Canadian Communication Association (CCA). Ryerson University, Toronto, May 31, 2017.
10. 鈥淪ocial Media and The Archiving of Divergent Representations of Intangible Heritage.鈥 Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) 2016 Biennial Conference/ What Does Heritage Change?, University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) School of Management, Concordia University, Center for Oral History & Digital Storytelling [Concordia University], Montreal, June 4 , 2016.
11. 鈥淒igital Media and Intangible Cultural Heritage.鈥 2015 Folklore Studies Association of Canada (FSAC) Annual Meeting -International Workshop/The Uses of Intangible Cultural Heritage: 10 Years After the Entry into Force of ICH UNESCO Convention, Laval University, Quebec City, May 21, 2016.
12. 鈥淪ocial Media and Heritage: Interplays of Images and Algorithms.鈥 Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, May 13, 2016.
13. 鈥淪ocial Media and The Archiving of Divergent Representations of Intangible Heritage.鈥 Association of Critical Heritage Studies (ACHS) 2016 Biennial Conference/ What Does Heritage Change?, University of Quebec in Montreal (UQAM) School of Management, Concordia University, Center for Oral History & Digital Storytelling [Concordia University], Montreal, June 4 , 2016.
14. 鈥淒igital Media and Intangible Cultural Heritage.鈥 2015 Folklore Studies Association of Canada (FSAC) Annual Meeting -International Workshop/The Uses of Intangible Cultural Heritage: 10 Years After the Entry into Force of ICH UNESCO Convention, Laval University, Quebec City, May 21, 2016.
15. 鈥淪ocial Media and Heritage: Interplays of Images and Algorithms.鈥 Jackman Humanities Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, May 13, 2016.
16. 鈥淒ocumenting Intangible Heritage: YouTube and Its Heritage Archive.鈥 Visible Evidence XXII Conference: The International Conference on Documentary Film and Media. Cinema Studies Institute, University of Toronto; the School of Image Arts, Ryerson University; and the Department of Cinema and Media Arts, York University, Toronto, August 20, 2015.
17. 鈥淵ouTube, Intangible Heritage and the Politics of Archiving.鈥 European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS)/Archives of/for the Future. University of Lodz, Lodz, June 20, 2015 (abstract accepted, unable to attend).
18. 鈥淚ntangible Heritage and Social Media.鈥 Canadian Communication Association Conference (CCA)/Capital Ideas. University of Ottawa, Ottawa, June 3, 2015.
19. 鈥淎rchiving Heritage on YouTube: Intersections between Digital Intangible Heritage and Media Studies.鈥 Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Conference. Montreal, March 25, 2015.
20. 鈥淧articipatory Media and the Digital Commons: The Social Archiving of Intangible Heritage.鈥 Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space. University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, June 18, 2014.
21. 鈥淚ntangible Heritage Archives and Digital Technology.鈥 Canadian Association of Cultural Studies Conference. Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, Ontario, January 19, 2014.
22. 鈥淚ntangible Heritage Archives and New Technologies: The Interplay of Stories, Lists, Search Engines and Algorithms on YouTube.鈥 Beyond Control 鈥 The Collaborative Museum and Its Challenges. NODEM Network of Design & Digital Heritage and Interactive Institute Swedish ICT, Stockholm, December 3, 2013.
23. 鈥淒igital Intangible Heritage and Participatory Media.鈥 BRAFFTV Film and Media International Conference 2013. University of Toronto, Toronto, October 20, 2013.
24. 鈥淗eritage Archives and Social Media.鈥 MIT8: Public Media/Private Media: Media in Transition International Conference. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, May 3, 2013.
25. 鈥淚ntangible Cultural Heritage and YouTube.鈥 Association for Cultural Studies Conference: Crossroad in Cultural Studies. Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, July 5, 2012.
26. 鈥淪ocial Media and Intangible Cultural Heritage.鈥 Association of Critical Heritage Studies Inaugural Conference. University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, June 5, 2012.
27. 鈥淰oyage, Resettlement and Intangible Heritage in the Virtual Museum of M茅tis History and Culture.鈥 The History of Migrations in Museums: Between History and Politics. Espaces Humaines et Interactions Culturelles [Human Spaces and Cultural Interactions], Blaise Pascal University, Clermont-Ferrand, November 19, 2011 (unable to attend for funding reasons).
28. 鈥淭he Social Archiving of Intangible Cultural Heritage.鈥 Canadian Association of Cultural Studies Biennial Conference. Department of Art History and Communication Studies and Media@McGill, McGill University, Montreal, November 5, 2011.
29. 鈥淥nline Video and the Performing Arts: The Social Archiving of UNESCO鈥檚 Intangible Cultural Heritage.鈥 Internet Research 12.0 鈥 Performance and Participation. The Twelfth Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Seattle, October 12, 2011.
30. 鈥淭he Living Archive of an Intangible Cultural Heritage.鈥 Symposium: Reimagining the Archive: Remapping and Remixing Traditional Models in the Digital Era. University of California, Los Angeles, November 13, 2010.
31. 鈥淭he Stereoscope and the City.鈥 European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) Fourth Annual Conference. Istanbul, June 27, 2010.
32. 鈥淭he Archive, YouTube and Popular Performing Arts.鈥 Internet Research 10.0 鈥 Internet: Critical. The Tenth Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. Milwaukee, October 8, 2009.
33. 鈥淓urope and Intangible Heritage.鈥 Beyond Boundaries: Media, Culture and Identity in Europe. Bah莽e?ehir University, Istanbul, October 3, 2009.
34. 鈥淰irtual Collections: Archive Building on the Internet.鈥 Digital Content Creation: Creativity, Competence, Critique: The Second International Dream Conference. University of Southern Denmark, Odense, September 20, 2008.
35. 鈥淐yber Collections: The Digital Archive of Virtual Performance.鈥 Humanities Conference 2008: The Sixth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities. Fatih University, Istanbul, July 15, 2008.
36. 鈥淭he Digital Sensorium: The Archive and the Moving Image.鈥 E-Motion: Sentiment and Technology. Annual Fatih University Conference on Literary and Cultural Studies. Fatih University, Istanbul, May 16, 2008.
37. 鈥淓mbodied Hybrids to Disembodied Hypertexts: Transnational, Virtual and Disciplinary Migrations.鈥 Choreographies of Migrations: Patterns of Global Mobility. Congress on Research in Dance 40th Anniversary Conference. Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, November 9, 2007.
38. 鈥淕lobal Passages in the Virtual World.鈥 Colloquium: Frontiers of Theory. Acume 2: Interfacing Science, Humanities and Literature. Charles University, Prague, October 20, 2007.
39. 鈥淐ultures of the Virtual: Global Flows and Internet Space.鈥 Shifting Landscapes of Film and Media: Questioning Legacies, Navigating Critique. Faculty of Communication, Bilgi University, Istanbul, September 9, 2007.
40. 鈥淒igital Diffusions within Imagined and Lived Spaces.鈥 Inter: A European Cultural Studies Conference in Sweden. Advanced Cultural Studies Institute of Sweden (ACSIS), Link枚ping University, Norrk枚ping, June 11, 2007.
41. 鈥淔rom Minute to Immensity: Reshaping Digital Space.鈥 2nd Annual Transdisciplinary Literary and Cultural Studies Conference: Metamorphosis and Place. Fatih University, Istanbul, May 25, 2007.
42. 鈥淥n-line Stylings: Cyberspace and Expressive Practices.鈥 2006 Association for Cultural Studies Conference. Bilgi University, Istanbul, July 25, 2006.
43. 鈥淪alsa and Its Transnational Moves: Key Ideas.鈥 Transdisciplinarity and American Studies. Fatih University, Istanbul, May 27, 2006.
44. Navigating Cyberspace: Weaving through Literacy, the Literary and Orality.鈥 English Studies Conference. Bogasizi University, Istanbul, April 25, 2006.
45. 鈥淔rom Local Performances to Global Web Pages: Technologizing Movement.鈥 Critical World: First International Conference. University of Montreal, Montreal, November 13, 2004.
46. 鈥淗ypertexts, Virtual Spaces and Dance.鈥 Fifth Annual Conference: Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA). University of Sussex, Brighton, December 19, 2003.
47. 鈥淐yberspace and the Globalization of Urban Dance Scenes.鈥 Twelfth Biennial Conference for the Study of Popular Music. International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM), McGill University, Montreal, July 5, 2003.
48. 鈥淪alsa鈥檚 Gendered Embrace: The Latin Diaspora, Feminism and Dance.鈥 Thirty-Fourth Annual International Congress on Research in Dance Conference. New York University, New York, October 27, 2001.
49. 鈥淭urning Heritage into Commodities: Selling Latin Culture in Montreal.鈥 Eleventh Biannual International Conference for the Study of Popular Music. University of Turku, Turku, July 7, 2001.
50. 鈥淐ommodifying Culture and Negotiating Multiculturalism.鈥 Canadian Communication Association Annual Conference. University of Alberta, Edmonton, May 30, 2000.
51. 鈥淚s Anybody Dancing to the Music? Locating Dance in Popular Music Studies.鈥 International Association for the Study of Popular Music Annual Conference 鈥 Canadian Branch. University of Montreal, Montreal, March 13, 1998.
52. 鈥淪taking Claims to Salsa in Montreal: The Dynamics of Ethnicity, Race and Culture.鈥 International Association for the Study of Popular Music Annual Conference 鈥 Canadian Branch. Brock University, Saint Catherines, March 21, 1999.
53. 鈥淭he Interplay of Cross-Cultural Practices and Attitudes in the Transculturation of Dance.鈥 Twenty-Ninth International Congress on Research in Dance Conference. University of North Carolina, Greensboro, November 9, 1996.
54. 鈥淢erengue and Salsa in the Classroom: The Transculturation of Latin Dance in Montreal.鈥 International Association for the Study of Popular Music Annual Conference 鈥 Canadian Branch. McGill University, Montreal, August 12, 1995.
55. 鈥淭he Politics of Club Dancing.鈥 International Association for the Study of Popular Music Annual Conference 鈥 Canadian Branch. Concordia University, Montreal, March 13, 1994.
Others (interviews)
1. Published by Jannis Menn, 鈥淪cientist-in-Residence 2012: Interview with Sheenagh Pietrobruno, PhD [October 2012],鈥 Gender Studies: Newsletter (University of Salzburg) 22 (2012-2013): 3-4.
2. Presented in Federico Hildago, director, New Tricks: Story of a Salsa Apprentice, documentary, 80 min., 2009.
3. Published by People & Places. 鈥淢ay I have this Merengue?”[Interview with Sheenagh Pietrobruno, MA [October 1996]. The McGill Reporter (McGill University) 29.3 (1996):
Other (Dance Reviews [Selection] 鈥 Journalism)
1.S. Pietrobruno. 鈥淢alpaso Dance Company.鈥 Review of Cuba鈥檚 Malpaso Dance Company at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, January 18, 2019. Dance International Magazine. Summer 2019 (print and online versions): 54-55.
2. S. Pietrobruno. 鈥淪tepping into the Twilight of the Sacred.鈥 Review of Canada鈥檚 Royal Winnipeg Ballet鈥檚 Vespers, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, November 2, 2018. Dance Current. January 11, 2019 (online).
3. S. Pietrobruno. 鈥淎kram Khan Company- Akram Khan/Xenos.鈥 Review at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, October 12, 2018. Dance International Magazine. Spring 2019: 55-56.
4..S. Pietrobruno. 鈥淭he Royal Swedish Ballet 鈥 Marcia Hayd茅e/Sleeping Beauty.鈥 Review at the Royal Swedish Opera House, Stockholm (11.05.2018 鈥 15.10.2018). Dance International Magazine. Fall 2018: 59-60.
5. S. Pietrobruno. 鈥淧aris Opera Ballet- Thierr茅e/Schecter/P茅rez/Pite: Fr么lons, The Art of Not Looking Back, The Male Dancer, The Seasons鈥 Canon.鈥 Review of Paris Opera Ballet – Thierr茅e/Schecter/P茅rez/Pite, Palais Garnier, Paris, May 30, 2018. DanceTabs. June 18, 2018 (online).
6. S. Pietrobruno. 鈥淲hen a Painting Breathes: Marie Chouinard鈥檚 The Garden of Earthly Delights.鈥 Review of Marie Chouinard鈥檚 The Garden of Earthly Delights, National Arts Centre, Ottawa, July 14, 2017. Dance Current. July 17, 2017 (online).
Others (websites built via hand-coding)
1. Digital Intangible Heritage Research Archive. 2014. https://www.digital-intangible-heritage-archive.com.
2. Sheenagh Pietrobruno: Research Gallery. 2013. https://sheenaghpietrobruno.com
- 鈥淚ntangible Heritage Archives: Building Counterpublics through Social Media.鈥
In MIT8: Public Media/Private Media: Media in Transition International Conference, 1-10. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014.
- 鈥淰irtual Collections: Archive Building on the Internet.鈥
In Conference Papers: Digital Content Creation: Creativity, Competence, Critique (The Second International Dream Conference), 1-10. Odense, Denmark: University of Southern Denmark, 2008.
- 鈥淭he Immensity within the Minute: Forging Digital Space.鈥
In Inter: A European Cultural Studies Conference in Sweden: Conference Proceedings, 1-10. Link枚ping: Link枚ping University Electronic Press, 2007.
- 鈥淐yberspace and the Globalization of Urban Dance Scenes.鈥
In IASPM International Conference Proceedings, ed. Jan Hemming, Shuhei Hosokawa, Anahid Kassabian, Marion Leonard, Claire Levy, Lilian Radovac, Geoff Stahl, Sheila Whiteley and Jessica Furster, 1-10. Montreal, Canada: IASPM-Canada, 2005.
- 鈥淭urning Heritage into Commodities: Selling Latin Culture in Montreal.鈥
In Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Popular Music Studies 20 Years Later: Proceedings of the Eleventh Biannual IASPM Conference, ed. Kimi Karki, Rebecca Leydon and Henri Terho, 1-12. Turku, Finland: International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM)-Norden, 2002.
- 鈥淚dentity in Motion: Embodying Multiculturalism in Montreal鈥檚 Salsa Dance.鈥
In Proceedings: Congress on Research in Dance: Thirty-Second Annual International Conference, 1-11. Los Angeles: Congress on Research in Dance, 1999.