The Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC) is thrilled to collaborate with the Just Feminist Technology and Scholarship Lab and cohost this virtual artist talk featuring two remarkable pairs of Indigenous sisters working at the intersection of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM). This event will highlight the exciting work of Kahentawaks and Wannekerakon Tiewishaw, […]
How do ethnographic methods encounter a world in conflict? Is ethnography inherently political? What are the ethical implications of solidarity, engagement, transformation or objectivity in this kind of research? Join four interdisciplinary researchers at the Concordia Ethnography Lab for our second annual “Invitation to Ethnography” event, where we’ll explore the political implications of our craft. […]
Catalan new media artist and creative coder Mónica Rikić will share with us their work-in-progress project Hipèrbole, developed as part of an artist-in-residency program at Technoculture, Art, and Games (TAG)! On Friday, October 13th, 2023, at 12:30 PM, Catalan new media artist and creative coder Mónica Rikić will share with us their work-in-progress project Hipèrbole, […]
⟵ Back to programming Join us for the Montreal launch of If You Don’t Like The Game, Change The Rules: Alternative Modes of Videogame Production, co-authored by Michael Iantorno and Marie LeBlanc Flanagan. They will present the white paper and the comic, followed by a panel discussion research participants Saleem Dabbous (KO_OP), Jess Marcotte (Soft Chaos), and […]
⟵ Back to programming Join us for a discussion on the potentials and challenges of interdisciplinary research and practice! Panel participants will share and discuss a diversity of interdisciplinary case studies with the audience. The discussion will be moderated by Milieux's Head of Operations Harry Smoak. Alice Jarry (Concordia Milieux Biolab) and Marta Cerruti (McGill Biointerface […]
⟵ Back to programming Join us for a talk with graduate student Elena Rowan about her project "Archiving the Internet Commons: How activists are fighting the privatization of the Internet". The Internet as a Commons is under threat. As the internet becomes increasingly privatised, the rights of individual users and communities to their data and creations […]
⟵ Back to programming Join us for a panel discussion with Concordia and Mcgill students from the residency Reactive Graphene Oxide: New Materials and Collaborative Methods at the Interface of Design and Materials Engineering led by Alice Jarry and Marta Cerruti (Mcgill), who will discuss their collaborative project with us. Participants: Jacqueline Beaumont (Design & Computation […]
⟵ Back to programming Join students from the Textiles and Materiality Research Cluster for a discussion of their collective project ChainStitch. The project, programmed by Morris Fox, combines collective action with individual research-creation to form a multimodal assemblage, delving into shared and hybrid research threads. This collaboration is an act of speculative community reciprocity, where tactile […]
The Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC) is launching an exciting new website on the promotion and protection of Indigenous arts (PPIA-PPAA.CA). This website will consist of articles, resources, and other information from a wide range of scholars, Indigenous artists, and community members on issues regarding the cultural expressions of Indigenous peoples and the cultural appropriation […]
⟵ Back to programming Geese, Sheep and GP-AI: Notes on the Coming Commons talk by Bart Simon and Fenwick Mckelvey. About the talk Too often discussions of the Commons seen like a game of Settlers of Catan. All the talk centers on an idealization of the land as a resource to own or not own seemingly […]
The Digital Intimacy, Gender, & Sexuality Lab (DIGS) and the Media History Research Centre (MHRC) invite everyone to a talk and seminar featuring Sarah Sharma! The talk, titled "Broken Machines: Towards a Techno-Feminist Refusal" will be held on September 21st at the Milieux Resource Room (EV 11.705). During the talk, Sarah will delve into the subject of her upcoming book, which advances a techno-feminist media […]
An initative between Pramila Choudhary (PhD, Geography and Environmental Studies, Textile Designer and Artist) and Sayali Goyal (Textile Artist, Editor Cocoa & Jasmine) Pramila Choudhary has arranged a presentation for the Textile and Materiality Research Cluster of Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture, and Technology at Concordia University. Inviting Sayali Goyal from Cocoa & Jasmine the purpose of this talk is to foster discussions about worldwide artisan […]