Join Machine Agencies for a conversation featuring Dr. Jacek Złoczowski and Dr. Małgorzata Łuczyna from the Institute of Art and Design at the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow. They will present unLoc, an international research project redefining the dissonant heritage of post-socialist architecture of power in former Eastern Bloc countries, and discuss how […]
Together with the Speculative Life Research Cluster, the Hexagram Chantier Ecotechnologies warmly invites you to join us for the closing remarks of the knowledge mobilization series Environmental Materials and/as Methods. This series has brought together diverse research platforms—the Concordia University Ethnography Lab, Machine Agencies, the Critical Anthropocene Research Group, and the Speculative Life Biolab—to explore shared questions around material practices, environmental inquiry, […]
How does one cook an AI? What happens in the kitchen when one is preparing ingredients for different kinds of agencies? What does it mean to move beyond instrumentalism; and what does an interaction look like when its design comes from a place of joy, curiosity, and experimentation? We invite the Montreal community of creatives […]
April 14th, 2026, will mark 30 years since Jennifer Ringley, then a college student, mounted a digital camera on top of her computer in her dorm room and began streaming online. Ringley’s webcam, known as JenniCam, transmitted nearly uninterrupted for seven years, becoming the most enduring webcam performance of the early Internet. Despite not being […]
We’re excited to announce an upcoming talk from a newcomer to the Abundant Intelligences network! Mathias Becerra Sanchez is a student from Peru currently pursuing a major in Symbolic Systems in the Concentration of Human-Centered AI and Human-Computer Interaction at Stanford University. His work focuses on using technology to empower Indigenous and other digitally disadvantaged […]
Join IFRC for the Halloween edition of Research Bites! Research can be scary sometimes. From the nerve-wracking moment of submitting your thesis, to late night citation nightmares, to the haunting feeling of discovering a missing source right before a deadline. Bring your lunch to the IFRC HQ and join us for a lighthearted discussion about […]
Join Post Image cluster for a discussion between Farah Khan, Balbir K. Singh moderated by Kevin Yuen Kit Lo . This event will explore the tension, challenge, and possibilities of considering opacity as a framework in which to devise and create a research lab. As a portal to the lab, House9 created such a site for […]
Join Leonardo Abate, Michael Iantorno, and Marc Lajeunesse for a discussion about tabletop roleplaying games. We’ll look at exciting moments in the development of TTRPGs across time and place. Starting with a general overview of how TTRPGs developed in America, we’ll venture across the sea to look at the beautiful TTRPG coastline of Italy where […]
Join us for a conversation investigating the potential of choreographic thinking for an understanding of systems of relations. Dr. Susan Leigh Foster, Dr. André Lepecki, Dr. Erin Manning, Dr. Jens R. Giersdorf, Lilia Mestre, and Dr. Angélique Willkie will discuss how dance and choreography can function as mediating forces within social and political structures. […]
Join IFRC for a special artist talk featuring artists Skawennati and Nadia Myre, two leading figures in contemporary Indigenous art in Canada. This event celebrates their landmark solo exhibitions currently on view at the National Gallery of Canada: Welcome to the Dreamhouse and Waves of Want. These exhibitions offer a rich look at each artist’s […]
After 2.5 years of enriching and insightful conversations around ethnography and film, mark your calendars for the last Ethnography Lab Film Night hosted by the wonderful Maya 😢 For the occasion, the Concordia Ethnography Lab is excited to partner up with Cinéma Public to screen the audacious and touching film Chronicle of a Summer. The […]
Epistemological Foundations returns to continue the conversation around Data Sovereignty and AI. EF07 will bring together Ashley Cordes, Peter-Lucas Jones and Keolu Fox to reflect on their to reflect on their approaches to creating knowledge at this intersection. The Epistemological Foundations Conversations feature members of the Abundant Intelligences research team sharing how the knowledge frameworks in their […]