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SUMMARY:Pinball Power: How an old coin operated arcade persevered for a century
DESCRIPTION:Join Visiting Scholar Robert Glashüttner and TAG member Dr. Martin French for a discussion around Pinball. \nPinball is an archaic arcade game for some\, a technical marvel for others\, and a favorite pastime for more and more dedicated players. Little is commonly known about pinball except that it’s made up of big sturdy amusement machines where you shoot steel marbles with flippers up a tilted playfield. Both game culture communities as well as scholars tend to underestimate the finesse of playing and the design decisions behind developing physical pinball devices. Most importantly\, it is a game of hybridization in different aspects: Pinball is physical and digital\, retro and contemporary\, mechanical and electronic\, skill-based and chance-induced. Therefore it should be worth more attention. This talk gives an overview on why pinball research could be more than a side note within game studies. \n  \n📅 August 22\, 2024 \n📍TAG Lab\, EV 11.435 \n  \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/pinball-power-how-an-old-coin-operated-arcade-persevered-for-a-decade/
LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Milieux X CCA : "Propositions: Designing through Land"
DESCRIPTION:To conclude the 2024 edition of Milieux May Madness\, the Milieux Institute will host a conversation titled “Propositions: Designing through Land” on May 31st. Co-organized with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA)\, the event will convene nine scholars to reflect on how design disciplines and their associated practices can better align with the concept of land. Following the presentations\, Speculative Life members Brennan McCracken\, Priscilla Jolly\, and Sarah Yems will share brief\, questioning responses to the propositions. \n“Propositions: Designing through Land” will bring together nine researchers who are embarking on an eighteen-month collective project: “In the Hurricane\, On the Land.” Funded by the Mellon Foundation and organized by the CCA\, “In the Hurricane\, On the Land.” aims to explore land-dependent design as a collaborative approach to addressing the tangible effects of the climate crisis\, indigenous land revitalization\, and related concerns\, including developing methods to document and engage with land-driven sites\, histories\, and communities. Through their research\, these scholars will examine and redefine the societal and professional boundaries of architecture and landscape architecture\, working towards a collective strategy for navigating the aftermath of natural and human-made disasters. \nAt this upcoming event\, the nine scholars will present brief propositions that address the themes of navigating\, coexisting with\, and experiencing land to enhance design practices. These propositions will provide insight into the scope\, concerns\, lands\, and peoples the project will engage with over the coming months. \nAll are welcome! \n📅 May 31st | 4-6 p.m \n📍Speculative Life Room EV 10.625 \n📸 Lee Friedlander\, Mount Royal\, Montréal\, Québec\, 1993. PH1994:0242\, CCA Collection\, © Lee Friedlander”
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/milieux-x-cca-propositions-designing-through-land/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240418T150000
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SUMMARY:A SOLARPUNK Lab: Eco-anarchism and micro-power to the people & PicoPower and Energy Transition Residency demo and discussion.
DESCRIPTION:Join us Thursday\, April 18th\, between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm\, at the Milieux Speculative Life Cluster for TeZ’s artist talk – SOLARPUNK Lab: eco-anarchism and pico-power to the people – and the Pico Power and Energy Transition residency demo and discussion. \n\n\nFrom April 3rd until April 19th\, transdisciplinary artist and independent researcher TeZ will work with Milieux Biolab researchers and students on the next phase of the Pico Power and Energy Transition project (with Alice Jarry\, Bart Simon\, Mike Cassidy\, Audrey Coulombe\, Sarah Al Mamoun\, and Matt Halpenny). They will develop biomaterials\, composites\, and technologies for alternative energy futures\, such as biophotovoltaic cells\, crystal or graphene batteries\, and conductive bioplastics toward wearables and site-specific interventions. \n\nABOUT THE TALK: \nThe talk will first introduce TeZ’s personal perspective on the Solarpunk movement\, particularly examined under the lens of creative DIY practices that he initiated in 2021 with his SOLAR PUNK Lab project. The presentation will conclude with a demo and group discussion around the experiments conducted as part of his residency at the BioLab. SOLARPUNK Lab is a project aimed at promoting the practical side of Solarpunk philosophy\, exploring and experimenting with methods that enable citizens to social and sustainable resistance\, against an ever growing sense of dystopian impotence\, agonizing capitalism and ecological catastrophe. The series of events organised with and by SOLARPUNK Lab\, are aimed at promoting “fluid” DIY strategies and at educating\, informing and enabling the general public to simple\, affordable and practical actions that put together renewable energy sources (solar\, eolic\, geothermal)\, physical computing\, digital fabrication\, eco-passive and morpho-eco-logical architecture\, natural and artificial photosynthesis\, bacterial fermentation\, mycelium culturing and other interdisciplinary practices to re-invent the present and re-design the future. \n  \n\n\nABOUT TeZ:\n\n\nTeZ (aka Maurizio Martinucci) is an interdisciplinary artist\, musician and independent researcher\, living and working in Amsterdam\, The Netherlands. Guest teacher at ArtScience Interfaculty in Den Haag\, Minerva Academy in Groningen\, Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok\, TeZ is regularly showing his work and giving lectures at both academic and artistic contexts. His installations and performances have been featured at major venues and festivals worldwide including Ars Electronica Linz\, BIAN Montreal\, Gropius Bau Berlin\, Chronus Art Center Shanghai among many others. He’s been running the ‘Optofonica’ Lab for Synesthetic ArtScience in Amsterdam since 2006. \nTeZ explores the boundaries between human perception and all physical phenomena associated to vibrations. He crafts custom generative software and instruments for sound and light propagation\, as well as specific architectural structures where subtle oscillations can reach the body and stimulate  \n  \n: April 18\, 2024 | 3-5 p.m \n: Speculative Life Research Cluster E.V 10.625 \n🔗: solarpunklab.org | speculativebiolab.com | materials-materiality.ca
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/a-solarpunk-lab-eco-anarchism-and-micro-power-to-the-people-picopower-and-energy-transition-residency-demo-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:17 Stations: An Interactive Exhibition and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by United Nations Member States outlines a collective vision for global peace and prosperity. Its core consists of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)\, urging both developed and developing nations to collaborate in addressing poverty\, enhancing health and education\, reducing inequality\, fostering economic growth\, combating climate change\, and conserving natural resources like oceans and forests. \n1 – No Poverty \n2 – Zero Hunger \n3 – Good Health and Well-Being \n4 – Quality Education \n5 – Gender Equality \n6 – Clean Water and Sanitation \n7 – Affordable and Clean Energy \n8 – Decent work and Economic Growth \n9 – Industry\, Innovation and Infrastructure \n10 – Reduced Inequalities \n11 – Sustainable Cities and Communities \n12 – Responsible Consumption and Production \n13 – Climate Action \n14 – Life Below Water \n15 – Life on Land \n16 – Peace\, Justice and Strong Institutions \n17 – Partnerships for the goals \n  \nWhat if those SDGs were turned into a sensorial experience?\nThat’s what the 17 Stations project is all about! \nThe 17 Stations is an experimental audio-visual experience that presents the SDGs through music\, commentary\, photography\, local stories and cutting-edge science. \n\nInitiated by Professor Baron Tymas\, member of the Next-Generation Cities Institute\, the project brought together more than 30 Concordia University creatives minds across various disciplines\, including the Milieux Institute and\, more specifically\, the Storytelling Studio. \n\nJoin us for the launch of this unique and innovative experience followed by a roundtable discussion with members of the team at 4 p.m. \n\n\n\n\n \n\n  \n  \n: April 16\, 2024 | 10 – 6 p.m \n: 4TH Space\, 1400 Maisonneuve Blvd W \n🌐 The discussion will also be available online via Zoom.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/17-stations-an-interactive-exhibition-and-discussion/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Talk
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SUMMARY:Materialist Ecomodding and Picopower Logics: The Case of SunBlock One\, a solar Minecraft server
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging presentation of the SunBlock One solar Minecraft server project\, part of the Pico Power residency with TeZ. \nBart Simon\, Director of Milieux Institute will share with us the research-creation journey of the SunBlock project. This innovative project tackles two crucial challenges in energy transition research: \n\nThe significant contribution of personal computing and especially gaming to the global carbon footprint.\nThe role of popular and moddable sandbox games in fostering shared alternative energy imaginaries.\n\nWHAT IS SUNBLOCK ONE? \nSunBlock One operates on a special setup with solar panels and batteries. It’s a Forge-modded Minecraft 1.20.2 Server running on an Intel NUC computer powered by a 12v LiON battery connected to a 100W solar panel. Players can monitor their energy consumption in real-time while playing! \nThe talk will present various stages of the project\, showcasing the work that has been accomplished and discussing how the project might progress over the summer. \nBart will also introduce the idea of picopower logic\, a simple yet powerful approach to utilize energy on small\, local scale to combat climate change. \n  \n: April 9\, 2024 | 2 p.m \n: TAG Lab E.V 11.435 \nALL ARE WELCOME!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/materialist-ecomodding-and-picopower-logics-the-case-of-sunblock-one-a-solar-minecraft-server/
LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20240327T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240327T133000
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SUMMARY:Writing urban life: stories of waste and cities
DESCRIPTION:Join the Concordia Ethnography Lab for a thought-provoking exploration of urban life with Durham University professor Colin Mcfarlane\, as he challenges conventional narratives and invites us to reimagine the cityscape! \nIn this presentation\, Colin Mcfarlane will delve into his recent research on urban fragments and waste\, asking: “how do we write differently about urban life?”. Mcfarlane will explore various conceptual frameworks\, writing techniques\, and ideological stances that could influence our perception and portrayal of urban existence. The discussion will highlight both the opportunities and obstacles\, as well as the unresolved inquiries and overlooked aspects\, within this discourse. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER:  \nColin Mc Farlane is a professor at Durham University. His work focusses on the experience and politics of the city. He explores how cities are known\, lived and politicised. This includes research on urban living\, densities\, fragments\, and learning across different cities\, focussing in particular on the economic margins. \n  \n  \n: March 27\, 2024 | 12-1:30 p.m \n: Speculative Life Research Cluster E.V 10.625 \n: Make sure to register HERE ! \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/writing-urban-life-stories-of-waste-and-cities/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:Rendering Desired Spaces: Crafting Methods for New Digital Geographies
DESCRIPTION:On March 22nd\, The DIGS lab is hosting a research talk to explore the work of Lotte de Jong and Antonia Hernández. This will be followed by the screening of Fantasy Lane at 5 p.m. \n\n  \nAbout the talk: \nThis research talk will explore the work of Lotte de Jong and Antonia Hernández addressing the spatial construction of desire on sex webcam platforms and real estate role-playing pornography. \nThrough an overview of different artworks created between 2018-2024\, the authors highlight how these digital spaces serve as unique sites for investigating issues related to housing anxiety and desire\, the governance of visibility\, and the representation and inhabitation of virtual environments. They will also address the benefits and challenges of using arts-based methods and interdisciplinary collaboration to explore rapidly changing phenomena. \nThe talk will be followed by a screening of Jong’s and Hernández’s Fantasy Lane (work in progress) at the Vizualization Studio (Webster Library\, LB-314.00). See you there! \n  \nAbout the speakers:  \nLotte Louise de Jong is a Rotterdam-based multidisciplinary artist with a film and lens-based media background. Through website-based works\, VR\, and video installations\, she explores identity\, intimacy\, economy\, and sexuality in the digital realm. Lotte’s research-driven approach combines humor with critical reflection to shed light on our hidden online lives and societal impact. \nAntonia Hernández is an artist and assistant professor in the Communication department at Concordia University\, Montréal. Her work explores the poetic dimensions of governance and the domestic aspects of platforms. Currently\, she is developing a video opera addressing the financialization of water in Chile. \nThis talk is presented in partnership with Concordia University’s DIGS Lab. \n  \nWHEN: March 22\, 2024 \nWHERE: Speculative Life Research Cluster (EV 10.625)
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/rendering-desired-spaces-crafting-methods-for-new-digital-geographies/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20240222T190000
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Juan Miceli
DESCRIPTION:Join us on February 22\, 2024\, from 5-7 PM\, at the Performance Lab (EV 10.785)\, for an exciting talk with artist Juan Miceli\, hosted by LePARC.\nCome learn about Juan’s experience following six months as a research intern at Milieux in this performance lecture. He will share artworks and creative concepts – such as Inverse Interface\, Artecnic\, Apology of the Remaining\, and Black Milk – that came out of his research-creation process.\nJuan Miceli is an audiovisual artist based out of Buenos Aires and Montreal\, who has studied both Fashion Design and Electronic Art. In 2022\, Juan received an ELAP Scholarship which has supported his Research Internship at Concordia’s Faculty of Fine Arts\, where he has conducted a research project titled Inverse Interface under the tutelage of Ricardo Dal Farra. This internship research fed into Juan’s Master’s thesis in the Aesthetics and Technology of Electronic Arts\, which he is pursuing at the National University Tres de Febrero (UNTreF) under the direction of Mariela Yeregui (PhD) and Andres Rodriguez (PhD). \nThe materiality of the Inverse Interface research creation project consists of the development of collaborative video installations\, a genealogical work in relation to technological practices like vision machines\, and experimentation with immersive environments\, bodies and interfaces. Juan’s work stems from a Latin American perspective that is in a permanent stage of construction. Working with a fusion of media including sculpture\, video\, installation\, generative video\, digital modelling and performance\, Juan develops exhibitions and research projects that investigate the relationship between art\, the body and technology. \nJuan’s work has been supported by such institutions as Milieux Institute\, Concordia Fine Arts\, National Fund for the Arts (Arg)\, San Martin University (UNSAM)\, CCGSM\, and the National Contemporary Dance Company and Expressions Cultural Center (US)\, among others. His video installations have been exhibited at the Concordia Black Box\, Fourth Space\, C3 Science Center\, the National Center of Music and Dance\, B. Rivadavia Museum of Natural Sciences\, ThisIsNotAGallery\, the MACA Junín Museum\, Expressions Cultural Center\, the University of Cordoba\, the Spanish Cooperation Center in Buenos Aires\, and the Recoleta Cultural Center\, to name a few.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/artist-talk-juan-miceli/
LOCATION:LePARC Residency Room (EV 10.785)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231207T190000
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SUMMARY:Artist Talk: Lília Mestre & Laura Pante 
DESCRIPTION:Join us on December 7th\, 2023\, from 5-7 PM\, at the Performance Lab (EV 10.785)\, for an artist talk hosted by LePARC with one of the cluster’s new co-directors Lilia\, and visiting doctoral student Laura Pante who is here until the end of December. \nLília Mestre (she\, her) is a performing artist\, dramaturge and researcher working in collaborative formats mainly in the fields of contemporary dance and choreography. Mestre works with scores\, inter-subjective set-ups and other chance-induced processes as emancipatory artistic and pedagogical tools\, which have been documented in various publications. She is interested in forms of organization created by and for artistic practice as alternative study processes for social-political reflection. For the past 8 years\, she has been working on the concept of ‘artificial friendship’ which has been the source for the creation of methodological structures (scores) for exchange and collaboration in artistic research settings. Mestre has worked as mentor\, project curator and artistic coordinator of the postgraduate program a.pass (advanced performance and scenography studies) in Brussels\, Belgium since 2012. She is currently Assistant Professor at the Department of Contemporary Dance and Co-director of the Performing Arts Research Cluster (LePARC) at Concordia University. \nLaura Pante (Italy\, 1983) is a dancer and artistic researcher of dance theories and practices. She graduated in Visual Arts at IUAV University of Venice. Since October 2020 she has been a PhD student at the same university\, where she conducts research titled Soil\, Landscape\, Habitat – three ways of the relationship between presence\, body and the virtual under the supervision of Prof. Annalisa Sacchi. In 2019\, she completed a period of study at APASS (Advanced Performance and Scenographic Studies) in Brussels. Her research focuses on the analysis of the political articulation of thought and movement in the context of the relationship between body techniques and technologies of the self. Pante is currently a visiting researcher at the Performing Arts Research Cluster.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/artist-talk-lilia-mestre-laura-pante/
LOCATION:Performance Lab EV 10.785
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T210000
DTSTAMP:20231129T182327Z
CREATED:20231106T161042Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Geographies of Solitude by Jacquelyn Mills + Master Class (Co-organized with the McGill Critical Media Club)
DESCRIPTION:Through a common interest in the environment and creative storytelling\, the Concordia Ethnography Lab has partnered with McGill’s Critical Media Club to host Jacquelyn Mills who will present her stunningly beautiful film Geographies of Solitude\, part nature film\, part biographical portrait. The screening will be followed by a master class on the making of the film. The event is open to all! \nWhen? December 4\, 2023\, 6-9pm \nWhere? McGill’s Peterson Hall\, Room 108 \nAn immersion into the rich ecosystem of Sable Island\, guided by naturalist and environmentalist Zoe Lucas who has lived over 40 years on this remote sliver of land in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Shot on 16mm and created using a scope of innovative eco-friendly filmmaking techniques\, this feature-length experimental documentary is a playful and reverent collaboration with the natural world. Much like a field book\, the film tracks its protagonist’s labor to collect\, clean and document marine litter that persistently washes up on the island shores. Jacquelyn Mills is a filmmaker based in Montreal. Her works are immersive and sensorial\, often exploring an intimate and healing connection to the natural world. The screening will be followed by a Master class with Jacquelyn Mills.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/film-screening-geographies-of-solitude-by-jacquelyn-mills-master-class-co-organized-with-the-mcgill-critical-media-club/
LOCATION:McGill’s Peterson Hall\, Room 108\, 3460 Rue McTavish\, Montreal\, Quebec\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231204T140000
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SUMMARY:[Open Lab Presentation] Pico Power and Energy Transition — TeZ in residency at the BioLab
DESCRIPTION:Join us Monday December 4th\, between 12:00 pm and 2:00 pm\, at the Speculative Life Biolab for the Pico Power and Energy Transition Residency Open Lab. Since November 20th\, interdisciplinary Amsterdam-based artist Maurizio Martinucci (aka TeZ) works in collaboration with Alice Jarry\, Bart Simon\, and students to develop biomaterials\, composites\, and technologies for alternative energy futures. Come say hello\, and attend demos of photobiovoltaic cells (algae and berries)\, crystal or graphene batteries\, and conductive bioplastic in action. \nAbout TeZ \nTeZ (aka Maurizio Martinucci) is an interdisciplinary artist\, musician and independent researcher\, living and working in Amsterdam\, The Netherlands. Guest teacher at ArtScience Interfaculty in Den Haag\, Minerva Academy in Groningen\, Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok\, TeZ is regularly showing his work and giving lectures at both academic and artistic contexts. His installations and performances have been featured at major venues and festivals worldwide including Ars Electronica Linz\, BIAN Montreal\, Gropius Bau Berlin\, Chronus Art Center Shanghai among many others. He’s been running the ‘Optofonica’ Lab for Synesthetic ArtScience in Amsterdam since 2006. \n\nTeZ explores the boundaries between human perception and all physical phenomena associated to vibrations. He crafts custom generative software and instruments for sound and light propagation\, as well as specific architectural structures where subtle oscillations can reach the body and stimulate meditative and immersive experiences. TeZ is also active member of HACKTERIA International Society involved in BioArt\, Open Hardware and DIY Lab Equipment. His latest work in collaboration with Sofian Audry from Hexagram/Concordia (Montreal) explores the relationship between living microorganisms and Artificial Intelligence systems. With his SOLARPUNK LAB project/platform TeZ is promoting the practical philosophy of Solarpunk to explore and experiment methods that enable citizens to autonomy\, resistance and resilience. TeZ’s holistic paradigm aims at encompassing many of the disciplines related to art and science\, together with technology\, ecology and mindfulness. \nFurther info \nhttps://speculativelifebiolab.com/\nhttp://solarpunklab.org\nhttps://www.tez.it\n  \n\nQuestions: alice.jarry@concordia.ca
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/open-lab-presentation-pico-power-and-energy-transition-tez-in-residency-at-the-biolab/
LOCATION:Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV 10.835)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231128T133000
DTSTAMP:20231116T170149Z
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SUMMARY:Angles of Consequence: Lab Report - LePARC
DESCRIPTION:Come learn about the Angles of Consequence team’s early research since September! \nLePARC co-director Meghan Moe Beitiks and their research team will present their project and early research in a Lab Report on November 28th\, from 12:00 – 13:30\, at the Performance Lab (10. 785). \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/angles-of-consequence-lab-report/
LOCATION:Performance Lab EV 10.785
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231122T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231122T180000
DTSTAMP:20231106T155059Z
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SUMMARY:Film Screening: Huahua's Dazzling World and Its Myriad Temptations (2022) by Daphne Xu + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join us on November 22nd\, 2023\, at 6 pm at the Concordia Ethnography Lab (EV 10. 625) for the screening of “Huahua’s Dazzling World and Its Myriad Temptations (2022)” & Q&A with the director! \nHuahua\, an eccentric and exuberant woman from Xiongan New Area\, a government-planned city just south of Beijing\, livestreams herself dancing\, singing\, and chatting with fans for a living. Cell phone screens\, beauty filters\, and digital soundscapes reveal a world that Huahua creates with her own image. \nDaphne Xu is a Chinese Canadian artist and filmmaker exploring the politics and poetics of place. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director. \n\nCanada/U.S. • 2022 • 82min• Mandarin• English subtitles \n\nThis project is funded by The Concordia Council on Student Life (CCSL) \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/film-screening-huahuas-dazzling-world-and-its-myriad-temptations-2022-by-daphne-xu-qa/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231122T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231122T140000
DTSTAMP:20231115T150850Z
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SUMMARY:Repurposed Methods with Anna Harris by The EthnoLab & The Centre for Sensory Studies
DESCRIPTION:The Ethnography Lab and Centre for Sensory Studies are hosting a brown bag lunch on Repurposed Methods with Anna Harris\, Associate Professor of the Social Studies of Medicine at Maastricht University and an Affiliated Researcher with the Centre for Sensory Studies at Concordia. \nRepurposing is a term and practice growing in popularity\, whether in reference to the repurposing involved in upcycling\, the repurposing of pharmaceuticals\, or data repurposing\, to name a few. In the context of a new project on upcycling in hospitals\, Anna would like to consider with the attendees what it means to think about repurposing in regards to the project’s mythologies both for her work and that of those who attend. \nDuring the lunch she’ll introduce her research project\, and we’ll discuss one or more of the methodological approaches being developed. \nRe-use: what it means to make ethnographic materials available to other to use\nRecycling: what it means to use the open data sets shared by other researchers in our own ethnographic works\nUpcycling: how as ethnographers we can bring making methods (e.g. workshops\, exhibitions) into our research projects. \nWhen: 22nd November\, 12.30-2pm\nWhere: Speculative Life Research Cluster (EV 10.625) \nBRING YOUR LUNCH! \nPhoto Credit: Maastricht University
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/repurposed-methods-with-anna-harris-by-the-ethnolab-the-centre-for-sensory-studies/
LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231101T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231101T200000
DTSTAMP:20231018T161033Z
CREATED:20231018T160511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231018T161033Z
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Sisters in STEAM: Revital Software and Ekosi Studio in Dialogue
DESCRIPTION: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\, founders of Revital Software\, and Keara and Caeleigh Lightning\, founders of Studio Ekosi. \nRevital Software is a small company that works with Indigenous communities to create interactive language revitalization software and Studio Ekosi uses narrative-driven games and animated films\, to create moments of joy\, worlds that spark wonder\, and characters people see themselves in. \nThe Tiewishaw and Lighting sisters will speak about their work\, challenges and aspirations as Indigenous women in STEAM\, but also about their path to Indigenous language/culture revitalization and their relationship to software development and animated films as means to achieve their ambitions. \nThis event is co-sponsored by Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC) and will be moderated by IFRC co-director Prof. Jason Lewis. It is part of the 5th season of the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker and Workshop Series Disrupting Disruptions\, organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum. \nRegister
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/indigenous-sisters-in-steam-revital-software-and-ekosi-studio-in-dialogue/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231101T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231101T170000
DTSTAMP:20231017T185242Z
CREATED:20231017T185242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231017T185242Z
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SUMMARY:Invitation to Ethnography: Ethnography of/as politics
DESCRIPTION: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. All questions\, doubts and curiosities welcome. \nSpeakers: Daniela Giudici\, Jonathan Wald\, Carolina Cambre and Mitchell McLarnon \nPlease email concordia.ethnography@gmail.com to register
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/invitation-to-ethnography-ethnography-of-as-politics/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20231013T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20231013T123000
DTSTAMP:20231005T191642Z
CREATED:20231005T191218Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T191642Z
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SUMMARY:End of Residency Presentation: Mónica Rikić
DESCRIPTION: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)!  \nOn 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\, developed as part of an artist-in-residency program at Technoculture\, Art\, and Games (TAG) offered by EMAP and Hexagram. \nThe EMAP residency program receives support from Creative Europe – Culture. This program provides residencies to artists\, artist duos\, collectives\, or other artistic collaborations in the fields of digital arts\, media arts\, and bio-art. In 2023\, EMAP expanded its residency program to encompass 15 European countries and included Quebec\, represented by Hexagram Network as the guest host organization. \nWhen? Friday\, October 13th\, 12:30 PM \nWhere? Concordia University’s Video Production Studio\, located in the EV Building\, 10th floor (EV 10.760)\, 1515 Saint-Catherine St. \nAbout the Project\n\nThrough experimental thinking\, creative coding\, and handcrafted electronics\, Hipèrbole interrogates the field of machine learning as a cutting-edge artificial intelligence technique and explores the creation of alternative artificial cognitive systems by bridging philosophy\, algorithms\, and mechanics. \nBeyond questioning the technological resources necessary to develop AI systems\, this project aims to argue that their potential existence also relies on a matter of philosophical attribution. Its objective is to challenge the dominant role of spoken and written language in the expression of cognition and in machine-human communication. That’s why the project places particular emphasis on embodied cognition and expression through the creation of handcrafted soft-robotics machine. This machine will operate with an algorithmic structure\, a mechanical system\, and behavior developed based on selected principles from alternative philosophical traditions\, diverging from rationalism\, dualism\, formalism\, and mechanism\, and transferring these concepts to creative coding and robotics. \nThe goal is to investigate and experiment with the physical and algorithmic structure relation characteristics that artificial systems must possess to be considered existing and sentient organisms\, from a philosophical and cultural perspective. \nAbout the artist\n\nMónica Rikić is an electronic artist and creative coder born and based in Barcelona. Her practice focuses on creative coding and electronics\, which she combines with non-digital objects to create interactive projects\, robotic installations\, and handcrafted electronic devices. \nYou can visit her portfolio website here: https://monicarikic.com/
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/end-of-residency-presentation-monica-rikic/
LOCATION:Video Production Studio (EV 10.760)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230929T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230929T180000
DTSTAMP:20230915T155000Z
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SUMMARY:If You Don’t Like The Game\, Change The Rules: Alternative Modes of Videogame Production: Montreal Launch
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin 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 Carolyn Jong (Game Workers Unite Montréal and Vodeo Games). \nPrinted versions of the white paper and the comin will be available to distribute at the event to coincide with the white paper’s digital launch! \nIf You Don’t Like The Game\, Change The Rules: Alternative Modes of Videogame Production explores and documents the possibility space for Canadian game creators who are interested in structuring their labour in new ways. The heightened presence of game developer unions and union-centric organisations\, the recent emergence of worker co-operatives\, and a push toward new labour initiatives\, such as 4-day work weeks\, all suggest that curiosity is slowly transitioning to action for those interested in reconfiguring the game industry. Through long-form interviews with worker co-operative and union members\, conversations with labour experts\, and surveys completed by game developers of all walks\, we have identified numerous structural and attitudinal factors that encourage\, or discourage\, game creators to consider alternative working arrangements. \n  \n \nFull Programming\n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/if-you-dont-like-the-game-change-the-rules-alternative-modes-of-videogame-production-white-paper-launch/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230929T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230929T120000
DTSTAMP:20230929T130212Z
CREATED:20230908T214447Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230929T130212Z
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SUMMARY:Panel on Interdisciplinary Research
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin 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. \n\nAlice Jarry (Concordia Milieux Biolab) and Marta Cerruti (McGill Biointerface lab) will present their collaborative project Reactive Graphene Oxide: New Materials and Collaborative Methods at the Interface of Design and Materials Engineering\, a research-creation project at the interface of Design and Material Science. To learn more about the project: https://milieux.concordia.ca/reactive-graphene-oxide-residency-at-the-commons-exhibition/   \nStefanie Duguay (Concordia Milieux DIGS Lab) and Christopher Dietzel (incoming postdoctoral fellow at DIGS lab) will present a research project they conducted on dating apps’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic\, bringing together perspectives across health\, education\, and science and technology studies.\nJoDee Allen (PhD student and Coordinator of the Milieux Immersive Storytelling Studio) and Bart Simon (Director of Milieux Institute) will discuss interdisciplinarity at the university. \n\nJoin us at 4TH Space and Online: If you are unable to attend in person\, you can join us online through this Zoom link (it’s always the same link!) or tune in to the 4TH Space YouTube channel. \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/panel-on-interdisciplinary-research/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T153000
DTSTAMP:20230915T155159Z
CREATED:20230914T162949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T155159Z
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SUMMARY:[Talk] Archiving the Internet Commons: How activists are fighting the privatization of the Internet
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin 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”. \nThe 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 is disappearing. A group of activist archivists are changing this. Archive Team are collecting and tending to massive amounts of cultural and digital history created over the past 40 years. Controversially\, they largely disregard individual ownership and corporate property rights in favour of moving materials into open\, freely accessible internet archives. Their priority is to create a record of the internet\, and in the process\, they provide some of the keys to fighting privatisation of the internet commons. By looking at how Archive Team works\, through both interviews and participant observation\, we can ensure that the Internet as a commons continues to provide information and knowledge to everyone. \nDate: Thursday\, September 28th\, 2023\nTime: 3:00 – 3:30 PM\nLocation: Concordia University 4TH Space and online!
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/talk-archiving-the-internet-commons-how-activists-are-fighting-the-privatization-of-the-internet/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230928T120000
DTSTAMP:20230915T155401Z
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SUMMARY:[Student-led Session] Reactive Graphene Oxide Residency
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin 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. \nParticipants: \nJacqueline Beaumont (Design & Computation Arts\, Concordia) Yiwen Chen (Materials Engineering\, McGill) Jacob Landry (Design & Computation Arts\, Concordia) Philippe Vandal (Design & Computation Arts\, Concordia) Nima Zakeri (Materials Engineering\, McGill) \n\n\n\nSummary of the residency: \n\n\n\nAt the crossroads of Design and Material Science\, this research-creation project brings together scientists and artists to develop reactive membranes and objects using Graphene Oxide. Graphene Oxide is a layered carbon-based nanomaterial derived from the oxidation and exfoliation of graphite\, which can also be synthesized from thermal treatment of organic waste. Spanning multiple spatial\, technical\, artistic\, and philosophical dimensions\, the project addresses crucial questions at the core of current research in materials science and design: up to which point can materials mimic nature and become ‘alive’\, changing themselves based on external stimuli? What happens when materials and humans interact? Can the interaction between materials and the environment help improve our own environment? Envisioned as a new generation of active materials for technological applications\, the built environment and the arts\, the structures developed in this project also aim to develop novel methods for arts and science collaboration and engage publics in a broader reflection on material futures and human’s shifting relationship with its environment in a context of ecological crisis. \nThe co-creation process of this residency involves the presentation of a documentary film\, in-situ prototyping\, and ongoing video documentation of the work. \n\n\n\n\n\nDate: Thursday\, September 28th\, 2023 Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Location: Concordia University 4TH Space and online To learn more about the residency go here.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/student-led-session-residency/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230927T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230927T160000
DTSTAMP:20230915T155256Z
CREATED:20230908T202859Z
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SUMMARY:[Panel] Textiles and Materiality Collaborative Project ChainStitch
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nJoin 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 and tacit knowledge is braided from the materiality itself\, like how a chain-stitch is decorative and utilitarian. Chainstitch entangles community dialogue and tactile emotional connections as living epistemes\, not only as common cloth\, but fragments of shared imaginations. \nDate: Wednesday\, September 27th\, 2023 Time: 3:00 – 4:00 PM Location: Concordia 4TH Space and Online! This event is open to all. Join us in-person or online by registering for the Zoom meeting or watching live on 4th Space’s YouTube channel.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/panel-textiles-and-materiality-collaborative-project-chainstitch/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230926T160000
DTSTAMP:20230908T193906Z
CREATED:20230908T193750Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T193906Z
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SUMMARY:Promoting and Protecting Indigenous Arts Website Launch + Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION: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 of Indigenous practices and arts. \nThe launch will be followed by a panel on Indigenous fashion with NWT born/Toronto-based fashion designer Sage Paul (Denesuline)\, visual artist Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang First Nation)\, and Kuujjuaq born/Montréal-based fashion designer\, Julie Grenier. This panel will be moderated by Dr. Heather Igloliorte. \nThis event is open to all. Join us in-person or online by registering for the Zoom meeting or watching live on 4th Space’s YouTube channel.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/promoting-and-protecting-indigenous-arts-website-launch-panel-discussion/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230925T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230925T140000
DTSTAMP:20230915T155328Z
CREATED:20230908T185625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T155328Z
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SUMMARY:[Talk] Geese\, Sheep and GP-AI: Notes on the Coming Commons
DESCRIPTION:⟵  Back to programming \nGeese\, Sheep and GP-AI: Notes on the Coming Commons talk by Bart Simon and Fenwick Mckelvey. \nAbout the talk \nToo 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 for the good of the sheep to the benefit of the humans (the players of these games). Our talk rethinks the commons\, what was and what should be a critical concern for digital cultural studies. The Commons\, we argue\, must be understood as both a specific mode of existence and time (in Ireland for one) lost somewhat to history and with a emphasis on property. Recent investment in an AI commons\, problematic as that may be\, allows us to describe a Commons that must come — a commons built around the shared relations between humans and machines compelled to participate by late capitalism but holding hopes of different ways of being. \nDate: Monday\, September 25th\, 2023\nTime: 1:00 – 2:00 PM\nLocation: Concordia University 4TH Space and online via Zoom.\n  \nThis event is open to all. Join us in-person or online by registering for the Zoom meeting or watching live on 4th Space’s YouTube channel!\n  \n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/talk-geese-sheep-and-gp-ai-notes-on-the-coming-commons/
LOCATION:4th Space
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230921T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230921T190000
DTSTAMP:20230915T152424Z
CREATED:20230915T140120Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T152424Z
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SUMMARY:DIGS + MHRC: Talk and Seminar with Sarah Sharma
DESCRIPTION: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 theory to account for Big Tech and the gendered politics of utility\, exit and repair.  \nFollowing the talk\, a small graduate seminar with Sarah Sharma is scheduled for September 22nd at 10 a.m.\, in which they will discuss the preface and introduction to “Re-Understanding Media: Feminist Extensions of Marshall McLuhan.” Please register for this seminar here. Those registered will receive a PDF of the reading by email. \nRegister here for the talk\nRegister here for the seminar\nSarah Sharma is Associate Professor of Media Theory and Director of the Institute of Communication\, Culture\, Information and Technology (ICCIT) at the University of Toronto. She is the author of In the Meantime: Temporality and Cultural Politics (Duke UP\, 2014). This book challenges the popular sentiment that the world is “speeding up” and locates instead how temporality operates as a key relation of power structured at the intersection of a range of social differences and technologies. Her edited volume (with Rianka Singh) Re-Understanding Media: Feminist Extensions of Marshall McLuhan (Duke UP 2022) highlights her time as director of the McLuhan Centre between 2017-2022 and retrieves a feminist version of “the medium is the message.” Sarah is currently working on a new book (tentatively titled Broken Machine: Towards a Techno-feminist Refusal) which advances a techno-feminist media theory to account for Big Tech and the gendered politics of utility\, exit and repair.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/digs-mhrc-talk-and-seminar-with-sarah-sharma/
LOCATION:Milieux Institute\, EV 11. 705\, 1515 Saint-Catherine St W
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230921T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230921T180000
DTSTAMP:20230918T181946Z
CREATED:20230918T181932Z
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SUMMARY:Projecthandstitch
DESCRIPTION:An initative between Pramila Choudhary (PhD\, Geography and Environmental Studies\, Textile Designer and Artist) and Sayali Goyal (Textile Artist\, Editor Cocoa & Jasmine) \n\n\nPramila 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 communities\, the operation of a cultural business\, and the valuable perspectives gained from the interplay between craft and design collaborations. Cocoa & Jasmine is an independent print publication and cultural agency. \nAbout Pramila Choudhary \nPramila serves as both the founder and creative leader of the Projecthandstitch Blog initiative\, which was established in 2017. This initiative began with an open project involving creating 12-month hand-stitched garments\, aiming to delve into the concept of slow fashion and foster a global community. Through this journey\, they have explored 28 distinct handmade crafts and brought together 32 participants\, fostering the exchange of knowledge\, promoting slow fashion\, and advocating textile practices in everyday life. The project’s progress has been documented on Instagram and within a private Facebook group. \nContinuing into the subsequent year\, #projecthandstitch has continued to spotlight diverse global and local handmade practices\, individuals\, and conversations within the community. You can connect with them on Instagram @projecthandstitch \nPramila’s background includes studying textile design at NID (National Institute of Design\, India) and HSLU (Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts\, Switzerland). Since then\, she has collaborated with various craft communities in India\, engaged in international craft-based initiatives\, and partnered with brands in the US and UK. Additionally\, she practices as a textile artist\, utilizing pre-consumer waste and natural materials. Her expertise extends to teaching design students at NID and NIFT (National Institute of Fashion Technology)\, where she imparts knowledge on sustainability\, craft studies\, design thinking\, surface development\, fabric construction\, hybrid textile structures\, and material explorations. \nAbout Sayali Goyal \nSayali is the Founder and creative director of Cocoa and Jasmine (www.cocoaandjasmine.com) an independent print publication and cultural agency that focuses on global creative communities and facilitates cross cultural connections. The magazine has researched\, documented and published stories on various craft communities from India and around the world. Apart from the print magazine\, her practice also extends to curating exhibitions\, penels\, residencies\, journalism\,  ethnographic visual research as well as strategy for some of the leading companies in India and Internationally. She studied surface textiles at the University of arts London and since then has created a series of textile art and exhibited her works in Delhi\, Mumbai\, London and San Francisco. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/projecthandstitch/
LOCATION:Textiles and Materiality Cluster (EV 10.730)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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SUMMARY:TAG Watch Party: Emerging Voices in Black Game Studies
DESCRIPTION:The Games Institute ADE Speaker Series Panel: Emerging Voices in Black Game Studies Watch Party\n\n\nJoin us at TAG to watch the first of the Games Intitute ADE Speaker Series featuring Dr. Akil Fletcher\, Cyan DeVeaux and Dr. Steven Dashiell\, in a panel that highlights emerging scholars in Black game studies. Panelists will present recent and/or ongoing work\, sharing a glimpse of the emerging research questions animating the field. Topics include Black worldbuilding in and across games (Fletcher)\, perceptions of Black male exceptionalism in gaming cultures (Dashiell)\, and the relationship between avatar representation and Black user experience in social VR (DeVeaux). \nAll are welcome\, and there will be snacks! No registration required for the watch party.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/tag-watch-party-emerging-voices-in-black-game-studies/
LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435)
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230913T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230913T193000
DTSTAMP:20230828T142748Z
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SUMMARY:[Talk] Danielle Boyer on Indigenous Robotics
DESCRIPTION:Ojibwe\, queer robotics inventor Danielle Boyer will speak about her work\, including the invention of the SkoBot and more! \nOjibwe\, queer robotics inventor Danielle Boyer will speak about her work\, including the invention of the SkoBot\, a robot that teaches the Indigenous languages Navajo\, Ojibwemowin\, and Taino. The robot\, aimed at middle school children\, is customizable and easily programmable for youth. This virtual event is part of the 5th Season of the Feminist and Accessible Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker and Workshop Series\, organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum\, and co-hosted by The Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC). \nRESERVE A SPOT\nDanielle Boyer is a 22-year-old Indigenous (Ojibwe) and Queer robotics inventor and advocate for youth who has been teaching kids since she was ten. Driven by her families own inability to afford science and technology education\, she is passionate about making education accessible and representative for her community so that no child is left behind. Danielle creates equitable and innovative learning solutions for Indigenous youths with robots that she designs\, manufactures\, and gives away for free. In 2019 at age eighteen\, she created The STEAM Connection\, a minority and youth-led charity that has reached hundreds of thousands of children worldwide with technical education with an emphasis on language revitalization. The STEAM Connection focuses on the future: ushering in a new age of education via personal and wearable robotics\, artificial intelligence\, and augmented reality. Informed by the past and present\, The STEAM Connection utilizes traditional knowledge to uplift and protect Indigenous communities with an emphasis on language. Her goal is not necessarily to get youth into STEM careers but rather to equip them with the skills to solve the problems that they see in their communities now. \n*There is no fee required to attend this event. Captions in english will be provided.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/danielle-boyer-on-indigenous-robotics/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Online,Talk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20230516T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20230516T143000
DTSTAMP:20230515T155004Z
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SUMMARY:[Postponed] Dr. Louise Amoore Lecture on Machine Learning Politics
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Amoore introduces the concept of machine learning politics. \n\n\nThe idea that a ‘good’ machine learning model is one that can generalise to new situations has a long history. Even Turing’s 1950s accounts of machine intelligence referred to what he called a “spring of action” that exceeded the programming of explicit rules. By 2012\, when the Turing Laureate Yoshua Bengio sets out the guiding principles for unsupervised machine learning\, the ‘good’ model is rendered normatively as having the capacity to exploit the unknown structure in data. Here\, that which is unknown and unencountered is re-cast as a positive force to be harnessed in machine learning. It is a machine learning logic that has simultaneously become pervasive in the contemporary governing of societies – how the unknown structure of health data\, policing data\, pandemic data\, immigration data\, might yield the patterns and features that make interventions possible. The combinatorial possibilities of deep learning models reimagine the contingencies of the world as a field of political possibility. When Bengio proposes that deep learning algorithms “discover good representations” in data distributions\, I propose that this logic powerfully generates a politics of discovering good representations of a social distribution. Thus\, to deploy large language models (LLMs) or transformer models in the social world is never only to instrumentally bring a tool into use\, but rather it brings into being a specific political means of picturing and knowing the world. \n\n\nBiography \nLouise Amoore is Professor of Political Geography and Deputy Head of Department. Her research and teaching focuses on aspects of geopolitics\, technology and security. She is particularly interested in how contemporary forms of data and algorithmic analysis are changing the pursuit of state security and the idea of society. Her most recent book\, Cloud Ethics: Algorithms and the Attributes of Ourselves and Others\, is published by Duke University Press in Spring 2020. Among her other published works on technology\, biometrics\, security\, and society\, her book\, The Politics of Possibility: Risk and Security Beyond Probability (2013)examines the governance of low probability\, high consequence events\, and its far-reaching implications for society and democracy. Louise’s research has been funded by the Leverhulme Trust\, ESRC\, EPSRC\, AHRC\, and NWO. She is appointed to the UK independent body responsible for the ethics of biometric and data-driven technologies. Louise is co-editor of the Journal Progress in Human Geography. \n\n\n\n\nMade possible through the support of the School of Graduate Studies\, the Applied AI Institute and the Milieux Institute at Concordia University.
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/dr-louise-amoore-lecture-on-machine-learning-politics/
CATEGORIES:Talk
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230428
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230504
DTSTAMP:20230424T145350Z
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SUMMARY:More-than-ethnographic probes: Workshop & Round-Table
DESCRIPTION:More-than-ethnographic probes: On scales\, design anthropology and sensory practices beyond-the-human with Maxime Le Calvé \n\nThe CURC in Critical Practices in Materials and Materiality and the Milieux Biolab are happy to host anthropologist of art and science Maxime Le Calvé (Matters of Activity Cluster of Excellence\, U. Humboldt) for a four-day workshop (April 28th to May 3rd). This event is designed as a fieldwork and a platform for the development of collaborative sketching\, writing\, and documentation methods. Exploring how to attend to more-than-human collectivities at different scales\, from built environment to cellular activity\, the workshop is envisioned as an inventive anthropological design inquiry within the heavily mediated sense worlds of performative and situated spatial practices\, biodesign\, HCI and Medical Imagery. “More-than-ethnographic Probes” will invite participants to contribute to an account of scientific cultures of microscopy and XR visualization techniques that pays respect to their embodied experience. The making process will be shaped by hands-on conversations through cultural probing: we will concoct\, in short sessions\, playful devices to render and further explore our observations and chats in different labs and residency spaces.  \nThe workshop will conclude with a round-table at the Uncommon Senses IV Conference (May 4th\, 4PM)\, including Alice Jarry\, Shauna Janssen\, Stefan Helmreich\, Maxime Le Calvé\, and Brice Ammar-Khodja.  \n\n\nQuestions: alice.jarry@concordia.ca \n\n\nMaxime Le Calvé is an anthropologist of art and science\, currently postdoctoral research associate at the Cluster of Excellence “Matters of Activities” (HU Berlin). In his latest ethnographic project\, he is exploring haptic creativities and cartographic practices in neurosurgery. Visual ethnographer\, he is making use of digital drawing as an investigative device. He is also curating virtual reality experiences\, which he frames as collaborative art-science inquiries aiming to stretch the senses of anthropologists and of their publics. He trained in general ethnology in Paris Nanterre and owns a PhD in social anthropology and in theater studies\, from EHESS Paris and FU Berlin. He has published on the ethnographic study of atmospheres (Exercices d’ambiances\, 2018)\, on performance art\, on music\, on Berlin\, on brains\, and on ethnographic training. He acted as curator to the exhibitions Field/Works in Lisbon (2020-2021)\, Stretching Materialities (Berlin\, 2021-2022)\, and the ongoing participant exhibition Sketching Brains (Charité\, Berlin). \n\nhttps://www.maximelecalve.com/about
URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/more-than-ethnographic-probes-workshop-round-table/
CATEGORIES:Talk,Workshop
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