Join The Speculative Life Research Cluster and The Performing Arts Research Cluster (LePARC) for a their end of semester mixer event on December 2nd from 5pm to 8:30pm. The event is open for all Milieux members and the general public to attend and aims to provide insight into research conducted within these two clusters in […]
Join us Monday, December 2, 2024 for the 4th Annual Stéfan Sinclair Lecture. Hosted by the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire en humanités numériques (CRIHN) this conference will feature a keynote delivered by Dr. Isabel Pedersen. Entitled "Create Me, Break Me, Remember Me: Art and AI in an Age of Reinvention" this talk will focus on embodied computing, algorithmic […]
Join the Concordia Ethnography Lab for the screening of ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch, a film by Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky and Nicholas de Pencier. The vent is co-organized with the McGill Centre for Innovation in Storage and Conversion of Energy. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Director Jennifer Baichwal. A cinematic […]
Join LePARC Research Cluster for a book talk with Toni Pape about his new book The Aesthetics of Stealth: Digital Culture, Video Games, and the Politics of Perception. In this book, Pape explores how performances of tactical imperceptibility - or “stealth” - have emerged as a crucial mode of cultural expression and political action in […]
We’re excited to invite ALL Milieux members—faculty and students alike—to join us for a slice of pizza to celebrate the launch of the Milieux Podcast! This is a fantastic opportunity to (re)connect with fellow members, meet new faces, and share in the excitement of this new project. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Curious about the Jacquard loom and how you can integrate it in your artistic practice? Join Geneviève Moisan for an introduction to the Pointcarré Textile software for the Jacquard Loom. Once a vitrine for innovation, the first Jacquard images were inspired by the popular imagery of the time and produced by different ateliers as a […]
Join TAG on November 20th for the second session of the Critical Watch Series! This month we'll watch WarGames. The TAG Critical Watch Series offers an opportunity to reflect on how video games are adapted and represented across film. The film screening will be followed by a short discussion and a podcast recording with […]
Join the Visual Methods Studio for an engaging workshop on November 19th, where we will explore the intersection of drawing and ethnographic research, examining how the act of visual representation can deepen our understanding of observation, detail, and meaning-making in anthropological practice. The process of visual recreation from memory or observation has been a part […]
If you are curious about adding textile embroidery to your research practice join the Textiles & Materiality research cluster for the upcoming Textile Quotes Workshop! Led by Gen Moisan, this workshop will introduce you design techniques and software basics required to embroider different text formats, fonts, and textures. You will have the opportunity to embroider your own […]
Join Textiles & Materiality research cluster for a 3-hour workshop where participants will be introduced to the exciting world of soft circuits using sewable LEDs, photoresistors, and power supplies. In this workshop, attendees will explore fundamental analog circuit principles, such as parallel and series configurations, and will create a basic circuit featuring an LED and […]
On November 8, the Concordia Ethnography Lab will be hosting a workshop on Community Engaged Ethnography with special guests Jennifer Cardinal and Brandon Costelloe-Kuehn from the Department of Science and Technology Studies at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. ABOUT THE EVENT: This workshop invites scholars, teachers, and community members to share experiences with community engagement, both […]
Join the Ethnography Lab for the 2nd screening of the season! This session will feature the screening of four short films by Jared Epp, Leo Stillinger, Melina Campos and Marie Lecuyer. This event will explore an experimental modality of ethnographic filmmaking that anthropologist Jared Epp calls the ‘ethnographic B movie’, a novel approach to collaborative […]
