BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Milieux - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Milieux REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250220T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250220T193000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250131T154425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250207T180916Z UID:10001164-1740074400-1740079800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Woven Futures: In Conversation DESCRIPTION:Join Armando Perla\, acting Co-Director and Chief Curator of the Textile Museum of Canada\, along with artist and independent curator Michaëlle Sergile and associate professor Miranda Smitheram\, in a conversation around textiles\, art\, fashion and cultural institutions. \nTextiles contain many stories. This session looks at the many stories and histories untold and misrepresented through colonial narratives\, as well as current practices that are actively rewriting histories and collaboratively imagining futures. \nThis event is organized as part of the Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction exhibition on view at the National Gallery of Canada until March 2nd.  This transformative exhibition explores how abstract art and woven textiles have intertwined over the past seventy years. \nBefore the main event\, Textiles & Materiality cluster invites you to joinsWoven Stories\,  a panel discussion between led by PhD student Morris Fox. This session\, featuring members\, artists\, and PhD scholars will take place in the Milieux Learning Atelier prior to the main conversation. \nMore about Woven Stories\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS: \n  \nArmando Perla is a non-binary queer mestizo curator currently acting as Co-Director and Chief Curator at the Textile Museum of Canada in Toronto. Previously\, Perla was Chief Curator for the City of Toronto\, and Vice-President of the Canadian Museums Association. \nThey also worked as an Assistant Professor on Decolonization and Race in the iSchool at the University of Toronto\, and served as International Advisor on Museums for the City of Medellin\, Colombia. In addition\, they were part of the founding team for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights\, and Project Leader for the Swedish Museum of Migration and Democracy. In 2021\, they were awarded the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Doctoral Fellowship. \n  \n  \nMichaëlle Sergile is an artist and independent curator working mainly on archives including texts and works from the postcolonial period from 1950 to today. Her artistic work aims to understand and rewrite the history of Black communities\, and more specifically of women\, or communities living in diverse intersections\, through weaving. Often perceived as a medium of craftsmanship and categorized as feminine\, the artist uses the lexicon of weaving to question the relationships of gender and race. \nShe has exhibited at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec\, the Musée d’art de Joliette and the Off Biennale de Dakar. Her name was also on the long list of the prestigious Sobey Award for the Arts in 2022. In 2023\, she won Visual Artist of the Year at the Gala Dynastie and began a residency at the Darling Foundry. She exhibited her work at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto and the McCord Stewart Museum in 2024. \n  \nAssociate Professor Miranda Smitheram is an artist\, design researcher and educator. Miranda was raised within a bicultural context in Aotearoa/New Zealand\, and draws upon her Māori and settler-colonial heritage in her work. \nDeveloping new hybrid materials to contribute to sustainable\, relational and postcolonial futures\, she centres her approach on crafting with the environment. This is explored through digital\, physical and hybrid materialities. Miranda’s current research investigates ontologies of kinship\, contested places\, and decolonizing matter through research-creation\, by rematerializing invasive plant species and contaminants into soft surface\, biocomposite and textile applications. \n  \n  \n  \n📅: February 20\, 2025 | 6-7:30 PM \n📍: National Gallery of Canada\, Auditorium / Live-broadcasted into Milieux Learning Atelier EV 11.425 \n🔗 Zoom registration \nThe event will be held in English with simultaneous French interpretation. \n  \nOrganized in partnership with Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts\, the Textiles and Materiality Research Cluster at Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture\, and Technology and the National Gallery of Canada. \n              \n  \n  \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/woven-futures-in-conversation/ LOCATION:Milieux Learning Atelier EV 11.425 CATEGORIES:Roundtable ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/woven-futures-2025-teaser-800x475-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250220T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250220T173000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250207T175814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T230541Z UID:10001173-1740070800-1740072600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:[PANEL] Woven Stories DESCRIPTION:The Textiles and Materiality Cluster at the Milieux Institute invites you to a 30-minute panel discussion and Q&A session exploring key themes from the National Gallery of Canada’s Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction exhibition. Join PhD scholars Victoria MacBeath\, Geneviève Moisan\, Fernanda Suarez\, and Morris Fox for a captivating conversation that will touch on: \n\nTextiles as material\, technique\, and subject\nUsing textiles to address socio-political change\nTextiles as communal acts of care\n\nThis discussion will not only delve into these themes through the panelists’ creative research practices but will also serve as a lead-in to the Woven Futures: In Conversation panel\, which will take place later in the evening.\nThis second panel\, hosted at the National Gallery of Canada and live-broadcasted into our space\, will feature a Q&A where members will have the opportunity to ask questions first to panelists\, Dr. Miranda Smitheram\, Armando Perla\, and Michaëlle Sergile. \n  \nABOUT THE PANELISTS:\nVictoria MacBeath is a PhD candidate in the department of art history at Concordia University in Montréal\, Canada. Her SSHRC-funded doctoral research considers the intersections of care ethics and craft-making practices in 20th-century New Brunswick. In doing so\, it takes up questions of language politics\, settler and indigenous relations\, notions of folklore and heritage\, and the rural and urban divide. Her research interests include material culture\, craft\, Atlantic history\, gender and feminist studies\, and heritage.  \n  \n  \nGeneviève Moisan is a skilled Jacquard weaver with a strong technical background in textile construction\, printing\, and dyeing. As a PhD student in Art Education at Concordia University\, her research explores the transfer of textile knowledge in informal learning settings\, particularly in support groups for caregivers. She actively participates in diverse collaborative research projects\, including creating textile antennas for video communication\, Jacquard weaving\, soft circuit textiles\, and cultivating bacteria to develop sustainable fibre dyeing protocols. Genevieve works as an equipment support specialist at Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture\, and Technology\, where she also teaches workshops on weaving and digital embroidery.   \nShe holds a BFA from UQAM\, an MFA in Fibres and Material Practices from Concordia University\, and a diploma in Higher Education Pedagogy. Since 2019\, she has been a part-time instructor in the Fibres and Material Practices program at Concordia University. Her work has been exhibited in various venues\, including the Centre d’action culturelle de la MRC de Papineau\, as well as in Montreal\, Toronto\, Venice\, Paris\, and Oaxaca\, Mexico.  \n  \nFernanda Suarez is a visual artist with an MA in Communication and Social Change and a BFA\, currently a PhD candidate in the  Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD student at Concordia University. Her artistic practice is transdisciplinary\, deploying a situated approach to drawing\, textile\, text\, and craft techniques to address issues of gender\, subjectivity\, and collaboration. With an interest in the material implications of textile production from a feminist decolonial approach\, her practice explores memory and knowledge. Environment and technique are central to her processes as open forms of knowledge that come into meaning through relations.   \nHer research-creation project explores the experience of weaving together with Nahua indigenous and Mestiza women in the Nahua community of Cuacuila\, located in the Sierra Norte de Puebla in Mexico. By working together\, they have learned and retaken almost extinct techniques in this territory. Although having a complex relationship influenced by colonial legacies\, learning and creating together has allowed us to recognize each other and forge different bonds.  \n  \nMorris Fox is a settler-Canadian interdisciplinary visual artist and poet whose work explores the hauntings of our ecological and socio-political atmospheres through a queer and gothic ecological lens. Fox integrates writing and ecological motifs into poetry\, chainmaille soft sculptures\, crafted queer ephemera\, and digital video\, asking what it means to make worlds and conditions of liveability\, as queer possibility\, within ecological end times?  \nBased in Tio’tia:ke/Mooniyang (Montréal)\, Morris is currently pursuing a PhD in the Interdisciplinary Humanities program at Concordia University. He has exhibited artworks and programmed workshops and talks internationally\, including Tio’tia:ke/Mooniyang (Montréal)\, Tkaronto (Toronto)\, where he grew up\, the United States and Iceland. His work has notably been featured in various exhibitions such as Spring Awaits (Wick Gallery\, Minneapolis\, 2025)\, Cruise-ading (Webster Library\, Montréal\, 2024)\, Sex Ecologies: Becoming Plastic (Stoveworks\, Chattanooga TS\, 2023)\, My Gay Mediaeval Times (Spacemaker ii\, Toronto\, 2022)\, and Vestiges and Remains (Artcite Inc.\, Windsor\, 2022). He holds a BFA (Concordia U\, 2010) and a Low Residency MFA (School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, 2018).  \n  \n  \n  \n📅: February 20\, 2025 | 5-5:30 PM \n📍: Milieux Learning Atelier EV 11.425 \nMore information about Woven Futures: In conversation \n  \n               \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/panel-woven-stories/ LOCATION:Milieux Learning Atelier EV 11.425 CATEGORIES:Conversation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Untitled-1-4.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250220T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250220T150000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250131T163917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250203T212527Z UID:10001165-1740063600-1740063600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Book Launch: Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch DESCRIPTION: Technoculture\, Art & Games Research Centre (TAG)  is excited to announce the launch of Streaming by the Rest of Us: Microstreaming Videogames on Twitch\, a new book by Mia Consalvo\, Marc Lajeunesse\, and Andrei Zanescu. The event will feature a discussion with the authors\, moderated by TAG co-director Rilla Khaled. \n  \nABOUT THE BOOK: \n\n\n\n\nAn in-depth investigation of the Twitch streamers who make up the largest population on the platform: those streaming to small audiences or even no one. \nThe vast majority of people who stream themselves playing videogames online do so with few or no viewers. In Streaming by the Rest of Us\, Mia Consalvo\, Marc Lajeunesse\, and Andrei Zanescu investigate who they are\, why they do so\, and why this form of leisure activity is important to understand. Unlike the esports athletes and streaming superstars who receive the lion’s share of journalistic and academic attention\, microstreamers are not in it for the money and barely have an audience. In this\, the first book dedicated to the latter group\, the authors gather interviews from dozens of microstreamers from 2017 to 2019 to discuss their lives\, struggles\, hopes\, and goals. \nFor readers interested in livestreaming\, and Twitch in particular\, the book rethinks the medium’s history through accounts of the everyday uses of webcams\, with particular attention to notions of liveness and authenticity. These two concepts have become calling cards for the videogame livestreaming platform and underlie streamer motivations\, the construction of their practices (whether casual\, serious\, or anywhere in between)\, and the complex “metas” that take shape over time. The book also looks at the authors’ own practices of livestreaming\, focusing on what can be gained through experiencing the lived reality of the practice. Finally\, the authors explain how Twitch’s platform (studied from 2017–2023) informs how streamers structure their every day and how corporate ideologies bleed into real-world spaces like TwitchCon. \n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS:\n\nMia Consalvo is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Game Studies and Design at Concordia University. She is the co-author of Real Games: What’s Legitimate and What’s Not in Contemporary Videogames (2019) and Players and their Pets: Gaming Communities from Beta to Sunset (2015). She is also co-editor of Sports Videogames (2013) and the Handbook of Internet Studies (2011)\, and is the author of Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames (2007) as well as Atari to Zelda: Japan’s Videogames in Global Context (2016). \nMia runs the mLab\, a space dedicated to developing innovative methods for studying games and game players. She’s a member of the Centre for Technoculture\, Art & Games (TAG)\, she has presented her work at industry as well as academic conferences including regular presentations at the Game Developers Conference. She is the Past President of the Digital Games Research Association\, and has held positions at MIT\, Ohio University\, Chubu University in Japan and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. \n\nMarc Lajeunesse is a research associate\, course instructor\, and the coordinator of TAG\, the Technoculture\, Arts\, and Games Research Centre. His recent work examines toxicity in online game spaces\, with an emphasis on player-led strategies for in-game toxicity mitigation. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nAndrei Zanescu is an Assistant Professor at Concordia University\, specializing in the intersection of Hollywood film\, prestige television\, and blockbuster video games. His research explores the cultural resonance of blockbuster games\, the processes of legitimizing these works at trade shows and award ceremonies\, and the impact of AAA game-making on global gaming culture. \n  \n🗓: February 20\, 2025\n🕒: 3:00 PM\n📍: TAG Lab EV 11.435 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/book-launch-streaming-by-the-rest-of-us/ LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435) CATEGORIES:Book Launch ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TAG-book-launch.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250217T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250217T160000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250131T192724Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T192724Z UID:10001168-1739797200-1739808000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Drawing with Threads DESCRIPTION:This hands-on workshop introduce participants to the essentials of using embroidery software with the Tajima embroidery machine. Learn how to create\, design\, and format your own embroidery files\, ready to be uploaded to the machine. \nYou will have an opportunity to see your threaded drawings come to life in real time on the embroidery machine. \n  \n  \n🚨 This workshop is for Textiles and Materiality members only!\n\n📅:February 17\, 2025 | 1-4 PM\n📍: EV 10.725\n🎟️: Please e-mail textiles.materiality@concordia.ca to register. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/drawing-with-threads/ LOCATION:Tajima Room EV 10.725 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/download.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250217T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250217T130000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250211T154216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T183222Z UID:10001176-1739793600-1739797200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:A byte-Sized Welcome with Machine Agencies DESCRIPTION:Join us for A Byte-Sized Welcome\, the exciting kick-off event for the new semester with Machine Agencies! \nCome on down\, grab some lunch\, and learn about Machine Agencies\, an exciting research community at the Milieux Institute investigating artificial intelligence technologies\, cultures\, and creations.  \n This is your chance to learn about our ongoing projects and hear about the upcoming activities and events we’re hosting! \n  \nABOUT MACHINE AGENCIES: \nMachine Agencies is an experiment between human and machine intelligences. Our research group encourages cooperation and play\, resisting the antagonism of more instrumental approaches of AI. We engage with posthumanism\, experience design\, and public policy to find new formats\, methods\, and commons to sustain just\, fair\, and better worlds. \nPractically\, that means Machine Agencies is a collection of researchers investigating artificial intelligence technologies\, the culture of AI development\, and AI’s social\, political\, and environmental consequences. Our members are working on fascinating projects that bridge the gaps between engineering\, artistic creation\, academic debate\, policy development\, and public discourse. \n  \n  \nMachine Agencies is part of the Speculative Life Cluster at the Milieux Institute for Arts\, Culture and Technology at Concordia University in Montreal. Machine Agencies draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. \n  \n  \n  \n🗓: February 17\, 2025\n🕒: 12 – 1 PM\n📍: Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 \n🔗 More about Machine Agencies \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/a-byte-sized-welcome-with-machine-agencies/ LOCATION:Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 CATEGORIES:Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Machine-Agencies-Byte-Size-Welcome-2.17-Poster.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250214T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250214T163000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250211T165850Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250212T175348Z UID:10001177-1739545200-1739550600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Visualizing Oral History in the Ruins of Industry DESCRIPTION:Join the Media & Materiality Cluster for the second-to-last talk in our series of public talks and discussions on recent media history. In this presentation\, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Public History at Concordia\, Steven High\, will reflect on how visual approaches have shaped his oral history practice over the past 35 years. Focusing on his ongoing research into the structural violence of deindustrialization\, High will explore the profound impact on working-class communities since the 1970s\, and how industrial ruins are often aestheticized during gentrification. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \nSteven High is an award-winning historian whose research on the structural violence of deindustrialization has put Canada at the centre of important global conversations about what a “just transition” might look like after past failures. His use of oral history ensures that his interpretation is grounded in the lives of working people. He has published many books and articles on this topic\, including Deindustrializing Montreal: Entangled Histories of Race\, Residence and Class (2022) and Industrial Sunset: The Making of North America’s Rust Belt (2003). His next book\, The Left in Power: Bob Rae’s NDP and the Working Class\, to be released in February 2025\, considers how social democrats responded to the unfolding industrial crisis. He is currently leading a large transnational project investigating the politics of deindustrialization (see the website: deindustrialization.org). \n  \n🗓: February 14\, 2025\n🕒: 3 – 4:30 PM\n📍: Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 \n🔗 Register here URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/visualizing-oral-history-in-the-ruins-of-industry/ LOCATION:Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/81c16e1e-a731-3b64-375e-38b4a6c30e90-e1727279632682-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250214T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250214T173000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250123T170446Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T161812Z UID:10001163-1739527200-1739554200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:LOVE & LOSS - Nostalgia Symposium and Research Creation Showcase DESCRIPTION:🗓: February 4\, 2025\n🕒: 10:00 – 5:30 PM\n📍: 4TH SPACE \n🎟️: In-person tickets (Spots are limited) \n🔗 Join online by registering for the Zoom Meeting or watching live on YouTube. \n  \nJoin us on February 14th for NOSTAGAIN NETWORK third symposium: “LOVE & LOSS”\, a day-long symposium and research creation showcase featuring works by students\, scholars\, and artists! \nCome to feel\, explore and reimagine nostalgia not as mere reminiscence\, but as a powerful tool for understanding our collective past and reimagining our future. Inspired by Svetlana Boym’s concept of “creative nostalgia”(2021)\, this event brings together students\, scholars\, and artists to probe the complex emotional landscapes of remembering and forgetting. \nThe NOSTALGIA/LOSTAGAIN symposium is a student-led symposium that explores creative nostalgia through panel discussions and workshops from experts in the arts and sciences. \n  \nPROGRAM:\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nHere is a recap of last year’s edition : Time in a Bottle” \n \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/love-loss-nostalgia-symposium-and-research-creation-showcase/ LOCATION:4th Space CATEGORIES:Symposium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/love-and-loss-cover-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250212T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250212T170000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250210T190536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250210T190536Z UID:10001175-1739374200-1739379600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Safflower Dyeing Demo DESCRIPTION:A love letter to safflower (Carthamus tinctorius)\nThis Wednesday\, come to the Speculative Life BioLab for a brief introduction to the chemistry\, history\, and unique process of dyeing with one of safflower’s vibrant pigments: carthamin. \nThere will be hidden reds! There will be dramatic pH shifts! There will be tales of fermented plums and forbidden colours! Come for the flowers ✿ stay for the secrets \n  \n🚨 Spots are limited! \nEmail biolab.milieux@concordia.ca with the subject SAFFLOVER to reserve your spot.\n\n🗓: February 12\, 2025\n🕒: 3:30 – 5:00 PM\n📍: EV 10.835 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/safflower-dyeing-demo/ LOCATION:Milieux ‘Speculative Life’ BioLab (EV 10.835) CATEGORIES:Demo ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/img_4884.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250210T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250210T160000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250131T190710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T195413Z UID:10001167-1739192400-1739203200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Brodering on the Brother Workshop (BOB) DESCRIPTION:On February 10\, the Textile and Materiality Research Cluster is hosting a 3-hour training session for cluster members interested  in the art of embroidery. Whether you’re a beginner ready to explore a new creative avenues or an experienced embroiderer looking to brush up on your skills\, this is the perfect opportunity! \nGenevieve Moisan will lead the session\, offering a detailed\, hands-on guide to using the Brother PR600 electronic embroidery machine (6-colour). \n  \n🚨 This workshop is for Textiles and Materiality members only!\n🗓: February 10\, 2025\n🕒: 1:00 – 4:00 PM\n📍: EV 10.725 \n🔗 Please register by emailing textiles.materiality@concordia.ca to secure your spot URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/brodering-on-the-brother-workshop-bob/ LOCATION:Tajima Room EV 10.725 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/12983378_260348167650100_4195922016199778915_o.jpg-2.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250207T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250207T160000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250131T182149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250131T192004Z UID:10001166-1738933200-1738944000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Haptic Images Workshop DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nOnce a vitrine for innovation\, the first Jacquard images were inspired by the popular imagery of the time and produced by different ateliers as a way for them to demonstrate their technical proficiency. In a contemporary context\, we have become over-saturated with images\, leading us to question which images warrant materialization\, and why. \n\nIn this workshop\, you will learn the first steps of transforming an image into an intricately woven piece of cloth and how to turn your digital file into a haptic piece of art: an image that you can touch and feel. You will explore the art of making an image by using the structures of crossed yarns in patterns that will shape its highlights and shadows\,  simulating a fabric in which the raised design is incorporated into the weave instead of being printed or dyed on. \n\n\nFor this workshop\, you are invited to bring an image to work with. Please consider the following criteria when selecting an image:\n\nContrast: High contrast images are most successful. Please note that the final image will be converted to a grayscale\, but you are welcome to bring in colour images and convert them using Photoshop.\nResolution: Not too much detail—single objects\, portraits\, or simple landscapes work best. The resolution of the image will be brought down to 60 dpi\, so even a screen capture is acceptable.\nDimensions: Square format (but we can crop using Photoshop).\n\nNote: Only experienced weavers are authorized to operate the Jacquard loom. There is a possibility to have your image woven in the weeks after the workshop in a size of about 12 x 12 inches.\n\nThere are no prerequisites for this workshop. ​Limited space available. Registration on a first-come\, first-served basis.\n\nInstruction will be given in the Cluster Commons (EV 10.730)\, followed by independent work on individual computers in separate rooms.\n\n\n🚨 This workshop is for Textiles and Materiality members only!\n\n📅:February 7\, 2025 | 1-4 PM\n📍: EV 10.735\n🎟️: Please e-mail textiles.materiality@concordia.ca to register. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/haptic-images-workshop-3/ LOCATION:EV 10.735 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/UG-fellows_19201080-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250207T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250207T130000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250205T155334Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T155334Z UID:10001172-1738929600-1738933200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Working with Ollama: Build AI RAGs on your own Laptop DESCRIPTION:Join Machine Agencies‘s Gen AI Studio for the first of our monthly skill share meetings! \nFrançois Lespinasse will be showing us how to implement RAGs using Ollama\, a tool designed to simplify the process of running open-source large language models (LLMs) like Deepseek and Llama directly on your laptop. \nDuring our brief workshop\, participants will implement a Retrieval-Augmented Generation system that can do things like answer questions about a pdf etc. \n  \nABOUT FRANÇOIS LESPINASSE: \n\nFrançois Lespinasse\, a transdisciplinary artist based in Montréal\, integrates his expertise in neuroscience and artificial intelligence (AI) into his creative practice. He crafts human-computer interfaces (HCI) that blend procedurally generated musical\, visual\, and textual compositions\, pushing the boundaries of AI-driven creativity. His artistic endeavors are deeply informed by his research into the somatic states underpinning emotions and intersubjectivity. By incorporating biosignals into his work\, he creates immersive experiences that explore the convergence of brain-body dynamics and phenomenology\, offering a rich sensory symphony of visual\, auditory\, poetic\, and tactile stimuli. \nLespinasse develops immersive interfaces that weave intricate narratives of consciousness\, offering retrospectives on its evolution as a cultural construct and forecasting potential transhumanistic progressions. These artistic explorations serve as a medium for communicating complex ideas about the interplay between technology and consciousness\, inviting audiences to engage with these concepts on a visceral and experiential level. \n\nHis commitment to open-source learning and collaboration extends to his artistic practice\, as he shares his creative processes and insights through his Github portfolio\, fostering a community of artists and researchers working at the intersection of art\, science\, and technology. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n📅:February 7\, 2025 | 12-1 PM\n📍:Milieux Learning Atelier EV 11.425\n🚨 To participate bring your own laptop and please download Ollama beforehand 👉 https://ollama.com/download URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/working-with-ollama-build-ai-rags-on-your-own-laptop/ LOCATION:Milieux Learning Atelier EV 11.425 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Sans-titre-2-14.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250204T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250204T200000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250117T174425Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T184851Z UID:10001157-1738692000-1738699200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:LASER 15 – Artificial Intelligence\, Human-Computer Interaction\, and New Approaches to Musical Practice DESCRIPTION:Co-chairs : Nina Czegledy and Ricardo Dal Farra\n  \nPresented as part of the LASER (Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous) Talks series and supported by Hexagram\, this event explores how AI and human-computer interaction are reshaping creative practices.  \n\nArtificial intelligence (AI) and human-computer interaction (HCI) are revolutionizing creative practices\, offering innovative tools and methodologies for artists\, designers\, and technologists. These advancements challenge traditional workflows and open up new possibilities in sound\, music\, and interactive media.  \n\n\n In this session\, Gabriel Vigliensoni\, Assistant Professor in Creative Artificial Intelligence in the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University\, and Marcelo M. Wanderley\, Professor\, Director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Music Media and Technology (CIRMMT)\, and Area Coordinator for Music Technology at McGill University\, will explore cutting-edge research and practices in AI\, HCI\, and musical interfaces.  \n\n\nData- and Interaction-Driven Approaches for Sustained Musical Practice: \n\n\nGabriel Vigliensoni will present his research on the control and steerability of neural audio synthesis models through data- and interaction-driven approaches. His talk will emphasize how small datasets enhance performers’ creative agency and how interactive machine learning techniques improve expressivity and coherence in generative audio models. These concepts will be illustrated with examples from his creative practice\, demonstrating the potential for rich\, sustained musical engagements.  \n\n\nInterdisciplinary Research on New Musical Interfaces: \n\n\nMarcelo M. Wanderley will discuss interdisciplinary research on new interfaces for musical expression (NIME)\, highlighting the interplay between music technology\, HCI\, and engineering. His presentation will include an overview of early NIME designs\, recent advancements from the Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory (IDMIL) at McGill University\, and insights into creative AI opportunities within this field.  \n\n\nTogether\, these talks showcase how AI and HCI are transforming music technology and performance\, opening new horizons for creativity and innovation in sound and interactive media.  \n\nMODERATION: \nNina Czegledy\, Adjunct Professor\, OCAD\, and Co-Chair Leonard/ISAST LASER Talks. \nRicardo Dal Farra\, Professor\, Music Department\, Concordia University. \n  \nSPEAKERS: \nGabriel Vigliensoni\, is Assistant Professor in Creative Artificial Intelligences\, Design and Computational Arts at Concordia University. His  work currently explores the creative affordances of the machine learning paradigm in the context of sound- and music-making. His practice merges formal musical training with extensive studies and experience in sound recording\, music production\, music information retrieval\, human-computer interaction\, and machine learning to explore and develop novel approaches to music composition and performance. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nMarcelo M. Wanderley holds a Ph.D. in acoustics\, signal processing\, and computer science applied to music. His interdisciplinary research focuses on the development of novel interfaces for music performance. He has authored and co-authored numerous publications on new interfaces for musical expression (NIME)\, including the co-edited volume Trends in Gestural Control of Music and the textbook New Digital Musical Instruments: Control and Interaction Beyond the Keyboard. As the director of the Input Devices and Music Interaction Laboratory (IDMIL) at McGill University\, he leads research in gestural control of sound synthesis\, new instrument design\, and analysis of performer-instrument interaction.  . \n  \n  \n\nLeonardo/ISAST LASER Talks is a program of international gatherings that bring artists\, scientists\, humanists and technologists together for informal presentations\, performances and conversations with the wider public. The mission of LASER is to encourage contribution to the cultural environment of a region by fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and opportunities for community building to over 50 cities and 5 continents worldwide.  \nHexagram gratefully acknowledges funding from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et culture.   \nHexagram is an interdisciplinary network in Montreal dedicated to research-creation addressing the relationships between arts\, cultures and technologies. It comprises around forty co-researchers\, forty collaborators\, and a little over 200 students from various artistic disciplines related\, in particular\, to living arts\, visual arts\, design\, and media arts\, while also touching disciplines in the social sciences and humanities or natural sciences and engineering.  \n  \n📅: February 4\, 2025 | 6-8 PM \n📍: Milieux Institute Resource Room EV 11.705 \n🔗 Hybrid event: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/meeting/register/lpl0qWm2SSes1g5OHVBb2Q \n\nAfter registering\, participants will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \n\nThis event will be held in English \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/laser-15-artificial-intelligence-human-computer-interaction-and-new-approaches-to-musical-practice/ LOCATION:Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 CATEGORIES:Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/LASER-15-1-2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250131T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250131T163000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250120T194203Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250120T194203Z UID:10001161-1738335600-1738341000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Montreal Media History Seminar: ‘Written by Readers’: The 'Sunshine Dividends' of Junior Press Clubs DESCRIPTION:Join the Media and Materiality Research Cluster for the first Montreal Media History Seminar of 2025. This talk will explore the history and significance of Junior Press Clubs in 20th-century newspapers\, examining how youth-driven media outlets shaped early youth journalism and the varying motivations behind their creation\, drawing insights from Gabriele and Moore’s book The Sunday Paper: A Media History (Illinois\, 2022). \n  \nABOUT THE EVENT: \nBetween 1890 and 1990\, for the entire span of newspapers’ predominance of mass media\, a small but significant number of papers ran “junior press clubs.” These outlets expanded the typical weekend children’s page into fully-fledged more or less self-organized youth organizations. Junior Press Clubs had elected officers trained in the production of a weekly or daily school or youth publication. \nIn their book chapter on tabloid and poster supplements of The Sunday Paper (which we offer as background reading) Gabriele and Moore briefly spotlighted early bannered children’s pages and specially-sized ‘junior” journals as a matter of “fashioning the supplement for little hands” (pp. 71-79). Their new\, preliminary research into junior press clubs’ in later years demonstrates surprising variability and sporadic adoption; they did not become standardized or syndicated on a continental scale. Some were pitched as entertainment\, offering club members picnics\, free movies or trips to ball games. Some were relatively elaborate\, like the Los Angeles “Junior Times” Club’s weekly magazine\, entirely written\, illustrated\, edited and managed by a juvenile staff. The LA Times (1923) promised “sunshine dividends” for youth members\, including their own pressroom and club quarters. \nIn this early exploration of these and other cases\, Gabriele and Moore ask why a newspaper would undertake this extraordinary effort to facilitate entire “junior journals” (Minneapolis Journal 1898) that were “written by readers” (Hamilton Spectator\, 1902)? They will share a range of examples\, inviting Seminar participants’ further insights. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS: \nSandra Gabriele is the Vice-Provost\, Innovation in Teaching & Learning and a Professor of Communication Studies at Concordia University. She has published on changing historical news forms. She is currently researching student fluency in the language of employability and mindful self-compassion in the professional development of university teaching. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPaul Moore is professor of sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University. His media histories of cinema exhibition in North America have focused on the relation between audiences and newspaper publicity\, appearing in Film History\, Canadian Journal of Film Studies\, and The Moving Image. He is currently writing an updated history of cinema in Canada. \n  \n  \n  \n🗓: January 31\, 2025\n🕒: 3:00 – 4:30 PM\n📍: Milieux Learning Atelier\, EV 11.425\, Concordia University \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/montreal-media-history-seminar-written-by-readers-the-sunshine-dividends-of-junior-press-clubs/ LOCATION:Milieux Learning Atelier EV 11.425 CATEGORIES:Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ba2f1799-7562-e933-e345-d4892be2efce.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250129T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250129T193000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250116T211954Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T211954Z UID:10001160-1738171800-1738179000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:[TAG Critical Watch Series]: Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) DESCRIPTION:Join TAG on January 29th for the return of TAG’s Critical Watch Series! This time we’ll be watching Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) \nThe 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 select members of the audience. \nIf you would like to reserve a spot on the podcast for this month’s film ahead of time\, or if you would like to suggest films for future screenings\, please contact Marc Lajeunesse at tag.coordinator@concordia.ca \n  \n \n  \n📅 January 29\, 2024 | 5:30-7:30 pm \n📍Screening Room EV. 10.525 \n📽️ Sonic the Hedgehog (2020) \n🎟️ Seating is limited! Make sure you book your spot here! URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/tag-critical-watch-series-sonic-the-hedgehog-2020/ LOCATION:Screening Room EV 10.525 CATEGORIES:Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TAG-Critical-series-2-3.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250129T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250129T170000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250116T151049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250116T151049Z UID:10001159-1738162800-1738170000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:2024-25 Undergraduate Fellows Introductory Presentations! DESCRIPTION:It’s that time of year again!\nWe’ve just announced the 2024-2025 Undergraduate Fellows cohort\, and now it’s their turn to introduce themselves\, share their projects\, and discuss the topics that inspire them. \nTo welcome these remarkable individuals to the broader Milieux community\, we invite all members (faculty\, students and staff) to join us for a special event on January 29th\, 2025. We are thrilled to foster their creativity and support their endeavours as they begin their research journey at the institute! \nJoin us for an informal gathering and presentations from these outstanding emerging researchers—plus\, enjoy some coffee and snacks! \nThe presentations will be held in-person. \nIn the meantime\, get to know this year’s talented cohort: \nAnnouncing Milieux Institute’s 2024-25 Undergraduate Fellows \n \nWe can’t wait to see you there! \n  \n📅: January 29\, 2025 | 3-5 PM \n📍: Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/2024-25-undergraduate-fellows-introductory-presentations/ LOCATION:Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 CATEGORIES:Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Untitled-2-8.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250123T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250124T170000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250121T190948Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250121T190948Z UID:10001162-1737637200-1737738000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:2025 Indigenous Futures Research Centre Annual Symposium DESCRIPTION:Join the Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC) for their third annual symposium at 4TH SPACE. The 2-day Research Symposium will feature meaningful discussions centred around Indigenous perspectives\, methodologies\, and research practices that actively engage Indigenous knowledge systems and communities. \nJoin us as we spark dialogues between faculty and students from across Concordia University\, shedding light on current challenges and exploring connected and constructive visions for the future. \nPROGRAM:\nDAY 1 : Thursday\, January 23\n\n\n\n\n1:00 PM Opening Remarks \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOhen:ton Karihwatéhkwen by Prof. Hannah Claus \n1:15 PM Indigenous Art Histories: More than Fluff and Feathers \nRodrigo D’Alcantara\, Dayna Danger\, and Victoria May \nModerated by Dr. Michelle McGeough \nThe title of this panel is based on an exhibition and text written by the late Kanien’kehá:ka scholar Dr. Deborah Doxtator. Doxtator’s exhibition and text Fluffs and Feathers: An Exhibit on the Symbols of Indianness offered a critique of the ways Indigenous people are portrayed in popular culture. While the exhibition occurred in the 1990s\, many of these notions of “Indianness” remain a part of the non-Indigenous imagination. These stereotypes are not benign but reveal the violence of settler colonialism.  This panel presents the work of three emerging scholars whose research and praxis speaks to the impact of settler colonialism but centers Indigenous concerns and ideas regarding possible futurities. \n\n2:30 PM Where the Waters Flow: Networks and Tributaries \n\n\n\nPresented by the Concordia University Research Chair in Onkwehonwené:ha \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJess Teionshontàhthe Beauvais\, Armando Cuspinera\, and Martín Rodríguez \nModerated by Prof. Hannah Claus \nThis panel brings together three of the Research Assistants who are currently working with the panel moderator and visual artist\, Hannah Claus\, on her Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council project: where the waters flow. Each will talk about their role in the project and how it connects to their own varied practices in theatre\, ceramics and sound art/performance. Claus frames their contributions within a methodology built out of the Two Row Wampum\, Tékeni Teiohá:te\, within which the relationship between the non-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples of this territory is upheld by peace\, respect and friendship. \n3:45 PM Weaving Culturally-Grounded Visual identities \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA Roundtable Presented by Abundant Intelligences \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTarcisio Cataldi\, Julia Fortin\, Kimiora Whaanga\, and Renee Waiwiri \nModerated by Prof. Jason Edward Lewis \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Abundant Intelligences research program re-imagines how to conceptualize\, design\, develop and deploy Artificial Intelligence based on Indigenous Knowledge Systems. Brought together to discuss the collaborative and labour-intensive design process behind the creation of the program’s visual identity are AbInt designers Renee Waiwiri\, Tarcisio Cataldi\, Kimiora Whaanga and Julia Fortin.  \n\n\n\n\n  \nDAY 2: Friday\, January 24\n11:00 AM Indigenous Knowledges in Interdisciplinary Design \nIako’tsi:rareh Amanda Lickers\, Dr. Mel Lefebvre\, Dr. Miranda Smitheram \nModerated by Prof. Jason Edward Lewis \nThis panel brings together Iako’tsi:rareh Amanda Lickers\, Dr. Mel Lefebvre\, and Dr. Miranda Smitheram to discuss the integration of Indigenous methodologies into contemporary design practices. Through visual storytelling\, skin marking\, and material innovation\, their respective practices explore how ancestral and contemporary methods can create sustainable and relational futures. \n12:45 PM Wampum as Pedagogy \n\n\n\n\nPresentation by Prof. Nicolas Renaud \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn a new course on wampum belts\, the experience that unfolded for both students and professor provided lessons in pedagogical approaches that blend theory and material practice\, and make space for Indigenous ways of knowing. This presentation showcases the students’ final wampum projects and draws questions and observations from the process. It reflects on intercultural exchanges in the classroom; boundaries around a culturally specific tradition; inclusion of a creative component in a non-art class; channeling personal narratives; and realizing that a subject can “teach itself”.  \n\n1:15 PM Ways of Knowing and Un-learning in First Peoples Studies Program \n\n\n\n\nDalia Beaudry\, Lena Palacios\, Bailey Parkinson\, and Zephyriah Roberts \nModerated by Prof. Nicolas Renaud \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStudents in the BA program in First Peoples Studies at Concordia are led to explore Indigenous contemporary realities\, culturally and politically\, and to deconstruct dominant settler epistemologies. Four students will present research they have done in recent FPST courses\, contributing significant insight on a range of topics\, such as language revitalization\, decolonial archival practices in filmmaking\, issues of identity definition\, and recording cultural heritage in communities.  \n2:30 PM Indigenoous Cyberspace and Rez Futures \n\n\n\n\n\nPresented by AbTeC Gallery \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDestiny Chescappio and Morgan Zoe \nModerated by Skawennati \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThis two-part panel will begin with a conversation on the development of AbTeC Gallery: an Indigenously determined virtual exhibition space for contemporary art\, located on AbTeC Island in Second Life\, featuring artist and founder Skawennati\, who will discuss the process of transmediating art and exhibition-making in cyberspace.  \nThe second part of this presentation will have Skawennati moderating a conversation between Naskapi artist Destiny Chescappio from Kawawachikamach (QC) and Tłı̨chǫ artist Morgan Zoe from Behchokǫ̀ (NWT) whose recent works consider the imagining Indigenous reservations (Rez) in the future\, addressing concepts of resilience\, sovereignty and technology.  \n4:00 PM Community in the Centre: Indigenous  Ways of Doing Research \n\n\n\n\nPresented by the Office of Community Engagement \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJuliet Mackie\, Christine Qillasiq Lussier\, Victoria May\, Véronique Picard\,\nIako’tsi:rareh Amanda Lickers\, and Harriet Ransom \nModerated by Geneviève Sioui \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Community-engaged learning fund for Indigenous students (CELFIS) recognizes Indigenous knowledge and methodologies as important contributions to academic knowledge and supports Indigenous students in anchoring their work in Indigenous communities. This panel brings together this year’s recipients: Métis multidisciplinary Artist Juliet Mackie\, Inuk Oral Historian Christine Qillasiq Lussier\, Red-River Métis-Michif Dance Scholar Victoria May\, Wendat PhD candidate Véronique Picard\, Seneca designer\, pedagogue and multi-media artist Iako’tsi:rareh Amanda Lickers and Kanien:keha’ka educator Harriet Tsiawenion Ransom.  \n5:00 PM Reception at SHIFT \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n📅: January 23-24\, 2025 | 1-5 PM \n📍: 4TH SPACE URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/2025-indigenous-futures-research-centre-annual-symposium/ LOCATION:4th Space CATEGORIES:Symposium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IFRC-Research-Symposium-2025-PROMO.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250115T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250116T123000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20250109T165729Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T165729Z UID:10001156-1736935200-1737030600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Workshop on AI & DH (part 2) DESCRIPTION:Join us for a two-day conference exploring the intersection of AI and Digital Humanities. \nThis event is organized by the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire en humanités numériques (CRIHN) in collaboration with the Groupe de recherche sur les éditions critiques en contexte numérique (GREN) and the Milieux Institute. \n  \nProgram:\nWednesday 15 January 2025:\n\n10am-10.30m — Welcome and coffee\n10.30am-11.15am — Paper #1 — Leonardo Laurence Impett (University of Cambridge): « The visual cultures of AI »\n11.15am-12pm — Paper #2 — Douglas Reside (New York Public Library): « Using Generative AI to Learn from Archival Performance Photography »\nnoon-1.30pm Lunch break\n1.30pm-2.15pm — Paper #3 — Mohamed Cheriet (École de technologie supérieure\, Montréal): « Unlocking the Past: AI-Based Visual Language Processing of Ancient Manuscript Collections »\n2.15pm-3pm — Paper #4 — Umair Rehman (Western University): « Generative AI in Automating Think-Aloud Protocols and Heuristic Evaluations »\n3pm-3.30pm — Coffee break\n3.30pm-4.15pm — Paper #5 — Marianne Reboul (ENS Lyon): « Detecting intertext between Latin and Greek authors through LLMs »\n4.15pm-5pm — Paper #6 — Diane Jakacki (Bucknell University) and Susan Brown(University of Guelph): « Tag Team: AI and TEI in LEAF Commons »\n\n\nThursday 16 January 2025:\n\n9.30am-10am — Welcome and coffee\n10am-10.45am — Paper #7 — Bart Simon (Concordia U): « A Tale of Machine Agencies: AI as a Toy\, not a Tool »\n10.45am-11.30am — Paper #8 — Faith Majekolagbe (University of Alberta): « Copyright Ethics and Artificial Intelligence »\n11.30am-11.45am — Coffee break\n11.45am-12.30pm — Paper #9 — Sil Robert Hamilton (Cornell University): « On Structuring Data for the Digital Humanities »\n\n\n📅: January 15-16\, 2025 | 10-5 PM \n📍: Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/workshop-on-ai-dh-part-2/ LOCATION:Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 CATEGORIES:Talk,Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Screenshot-2025-01-09-at-10.13.29 AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241209T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241209T160000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241112T161112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T161112Z UID:10001149-1733749200-1733760000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Haptic Images Workshop DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nOnce a vitrine for innovation\, the first Jacquard images were inspired by the popular imagery of the time and produced by different ateliers as a way for them to demonstrate their technical proficiency. In a contemporary context\, we have become over-saturated with images\, leading us to question which images warrant materialization\, and why. \n\nIn this workshop\, you will learn the first steps of transforming an image into an intricately woven piece of cloth and how to turn your digital file into a haptic piece of art: an image that you can touch and feel. You will explore the art of making an image by using the structures of crossed yarns in patterns that will shape its highlights and shadows\,  simulating a fabric in which the raised design is incorporated into the weave instead of being printed or dyed on. \n\n\nFor this workshop\, you are invited to bring an image to work with. Please consider the following criteria when selecting an image:\n\nContrast: High contrast images are most successful. Please note that the final image will be converted to a grayscale\, but you are welcome to bring in colour images and convert them using Photoshop.\nResolution: Not too much detail—single objects\, portraits\, or simple landscapes work best. The resolution of the image will be brought down to 60 dpi\, so even a screen capture is acceptable.\nDimensions: Square format (but we can crop using Photoshop).\n\nNote: Only experienced weavers are authorized to operate the Jacquard loom. There is a possibility to have your image woven in the weeks after the workshop in a size of about 12 x 12 inches.\n\nThere are no prerequisites for this workshop. ​Limited space available. Registration on a first-come\, first-served basis.\n\nInstruction will be given in the Cluster Commons (EV 10.730)\, followed by independent work on individual computers in separate rooms.\n\n\n🚨 This workshop is for Textiles and Materiality members only!\n\n📅: December 09\, 2024 | 1-4 PM\n📍: EV 10.730\n🎟️: Please e-mail textiles.materiality@concordia.ca to register. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/haptic-images-workshop-2/ LOCATION:Textiles and Materiality Cluster (EV 10.730) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/4430-0-788x1024-1-e1731427778377.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241206T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241206T150000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241112T181153Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T181153Z UID:10001152-1733490000-1733497200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:TAG x Next-Generations Cities Institute DESCRIPTION:Join TAG for its First Collaboration Event with the Next-Generation Cities Institute (NGCI)! \nThe NGCI is seeking talented game scholars and designers for potential collaborations on thesis projects\, internships\, and more. This is a unique opportunity to engage with cutting-edge urban development strategies and innovative solutions aimed at shaping the cities of tomorrow. \nBy partnering with NGCI\, you’ll have the chance to apply your expertise in interactive design and simulation to real-world urban challenges. Additionally\, this collaboration could lead to impactful projects that contribute to sustainable city planning\, offering you valuable research opportunities\, internships\, and the chance to be at the forefront of next-gen city development. \n  \n📅: December 6\, 2024 | 1-3 PM \n📍: Next-Generations Cities Institute ER-1431.00 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/tag-x-next-generations-cities-institute/ LOCATION:Next-Generations Cities institute ER-1431.00 CATEGORIES:Info Session,Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/TAG-next-gen.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T203000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241121T190618Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T191152Z UID:10001155-1733158800-1733171400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Speculations in the PARC DESCRIPTION: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 a cozy and festive atmosphere. It will also be the perfect moment to decompress and celebrate the last day of class! \n\nCALL FOR PRESENTATIONS: (For Speculative Life and LePARC members only!) \n \n\nMembers who wish to partake in this opportunity to share their research and meet people from other clusters have until November 27th 11.59pm EST to apply. \nTo submit your proposal\, please fill in this form with a presentation title\, short summary of research/creation and how you wish to present it. \nDue to the relatively short duration of the event\, only 10 presentations will be selected\, prioritizing those that explore common themes and overlaps and that haven’t been shown before. Work in progress are also accepted! \nThe presentations should be between 5 to 10 minutes each as more time will be allocated to informal chats! Without this being an elevator pitch thesis competition\, we encourage you to present your work in a concise way and to keep in mind that you will be engaging with folks from various academic disciplines. \nPlease note that these presentations need to remain minimal in terms of tech requirements; there will be a large screen TV and an HDMI cord for presenters that have visual components to show. \n\n\nPresentations will take place in Spec Life (EV.10.625). The Performance Lab (EV 10.865) will also be open for participants and attendees to check out durational performances and installations presented by LePARC members. Light food and non-alcoholic drinks will be served! \n📅 December 2\, 2024 | 5-8:30 PM \n📍 EV 10.625 / EV 10.865 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/speculations-in-the-parc/ CATEGORIES:Meeting,Performance,Presentation ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0957.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241202T110000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241118T222832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241118T222832Z UID:10001153-1733130000-1733137200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Fourth Annual Stéfan Sinclair Lecture DESCRIPTION: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.  \nEntitled “Create Me\, Break Me\, Remember Me: Art and AI in an Age of Reinvention” this talk will focus on embodied computing\, algorithmic culture\, augmented reality\, emergent media\, and AI ethics. \nThe talk will be followed by a round-table chaired by Geoffrey Rockwell with three graduate students. \n  \nABOUT ISABEL PEDERSEN: \nDr. Isabel Pedersen\, Professor of Communication Studies\, is an expert in the field of emergent embodied technologies. She is the founding Director of the Digital Life Institute (www.digitallife.org) at Ontario Tech University. She investigates emergent and future digital technologies. She concentrates on social\, ethical\, and cultural implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI)\, social implications of extended reality (XR)\, AI ethics\, standards\, and policy related to AI technologies. As an entrepreneur and co-owner\, she has built and sold two successful software start-up companies. \n  \n  \nABOUT GEOFFREY ROCKWELL: \nDr. Geoffrey Martin Rockwell is a Professor of Philosophy and Digital Humanities at the University of Alberta\, Canada. He is also a Fellow of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute. He received a B.A. in philosophy from Haverford College\, an M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Toronto and worked at the University of Toronto as a Senior Instructional Technology Specialist. From 1994 to 2008 he was at McMaster University where he was the Director of the Humanities Media and Computing Centre (1994 – 2004) and he led the development of an undergraduate Multimedia program funded through the Ontario Access To Opportunities Program. He has published and presented papers in the areas of artificial intelligence and ethics\, philosophical dialogue\, textual visualization and analysis\, humanities computing\, instructional technology\, computer games and multimedia. He was the project leader for the CFI (Canada Foundation for Innovation) funded project TAPoR\, a Text Analysis Portal for Research\, which has developed a text tool discovery portal at tapor.ca. He has published a book Defining Dialogue: From Socrates to the Internet with Humanity Books and a book titled Hermeneutica (with Stéfan Sinclair) with MIT Press. This book is part of a hybrid text and tool project with Voyant\, an award winning suite of analytical tools. \n  \n📅: December 2\, 2024 | 9-11 AM \n📍: Milieux Resource Room | EV 11. 705 \n🌐 The event will be streamed here ( advance registration required) \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/fourth-annual-stefan-sinclair-lecture/ LOCATION:Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 CATEGORIES:Lecture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/PosterCRIHNSinclair2024.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241128T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241128T180000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241121T181056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T181944Z UID:10001154-1732816800-1732816800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Anthropocene: The Human Epoch screening with Director Jennifer Baichwal DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nA cinematic meditation on humanity’s massive reengineering of the planet\, ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch is a four years in the making feature documentary film from the multiple-award winning team of Jennifer Baichwal\, Nicholas de Pencier and Edward Burtynsky. Third in a trilogy that includes Manufactured Landscapes (2006) and Watermark (2013)\, the film follows the research of an international body of scientists\, the Anthropocene Working Group who\, after nearly 10 years of research\, are arguing that the Holocene Epoch gave way to the Anthropocene Epoch in the mid-twentieth century\, because of profound and lasting human changes to the Earth. From concrete seawalls in China that now cover 60% of the mainland coast\, to the biggest terrestrial machines ever built in Germany\, to psychedelic potash mines in Russia’s Ural Mountains\, to metal festivals in the closed city of Norilsk\, to the devastated Great Barrier Reef in Australia and surreal lithium evaporation ponds in the Atacama desert\, the filmmakers have traversed the globe using high end production values and state of the art camera techniques to document evidence and experience of human planetary domination.\nAt the intersection of art and science\, ANTHROPOCENE: The Human Epoch witnesses in an experiential and non-didactic sense a critical moment in geological history — bringing a provocative and unforgettable experience of our species’ breadth and impact.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n📅 November 28\, 2024 | 6 pm\n📍 VA-114\n🔗 Please register here for the event as spots are limited! URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/anthropocene-the-human-epoch-screening-with-director-jennifer-baichwal/ LOCATION:Concordia University – VA-114 Cinema\, 1395 Blvd. René-Lévesque Ouest\, Montreal\, Quebec\, H3G 2M5\, Canada CATEGORIES:Q&A,Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_0958.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T183000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241112T164054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241126T171634Z UID:10001150-1732726800-1732732200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:[Book Talk] The Aesthetics of Stealth: Digital Culture\, Video Games\, and the Politics of Perception with Toni Pape DESCRIPTION: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. \nIn this book\, Pape explores how performances of tactical imperceptibility – or “stealth” – have emerged as a crucial mode of cultural expression and political action in the face of digital surveillance technologies. In his talk\, Pape will introduce the media aesthetics of stealth through examples from video art\, television and video games. During the discussion\, we will connect stealth to its related political concerns\, including queerness\, whiteness\, surveillance and warfare. \n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \n \n  \n  \n  \nToni Pape is a cultural theorist and media scholar at the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of Figures of Time: Affect and the Television of Preemption (Duke University Press\, 2019). He is a member of the editorial boards of NECSUS: European Journal of Media Studies and the Immediations book series at Punctum Press. Toni’s current research project “The Aesthetics of Stealth” focuses on performances of disappearance and imperceptibility in contemporary. \n  \n📅 November 27\, 2024 | 5-6:30 PM \n📍 EV 10.785 \n  \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/book-talk-the-aesthetics-of-stealth-digital-culture-video-games-and-the-politics-of-perception-with-toni-pape/ CATEGORIES:Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/The-Aesthetics-of-Stealth.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241127T140000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241112T173717Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T173909Z UID:10001151-1732708800-1732716000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Pizza Lunch and Milieux Podcast Launch! DESCRIPTION: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. \nLooking forward to seeing you there! \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/pizza-lunch-and-milieux-podcast-launch/ CATEGORIES:Reception ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/img3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241122T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241122T160000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241112T160336Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T182143Z UID:10001148-1732280400-1732291200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Haptic Images Workshop DESCRIPTION: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. \n\nOnce a vitrine for innovation\, the first Jacquard images were inspired by the popular imagery of the time and produced by different ateliers as a way for them to demonstrate their technical proficiency. In a contemporary context\, we have become over-saturated with images\, leading us to question which images warrant materialization\, and why. \n\nIn this workshop\, you will learn the first steps of transforming an image into an intricately woven piece of cloth and how to turn your digital file into a haptic piece of art: an image that you can touch and feel. You will explore the art of making an image by using the structures of crossed yarns in patterns that will shape its highlights and shadows\,  simulating a fabric in which the raised design is incorporated into the weave instead of being printed or dyed on. \n\n\nFor this workshop\, you are invited to bring an image to work with. Please consider the following criteria when selecting an image:\n\nContrast: High contrast images are most successful. Please note that the final image will be converted to a grayscale\, but you are welcome to bring in colour images and convert them using Photoshop.\nResolution: Not too much detail—single objects\, portraits\, or simple landscapes work best. The resolution of the image will be brought down to 60 dpi\, so even a screen capture is acceptable.\nDimensions: Square format (but we can crop using Photoshop).\n\nNote: Only experienced weavers are authorized to operate the Jacquard loom. There is a possibility to have your image woven in the weeks after the workshop in a size of about 12 x 12 inches.\n\nThere are no prerequisites for this workshop. ​Limited space available. Registration on a first-come\, first-served basis.\n\nInstruction will be given in the Cluster Commons (EV 10.730)\, followed by independent work on individual computers in separate rooms.\n\n\n🚨 This workshop is for Textiles and Materiality members only!\n\n📅: November 22\, 2024 | 1-4 PM\n📍: EV 10.730\n🎟️: Please e-mail textiles.materiality@concordia.ca to register. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/haptic-images-workshop/ LOCATION:Textiles and Materiality Cluster (EV 10.730) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/4430-0-788x1024-1-e1731427778377.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241120T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241120T193000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241031T191732Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241031T191732Z UID:10001146-1732123800-1732131000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:[TAG Critical Watch Series] WarGames DESCRIPTION:Join TAG on November 20th for the second session of the Critical Watch Series! This month we’ll watch WarGames. \n  \nThe 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 select members of the audience. \nIf you would like to reserve a spot on the podcast for this month’s film ahead of time\, or if you would like to suggest films for future screenings\, please contact Marc Lajeunesse at tag.coordinator@concordia.ca \n  \n \n📅 November 20\, 2024 | 5:30-7:30 pm \n📍Screening Room EV. 10.525 \n📽️ WarGames (1983) \n🎟️ Seating is limited! Make sure you book your spot here! \n  \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/tag-critical-watch-series-wargames/ LOCATION:Screening Room EV 10.525 CATEGORIES:Conversation,Screening ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/TAG-Critical-series-2-3.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241119T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241119T173000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241112T153708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241112T153708Z UID:10001147-1732030200-1732037400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Drawing and Ethnography Workshop DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe process of visual recreation from memory or observation has been a part of our sense-making from a very young age. Drawing is one of the first things many of us learned how to do\, even before forming full sentences. \nHow does the practice of drawing mingle with our practices as researchers? Kuschiner (2016\,105) says: “Both anthropology and drawing are ways of seeing and also ways of knowing the world. Placing these two universes in dialogue helps shed light on some of the important issues faced by anthropological practice today.” \nDuring our workshop\, we will be doing various exercises and get a chance to reflect and share back on our experience with the guidance of the following questions: \n\nWhat are some ethnographic insights in paying attention to the technique of drawing as a practice?\nWhat is a structure\, what is a detail?\nWhat is in the background and foreground of a scene or encounter?\nHow can these distinctions inform our observation\, representation and research?\n\nThe workshop will be co-facilitated by Irmak Taner and Pelin Karaaslan. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nParticipants are encouraged to mask for the duration of the workshop. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n📅: November 19 | 3:30 – 5:30 PM \n📍: Speculative Life Room EV 10.625 \n🎟️: Make sure to register here. \n\n  \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/drawing-and-ethnography-workshop-2/ LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster EV 10.625 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Drawing-Workshop-.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241115T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241115T160000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241003T173857Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T173857Z UID:10001137-1731675600-1731686400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Textiles & Materiality Workshop: Textile Quotes DESCRIPTION:If you are curious about adding textile embroidery to your research practice join the Textiles & Materiality research cluster for the upcoming Textile Quotes Workshop! \nLed 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 block of text using the digital thread placement machine at the Textiles and Materiality Cluster. \nThe workshop will be 3 hours long\, with additional time (approximately 20 minutes per person) reserved for participants to embroider their text. \nPREREQUISITES: Drawing with Threads workshop is an asset. \n📅 November 15\, 2024 | 1-4 PM \n📍 Tajima Room EV 10.725 \n📩 Registration is Required! Please send an e-mail to textiles.materiality@concordia.ca to register for the workshop. URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/textiles-materiality-workshop-textile-quotes/ LOCATION:Tajima Room EV 10.725 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/textiles_workshop.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241108T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241108T160000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241003T180119Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241003T180439Z UID:10001139-1731070800-1731081600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Lay the Loop: Introduction to Soft Circuits Workshop DESCRIPTION: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 a soft switch using the Tajima embroidery machine. \nPREREQUISITES: Drawing with Threads and/or The Merit of Making workshop \n: November 8\, 2024 | 1-4 PM \n: Tajima Room EV 10.725 \n Registration is Required! Please send an e-mail to textiles.materiality@concordia.ca to register for the workshop. Registration on a first-come\, first-served basis URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/lay-the-loop-introduction-to-soft-circuits-workshop/ LOCATION:Tajima Room EV 10.725 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/12976805_260348574316726_790697115968295332_o.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20241108T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20241108T140000 DTSTAMP:20260817T175104 CREATED:20241017T194843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241017T200030Z UID:10001143-1731067200-1731074400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Community Engaged Ethnography DESCRIPTION: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.\n\n\n\nABOUT THE EVENT:\n\n\nThis workshop invites scholars\, teachers\, and community members to share experiences with community engagement\, both in their research and in the classroom. Bringing together experiences from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Department of Science and Technology Studies\, where community engagement has been increasingly included as part of undergraduate education\, and the Concordia Ethnography Lab\, who have conducted a number of engaged ethnographic projects since its foundation\, this workshop will provide a space to exchange experiences\, problems\, and expertise. Participants will discuss how to conduct community engagement ethically and responsibly\, how “non-academic” work can be recognized within the university\, and other related questions from the participants. We welcome community members to join the conversation. No experience or preparation is necessary to participate.\n\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE GUESTS:\n\nJennifer Cardinal is a cultural anthropologist who studies community-led sustainable development and climate justice. Her ethnographic research extends a political ecology approach to questions about the precarious relationships\, practices\, and discourse at the intersection of community and sustainability. She teaches methodological and conceptual tools to understand local meanings and practices in the context of global systems. This attention to the local within the global frame includes a commitment to support inclusive sustainability initiatives.\nJennifer’s recent publications examine the relationship between consumption-driven migration\, environmental conservation\, agriculture\, nonprofit organizations\, and community development in small town on the southern Jalisco\, Mexico coast. This stretch of coast is experiencing a transition as much of the beach-front land is being privatized for luxury resort development with claims of environmental sustainability. In the community Jennifer worked with\, on the other hand\, the concept of sustainability is materializing in an alternative locally-directed community development. This research explores how different environmental ideologies converge and produce frictions in divergent sustainable development practices.\nThe local and international collaborative research projects Jennifer has designed in the US\, Iceland\, and the UK bring a commitment to inclusive community engagement that integrates teaching with research on human/environment relationships. At Earlham College in Richmond\, Indiana\, Jennifer’s multidisciplinary student/faculty collaborative research team assessed local needs and assets\, and designed an interactive resource guide in a project funded through the Earlham Center for Social Justice. Student researchers took the leading role in directing the project to ensure that it would be inclusive\, accessible\, and useful to community residents. This project built on research into local sustainability initiatives in the UK and using a model team members explored in London\, resulted in a proposal to open a free Library of Things in collaboration with the municipal library in Richmond.\nJennifer’s current research interests in Troy\, NY include care\, community\, precarity\, and disaster. She is studying viable community networks for maneuvering climate insecurity with a focus on water and food. This local research also includes questions about how well-resourced institutions can better support local needs\, and the role of community-engaged work and learning in building mutually supportive networks including transitory student populations and rooted community organizations. This local ethnographic research will build on a larger comparative project integrating research on grassroots sustainable development in sites in Mexico\, the United Kingdom\, and the United States.\n\n\n\n\nBrandon Costelloa-Kuehn is an anthropologically-oriented STS scholar working at the intersection of community engagement\, design research\, pedagogy\, and environmental justice. \nHis scholarly work on the contexts that enable effective collaboration\, communication\, and engagement is rooted in interdisciplinary research that centers both STS and non-academic perspectives. \nFor the past decade\, building on his early ethnographic research on how environmental scientists at the EPA approach communication as a task of “context production\,” he has designed and developed contexts for collaborative data analysis (the Platform for Collaborative Experimental Ethnography)\, public data sharing (the Jefferson Project Data Dashboard)\, and community-engaged pedagogy (Volunteer Troy and Vasudha Living & Learning). \nHis most recent research\, while rooted in local community-engaged methods\, aims to impact national policy and practices around nuclear waste\, leading to more just and equitable processes and outcomes. \n\n\n\n📅: November 8\, 2024 | 12-2 p.m\n📍: Speculative Life Room EV 10.625 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/community-engaged-ethnography/ LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster EV 10.625 CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/462686961_1043977420858181_4514572238054880157_n-e1729194315359.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR