Ethnographic methodologies include a wide range of approaches, many explored in the book A Different Kind of Ethnography (2016). One that has been neglected, while having been a tool for expression and documentation for ever, is drawing. Kuschnir (2016,105) says “ Both anthropology and drawing are ways of seeing and also ways of knowing the […]
Join us for a concert of music generated by Artificial Intelligence! Artificial Intelligence in Music research is a new step in algorithmic and generative music that started in the 1950s with a Computer Assisted Composition tools. This ongoing project is supervised by Eldad Tsabary, Sabine Bergler and Yong Zeng. The main research assistant for the […]
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! Huahua, an eccentric and exuberant woman from Xiongan New Area, a government-planned city just south of Beijing, livestreams herself dancing, singing, and chatting […]
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. Repurposing is a term and practice growing in popularity, whether in reference […]
Milieux Institute is opening its doors! On November 22nd from 12-2 PM EST, we’ll be welcoming graduate prospective students to our headquarters at Concordia University! This is a fantastic opportunity to experience our studio-lab spaces, meet our students and researchers (and associated robot friends!), and learn about project and program opportunities. Join us to discover our […]
Are you curious about adding textile embroidery to your research practice? The Textiles & Materiality research cluster has a limited number of spots left in the upcoming Merit of Making Workshop giving other Milieux cluster members a chance to participate! Merit of Making II - Instructor: Gen Moisan When? November 21st, 1:30-4:00 PM Where? Room […]
Are you curious about adding textile embroidery to your research practice? The Textiles & Materiality research cluster has a limited number of spots left in the upcoming Textile Quotes Workshop giving other Milieux cluster members a chance to participate! Textile Quotes Workshop - Instructor: Gen Moisan When? November 14th, 1:30-4:00 PM Where? Room EV 10.725 […]
GAMERella, the world’s longest-running annual game jam and workshop series dedicated to supporting marginalized game creators and aspiring game makers, is back! Their upcoming edition is scheduled for November 11-12, 2023. Over the years, hundreds of individuals have crafted their very first games at GAMERella, benefiting from the guidance of our incredible industry mentors, engaging […]
Are you curious about adding textile embroidery to your research practice? The Textiles & Materiality research cluster has a limited number of spots left in the upcoming Merit of Making Workshop giving other Milieux cluster members a chance to participate! Merit of Making - Instructor: Gen Moisan You will learn to produce an embroidered patch […]
Join us on November 10th from 1-3pm at the Speculative Life Research Cluster (EV. 10.625) for the launch of our brand new Visual Methods Studio (VMS)! A festive event to inaugurate the Ethnography Lab’s new working group! We will provide food for body and mind and we can’t wait to introduce the new studio […]
Textiles and Materiality invites members across clusters to this workshop with Gen Moisan What? Learn how to use the Brother embroidery machine software! When? November 7th, from 12:00-3:00 PM Where? Room EV 10.725
Join us on November 3rd from 5-7pm at the Concordia Ethnography Lab (EV 10.625) for the screening of Kite Zo A (Leave the Bones) by Kaveh Nabatian (+ Q&A with the director) In 1791, in Haiti, Dutty Boukman presided over a Vodou ritual in Bois-Caïman that led to the creation of the first Black republic. […]
