⟵ Back to programming Join 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. Alice Jarry (Concordia Milieux Biolab) and Marta Cerruti (McGill Biointerface […]
⟵ Back to programming We cordially invite you to join us at the Milieux Terrace (EV. 11.725) for a special celebration marking the closing of our members' exhibition, "The Commons." We'll be offering refreshing drinks and delicious empanadas for all to enjoy. This event presents a wonderful opportunity to reunite and reconnect with fellow members (faculty […]
⟵ Back to programming “Knives”: A conversation about cohabitation in Chinatown as a part of the work in progress of an untitled documentary This discussion is led by artist and director Wawa Li and Producer Yvonne. It is premised on the work in progress of their documentary "Knives" (tentative title) which takes place in Montreal's Chinatown. […]
⟵ Back to programming Join 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". The 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 […]
⟵ Back to programming Join us in-person for a workshop/video game activity with PhD student Christian Scott! Paying homage to the narrative adventure genre this project uses its design structures and play to portray the networks online disinformation in Canada. It provides two interrelated narrative research structures. The first, through still images, shows how the game […]
⟵ Back to programming Join 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. Participants: Jacqueline Beaumont (Design & Computation […]
⟵ Back to programming Join 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 […]
⟵ Back to programming As part of the Promoting and Protecting Arts web project (PPIA), the Indigenous Futures Research Centre (IFRC) and the Indigenous artist-run centre daphne will host a conversation and open beading session in the style of daphne beads: perler/parler on Indigenous beading and cultural appropriation and appreciation of Indigenous arts. Moderated by PPIA […]
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 […]
The Speculative Life Research Cluster of the Milieux Institute is thrilled to invite you for a slice of pizza to celebrate the launch of their brand new website with content focused on their latest projects and diverse breadth of research interests! After launching the site, the directors and coordinators of the various research groups will be available […]
In the fall of 2021 mayors from the Greater Montreal area officially announced a plan to develop île-Sainte-Thérèse (Sainte-Thérèse Island) into an Eco-Park. But the new park project comes at a cost of 50 family cottages that will be evicted from the island. While the proposed eco-park and impending eviction is reminiscent of a troubling […]
Come join PhD student Puneet Jain to experience his virtual reality piece Dwell Time. Drawing on my close interventions with people with disabilities as a non-disabled Human-Computer Interaction researcher, building assistive technologies with (and for) disabled people, this work is a VR experience of a self-reflection (a scrapbook) on my morphing artistic and scientific practice. […]
