BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Milieux - ECPv6.15.17//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Milieux 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: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 BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260310T163000 DTSTAMP:20260430T102004 CREATED:20260303T164538Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T211157Z UID:12304-1773154800-1773160200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Ingrid Jones in conversation with Gabrielle Moser DESCRIPTION:In the context of her exhibition at the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery on view until April\, 25\, Milieux is hosting a conversation between curator and creative director Ingrid Jones and Associate Professor Gabrielle Moser\, in collaboration with the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art. \nIn this lecture\, Ingrid Jones reflects on the conceptualization of the exhibition “Labour” and the challenge of rendering visible that which is routinely unseen. Drawing on both professional and lived experience\, she considers the necessity of naming our labour; the cumulative toll of microaggressions and their embodied consequences; the persistent misreadings of Black rage; and the increasingly politicized terrain of rest as practice. In doing so\, Jones situates her curatorial approach alongside that of Tina Campt\, advancing discomfort not as a byproduct but as a deliberate and necessary condition of her praxis. Jones’s presentation will be followed by a discussion\, moderated by Gabby Moser\, Research Chair and Director of the Jarislowsky Institute.\n\nThis event will be followed by a reception at the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery to celebrate the opening of her curated exhibition “Labour” and the launch of its accompanying publication.\n\n\nABOUT INGRID JONES:\nToronto-based curator and creative director\, Ingrid Jones examines the intersections of decolonial curatorial practice\, transnational solidarities\, and the politics of museum representation. Her research engages themes of marginalization and refusal through installation\, media\, and collaborative projects. Recent initiatives address liberatory practices of the African diaspora (“Liberation in Four Movements\,” 2024)\, the unseen labour of BIPOC artists and cultural workers (“Labour\,” 2024-25)\, and nostalgia for racialized communities framed through white supremacy (“Nostalgia Interrupted\,” 2022). \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  March 10\, 2026 \n 3 -4:30 PM \nResource Room EV 11.705 \n  \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/ingrid-jones-en-conversation-avec-gabrielle-moser/ LOCATION:Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/202502_labour_promo-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T203000 DTSTAMP:20260430T102004 CREATED:20260217T163649Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260217T163649Z UID:12219-1773334800-1773347400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Speculations in the PARC DESCRIPTION:Following the success of its first edition\, the Speculative Life Research Cluster and the Performing Arts Research Cluster (LePARC) are teaming up once again to host a second mixer event\, Speculations in the PARC on March 12th\, from 5pm to 8:30pm\, in Spec Life (EV. 10.625) and LePARC Performance Lab (EV. 10.785). \nOpen to Milieux members and the wider public\, this gathering offers an opportunity to discover ongoing research from both clusters. \n  \n  March 12\, 2026 \n 5 -8:30 PM \nSpeculative Life EV 10.625 / Performance Lab EV 10.785 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/speculations-in-the-parc-2/ LOCATION:Speculative Life Research Cluster EV 10.625 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Screenshot-2026-02-17-at-11.14.19-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260313T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260313T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T102004 CREATED:20260303T190239Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T190239Z UID:12316-1773406800-1773417600@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Haptic Images Workshop DESCRIPTION:In this workshop\, you will be introduced to the Pointcarré Textile CAD software for the Jacquard loom. 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\, hence simulating a fabric in which the raised design is incorporated into the weave instead of being printed or dyed on. \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 40 dpi\, so even a screen capture is acceptable.\nDimensions: Square format (but we can crop using Photoshop).\n\nThere are no prerequisites for this workshop. \nLimited space available. Registration on a first-come\, first-served basis. \nPlease e-mail textiles.materiality@concordia.ca to register! \n  \n March 13\, 2025\n 1- 4 PM\nTextiles and Materiality \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/haptic-images-workshop-4/ LOCATION:Textiles and Materiality Cluster (EV 10.730) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Workshops-TM-5-Drawing-with-Thread_1920-1080.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260313T153000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260313T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T102004 CREATED:20260303T160731Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T160731Z UID:12299-1773415800-1773421200@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:“Mass” Media: Cinematic Narratives and Archaeological Presents in Federal Indian Politics DESCRIPTION:Join the MHRC for their last Montreal Media History Seminar of the year. Assistant Professor Sowparnika Balaswaminathan will talk about how the Tamil Nadu government uses archaeology to create a counter-narrative to Hindu nationalism. \n  \nABOUT THE TALK: \nIn January 2025\, M.K. Stalin\, the Chief Minister of the south Indian state of Tamilnadu\, made a dramatic announcement befitting his cinema-industry lineage: the Iron Age\, hitherto dated to the Fertile Crescent\, in fact\, had its earliest beginnings “on Tamil soil.” This temporal recalibration\, crafted into a “news event” (Cody 2023)\, carries profound implications for contemporary Indian political discourse. Modern statist archaeology in India navigates between neoliberal rationalism and romantic patriotism\, seeking to maintain scientific rigor while constructing narratives of an enchanted past. This tension is further complicated by India’s current Hindu nationalist regime\, which seeks to establish a direct correlation between territory and religion\, such as in the Indus Valley Civilization (IVC)—South Asia’s oldest known state-level society— which needs to be Hindu\, Sanskritic\, and continuous with the Indo-Aryan identity claimed by contemporary (caste) Hindus. Stalin’s announcement directly challenges this narrative by foregrounding southern archaeological sites that suggest a non-Hindu proto-Dravidian history\, with potential links to the IVC itself. \nThis paper examines the orchestration of media events related to archaeology by the Tamilnadu state apparatus in recent years and analyzes the cinematic stylizations used in their construction. Balaswaminathan argues that the deployment of melodramatic excess in support of the government as a “mass” hero must be read against the coimbricated histories of cinema\, oration\, and politics in Tamilnadu . \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \nSowparnika Balaswaminathan is an Assistant Professor in Religions and Cultures at Concordia University\, Montreal. She researches the politics of art and craft\, artisanal identity and labor\, and the intersection of ethics and aesthetics. Her methods include ethnography\, collections and archival research\, and arts and media analysis. She is currently working on her monograph based on her dissertation research\, Casting Craft: Ethics\, Aesthetics\, and Sensible Labor in South Indian Bronzecasting. She was the Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow (2019-2021) at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History\, Washington DC\, where she researched the role of Smithsonian museums as diplomatic agents during the Cold war and the politics of culture-area representation of newly independent Asian nations. She is currently starting a new project on the mediascape and political mobilization around archaeology and antiquities in India. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  March 13\, 2026 \n 3:30 -5 PM \nResource Room EV 11.705 \n🎟️ Make sure to reserve your spot\, seating is limited!  \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/mass-media-cinematic-narratives-and-archaeological-presents-in-federal-indian-politics/ LOCATION:Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 CATEGORIES:Seminar ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Untitled-2-21-2.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260316T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260316T160000 DTSTAMP:20260430T102004 CREATED:20260303T193644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T193644Z UID:12319-1773666000-1773676800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Merit of Making DESCRIPTION:Embroidered patches have a long and rich history cross-culturally\, functioning as symbols of status\, achievement\, and identity within communities. In this workshop\, we invite you to consider what skills and statuses are undervalued within contemporary society. How can a merit badge bring attention to invisible\, unseen\, or otherwise unappreciated forms of knowledge? \nParticipants will learn design techniques and software basics\, required to embroider different shapes\, textures\, and images\, in order to make their own merit badges using the digital thread placement machine at the Textiles and Materiality Cluster. The workshop will be 2 hours long\, with additional time reserved for participants to produce their designs. \n  \nParticipants are encouraged to bring design ideas to the workshop. \nLimited space available. Please e-mail textiles.materiality@concordia.ca to register for the workshop. \n  \n March 16\, 2025\n 1- 4 PM\nTextiles and Materiality Cluster Room EV 10.730 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/merit-of-making-2/ LOCATION:Textiles and Materiality Cluster (EV 10.730) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Workshops-TM-7-Drawing-with-Thread_1920-1080.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260319 DTSTAMP:20260430T102004 CREATED:20260309T180211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260309T184045Z UID:12346-1773792000-1773878399@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Weird Words Day at Milieux! DESCRIPTION:Weird Words Day! Join us for a fun community project in celebration of Milieux Institute’s 10-year anniversary! \nFor the occasion\, we decided to have some fun with a list of keywords\, concepts\, names (some very abstract) that came out the early days of naming the institute (and most of them are weird!) \nOn March 18\, Marc will drop by the clusters spaces to ask members to record a few words from that list. The recording will be played during our celebratory event. \nIf you are only passing by that day\, just swing by the nerve centre to get your voice recorded! \n  \n🎟️ If you haven’t already\, please make sure you RSVP for this event as spots are limited! \n  \n📅 March 18\, 2026 \n⏱️ All Day \n📍 Milieux Institute \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/weird-words-day-at-milieux/ LOCATION:milieux institute ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Sans-titre-2-11.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260318T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260318T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T102004 CREATED:20260303T180830Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260303T180830Z UID:12313-1773849600-1773860400@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Video Game Fanfiction Creative Writing Workshop with Lídia Pereira DESCRIPTION:Videogames create worlds. Often\, those worlds mirror our own\, reproducing certain ideals and values as norm through their narrative\, game play\, design\, etc. This session begins with an invitation to the participants to critically consider those worlds\, identifying the key points and elements through which specific videogames circulate political\, cultural and social values. How do the games we play every day vehiculate ideology? Using this knowledge\, participants are then invited to intervene upon these videogame worlds through the writing\, drawing\, collaging\, etc. of fan fictions\, using the original text to re-construct these worlds or reveal crucial aspects they might be hiding in plain sight. At the end of the session\, participants will have begun to create a narrative with their interventions upon these universes and the results may be as diverse as creative writing\, the generation of new games in the form of text-based adventures\, comics\, mini-graphic novels\, etc. \nABOUT LÍDIA PEREIRA: \nLídia Pereira (PT) studied at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam (MA Media Design and Communication) and at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (BA Communication Design). Her practice bridges the fields of graphic design\, art\, digital media and infrastructure\, critical theory\, and publishing. In 2015\, she founded the Pervasive Labour Union zine\, a semi-regular publication in which contributors reflect on topics relating to labour on corporate social networks\, algorithmic governance\, and alternative digital infrastructures. Currently\, she is a PhD candidate at the PhDArts programme\, a collaboration between the Leiden University and the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague\, where she is investigating videogames in the context of art education as a site of struggle against hegemonic discourse. \n  \nRequirements: Please choose a videogame you know well ahead of the session. To participate please send an email to tag.coordinator@concordia.ca with the subject line ‘Fanfiction Creative Writing Workshop.’ \n\n March 18\, 2025\n 4- 7 PM\nTag Lab EV 11.435 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/video-game-fanfiction-creative-writing-workshop-with-lidia-pereira/ LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435) CATEGORIES:Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-03-at-1.01.19-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260319T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260319T163000 DTSTAMP:20260430T102004 CREATED:20260303T173956Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T155635Z UID:12309-1773932400-1773937800@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:t3rkko Game Collective Networking Event DESCRIPTION:On March 19th\, TAG will host a networking event with the  t3rkko game collective. \nFounded in 2021\, t3rkko is a local game collective composed of six developers from diverse professional horizons and backgrounds. \nOver the past five years\, the collective has produced five games and is now preparing to work on their most ambitious project to date: a third-person\, rhythm-based Action-RPG. \nTo bring this vision to life\, t3rkko is partnering with TAG\, as they are currently looking to recruit artists\, programmers\, UI and UX devs who would be willing to join their team. \n March 19\, 2025\n 3- 4:30 PM\nTag Lab EV 11.435 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/t3rkko-game-collective-networking-event/ LOCATION:TAG Lab (EV 11.435) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-03-at-12.09.27-PM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260326T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260326T180000 DTSTAMP:20260430T102004 CREATED:20260203T195103Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260203T195103Z UID:12086-1774542600-1774548000@milieux.concordia.ca SUMMARY:Stephen Monteiro: How Tech Got Needy: Episodes in Device Intimacy DESCRIPTION:Networked personal media devices construct an animated intimacy\, fostering user trust and emotional dependence. Viewing this development through a historical eye\, this talk explores examples of object-oriented digital intimacy that emerged at the turn of the twenty-first century. Drawing from Needy Media (recently published by McGill-Queens University Press)\, it will consider how user-device closeness was baked into consumer electronics from 1995 to 2005 through a range of hardware and software cues. These elements collectively tapped psychological vulnerabilities toward affective impact\, situating the device as a lively\, but needy\, presence in the life of users. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKER: \nStephen Monteiro is a faculty member in Communication Studies at Concordia University. In addition to Needy Media\, he is the author of The Fabric of Interface (The MIT Press) and Screen Presence (Edinburgh University Press)\, and the editor of The Screen Media Reader (Bloomsbury). \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n March 26\, 2026 \n 4:30 – 6 PM \nMilieux Resource Room EV 11.705 URL:https://milieux.concordia.ca/event/stephen-monteiro-how-tech-got-needy-episodes-in-device-intimacy/ LOCATION:Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705 CATEGORIES:Talk ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://milieux.concordia.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Sans-titre-3.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR