Events

Name: Stephen Monteiro: How Tech Got Needy: Episodes in Device Intimacy
Start: 2026-03-26T16:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-03-26T18:00:00-04:00
Location: Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705

Month

March 2026
March 12 | 17:00 - 20:30

Speculations in the PARC

Speculative Life Research Cluster EV 10.625

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). Open to Milieux members […]
March 26 | 16:30 - 18:00

Stephen Monteiro: How Tech Got Needy: Episodes in Device Intimacy

Milieux Resource Room EV 11.705

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 […]

Events

March 2026