Today's Arts & Science events
In this workshop we will experiment with physical clown character work to loosen up, lighten up and keep us laughing. We will transform objects, play with space and sound, and explore clowning with theatre skills like mime, storytelling, and play-making.
Upcoming Arts & Science events
Join us for our second session of "Casual COHDS," a monthly drop-in event for members of the COHDS community and anyone curious about oral history to gather, converse, and connect over coffee, tea, and snacks in a relaxed setting.
Dr. Fabrizio Baldassarri will discuss René Descartes's interpretation of plants as a case study of the mechanistic attempt to define plant activities, life, and behaviour.
Joseph Plaster's prize-winning Kids on the Street: Queer Kinship and Religion in San Francisco's Tenderloin (Duke University Press, February 2023) explores the informal support networks that enabled abandoned and runaway "kids on the street" to survive in central city tenderloin districts across the United States, and San Francisco's Tenderloin in particular, over the past century.
In this workshop we will experiment with physical clown character work to loosen up, lighten up and keep us laughing. We will transform objects, play with space and sound, and explore clowning with theatre skills like mime, storytelling, and play-making.
Marwan Bassiouni's images, often presented on a large scale, lie at the intersection of documentary practice, fine art and intercultural mediation. In his photographs, he explores the poetics and aesthetics of documentary photography while focusing on the Western landscape and themes related to identity, spirituality, culture and the politics of representation.
Jay Bernstein is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research.
In 1982, the West Island Black Community Association (WIBCA) was founded as one of Montreal's first Black Anglophone associations. The film is guided by the oral histories of WIBCA's founding elders, who recount their grassroots efforts to support Black communities in Montreal for over forty years.
Come and learn how this ancient, multicultural practice can enhance your learning, concentration, and insight.
Karyn Lai is Professor of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales.
To obtain the informed consent of our research participants is both an ethical and institutional obligation for oral historians working at Canadian universities. This workshop seeks to demystify the process of applying for ethics certification.
Join us for another session of "Casual COHDS," a monthly drop-in event for members of the COHDS community and anyone curious about oral history to gather, converse, and connect over coffee, tea, and snacks in a relaxed setting.
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