Julio Colantoni
Dr. Maria-Carolina Cambre
- Professor, Education
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Sign in to editResearch areas: Qualitative Methods | Image Studies| Visual Sociology Critical Policy Studies|Curriculum Theory & Design| Semiotics
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Biography
Interview / Media
Getting to Know You: http://www.isa-sociology.org/uploads/files/wg03newsletter_december_2016.pdf.pdf
The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/che-guevara-the-face-that-launched-a-thousand-117804
IVSA Showcase Feature: https://visualsociology.org/?p=1296
Sociologist of the month: https://www.concordia.ca/cunews/artsci/cissc/2020/02/05/maria-carolina-cambre-named-sociologist-of-the-month-by-current-sociology.html
Dean's Awards Excellence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zMzppQbPec&disable_polymer=true
4th Space interview:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvZYR1_a9f4&disable_polymer=true
Research Interests
Current & Recent Projects
My research program evolves under the rubrics of three broad but overlapping areas:
1. Polymedia literacies/Digital self-display
2. Community/pedagogy/policy &
3. Image theory/visual methodologies.
"The Wind" (IVSA showcase)
Beginnings (1st prize)
https://www.ithaca.edu/fleff/news/fleff-announces-winners-of-define-open-space-16829/
Publications
Publications (Recent)
Cambre,C. & Lavrence, C. (forthcoming 2025-26) “The Algorithmic Eye” in Nathanson, Cambre & Bratchford (Eds) The Algorithmic Turn in Visual Studies Palgrave-McMillan.
Cambre, C., (2025) “Fugitive Frames: Nomadic semiotics in image analysis” [Los marcos fugitivos: Semiótica nómada en el análisis deimágenes] in special issue of APOSTA: Revista de Ciencias Sociales: [ http://www.apostadigital.com ] METODOLOGÍAS SOCIOLÓGICAS DE ANÁLISIS DE IMÁGENES (Ed. Juan A. Roche Cárcel, Sociología,Universidad de Alicante)
Lavrence, C. & Cambre C.(2025) “Selfies: Positioning the Face in Social Media” in (Eds) The Handbook of Social Practices and Digital Everyday Worlds. Springer Nature.
Cambre, C., et al (2022) “Introduction:The nomadology of visual pedagogies” in Cambre,C., E. Barromi-Perlman, & D. Herman Jr. (Eds) Visual Pedagogies: Concepts, Cases & Practices (Brill | Sense Publishers, NL). Pp. 1-16
(2021)“Visual Sociology” Ch. 45 In Krešimir Purgar (Ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Image Studies. Palgrave MacMillan. Pp.735-757.
Jarman, M. & Cambre, C. & (2021) “Evaluating Critical Discourse Analysis in research: A Canadian Educational Policy Case” In (J.Crossman (UniSA and ICMS) and S. Bordia (ANU) Eds.) Edward Elgar Handbook of Qualitative Research Methodologies in workplace contexts. EE Publishing,Australia.
Abdul Ghani, M. & Cambre, C. (2020) “Ethan’s GoldenYouTube Play Button: The evolution of a child influencer” In (Warfield K, Cambre C, &Abidin C Eds) Mediated Interfaces: The Body on Social Media. Bloomsbury Publishing. London, UK.
Cambre, C. (2019).Neither Visible nor Hidden:The Structuring of the Sensible Ch. 7 in A. S. Grønstad & Ø Vågnes (Eds.), Invisibilities. Palgrave MacMillan (Springer International Press).
Cambre, C. (Dec. 2019) Crisis of Literacies: How does the Orchid cite the Bee? in Knowings & Knots: Methodologies and Ecologies in Research-Creation. In Loveless, N. (Ed.) University of Alberta Press, AB Canada.
(2024,Mar 21) Burning the Mona Lisa: Insurgent Subjectivities and the PedagogicalEcologies of Protest. Opening Plenary at the GraduateStudents’ Society’s 22nd Annual Conference on Education for Peace andSocial Justice: Theory, Research and Praxis at McGill University, Montreal, CA.
(2023, May11), Discours inaugural | « Marcher, être témoin et colonialité » |Walking,witnessing and coloniality for Journée de lutte contre la violence genrée au Centred’artistes Vaste et Vague | La Campagne Moose Hidehttps://vasteetvague.ca/2023/05/03/lutte-violence-genree-moosehide/
(2022, Nov 17) “Molecular Revolutions in Subjectivation: The dynamics oftoppling monuments” at the Symposium on “Subjects of Violence” at theUniversity of Luxembourg,LUX. (Prof. Dr. Boris Traue& Dr. Judith TröndleiIn cooperation with the Working Group SubjectivationResearch in the German Sociological Association)
(2022, Mar 23)“Molecular Insurrections: An experiment in Visual Narrative Inquiry in Buenos Aires, Argentina” atthe Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS)University of Manchester, UK. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eSv6a0jurg )
(2020, Jan 10) The Machinic Face: A schizo-selfie reading. The Guattari Research Group –Toronto. Victoria University College, at theUniversity of Toronto, CA.
(2020 Feb 26) “Bye-Bye Selfie, hello Plandid: The paradox of trying” Invited lecture at the School of Journalism & Communication, Seminar on Visual Culture. Carleton University, Ottawa CA.Forthcoming
Teaching activities
Courses
ESTU615 Introduction to Research Methods
ESTU642 Special topics: Critical Policy Issues
ESTU644 Sociology of Education
ADIP549 Project Design
ESTU642 Special topics: Media, Pop Culture & Education
ESTU645 Curriculum Theory & Design
SDBI WSDB498 Feminist Economics
International
2025 Visualidad Política: Las Imágenes y el poder MaestriaDoctorado en Relaciones Internacionales. Escuela de Politica y Gobierno. Universidad National de San Martin UNSAM
2019 Introduction to the Visual Essay (Continuing Education Seminar) Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa MX
2018 Introduction to the Visual Essay (Doctoral Seminar) Universidad de San Martin, Buenos Aires AR
2016 IHMJ316 Introduction to Visual Methods (Doctoral Seminar) University of Jyväskylä, FI
Other courses
Advertising and Social Institutions
Investigating Everyday Life: Qualitative Research
Classical Social Theory
Contemporary Social Theory
Society on the small screen: Mobile Cultures
Introduction to Sociology
Mass Media and Society
Student Supervision
D’Avignon, M.G. (2025) A WPR Exposé on Cognitive Imperialism
Brown, K. (2025) Problematizing Student Giftedness in Alberta Curriculum
Wang, D. (2025) Robes of power: RethinkingAcademic regalia for a diverse future
Petrella,M. (2025) Alternative BookClubs as Student Driven Curriculum
St. Hilaire,A. (2025) Critical Analysis ofthe Quebec Policy on Education
Doran, A. (2025) Some Truths Cannot be Quantified: TheEpistemic Harms of Mass School Closures
Forloine, M. (2024) The politics of sex education: A comparative study
Molina, G. (2024) Inclusion and Exclusion in Education: The case of adoption
Deveaux, E. (2023) Uncovering the Hidden Curriculum of Canadian Digital Literacy Programs
Kiley, A. (2023) Sexuality Curriculum in Quebec: Let’s Talk about Sex
Nazywalskyi, T. (2023) Love Shapes: Eros as a Teaching Posture in Quebec Secondary Schools
Li, X. (2023) University Student’s Experience of Abrupt Transition during Covid-19 pandemic
McKell, T. (2022) Reflections on Change: The Quebec Anglophone Experience & the Revised History CurriculumElimby, F. (2021) : Meditation for transformation: The quest for teachers’ wellbeing
Hoffmann-Kuhnt, B. (2021) :Women & Homelessness: Vectors of Invisibility (EL Award)
Figueroa, T. (2020) Engaging digital literacies through the lenses of the hearing impaired
Abdel Ghani, M. (2019) Children Vloggers on YouTube: Empowerment or Exploitation?
Qingru Zeng (2019) A Comparison of Literacies Discourses: WesternCountries and China
Ren, Andao (2019) Rethinking Educational Traditions in China from a Gender Perspective
Jarman, Megan (2019) Critical Discourse Analysis in Canadian Policy Education Research
Liu, Xiaoyi (2018) Using Cultural Identity and Intersectionality Theory to Understand Barriers to Integration of Female Chinese International Students in Montreal
Favvas, Christina (2018) Analyzing Quebec’s Policy on Educational Success
Kaiah Eaton (2018) Co-supervisor (Phil) Understanding Fanonian Humanism Through National Struggles
Parsons, Victoria (2017) Inclusive education for students at-risk: The white spaces