

Performative Urbanism Lab for Spatial,
Social, and Scenographic Experimentation
Graduate Student Symposium
Research-Creation as Critical Spatial Practice
Wednesday November 9th, 2022
14h-17h30





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4TH SPACE, Concordia University 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.
Attend in person or join by Zoom
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4th Space is wheelchair accessible.
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This interdisciplinary symposium brought together graduate researchers affiliated with PULSE, from fields of performance and communication studies, architecture and design, geography and art education, to exchange and consider different methods of making research and creation as critical spatial practices.
14h00 - 14h10 | Welcome by Jacob and Sarah
14h10 - 14h45 | Learning from urban materiality
Eija Loponen-Stephensen, Master of Art - Art Education, Concordia University
Considering Montreal’s Underground as an Epistemic Site: A Rhythmanalysis
Kévin Pinvidic, PhD INDI Program, Concordia University
Mixed materials in co-creation between human and non-human actors: 3D digitization as a mode of engagement and spatial writing with urban environments
Jayna Mees, PhD - Theatre and Performance Studies, York University
Activating Choreographies of Care: An Exploration of Spatial Interventions in Toronto’s Socially Distanced ‘Sidewalk Ballet’
14h45 - 15h15 | collective discussion with respondents 30min
15h15 - 15h30 | Break 15min
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15h30 - 15h55 | Situating queer (un)tangible networks
Jacob Caines, PhD INDI Program, Concordia University
Mapping Queer Performance in Canada
T. M. Braun, PhD INDI Program, Concordia University
Virtual Queerality
15h55 - 16h10 | collective discussion with respondents 15min
16h10 - 16h25 | Break 10min
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16h25 - 17h00 | Social conflicts and coalition across distance
Amanda Gutiérrez, PhD HUMA Program, Concordia University
Sono-(Soro)rities, feminist aural agencies from the Global South
Sarah Bengle, MSc Geography, Concordia University
Situating land dispossession: the Gramalote project [1995 - 2022] in Antioquia, Colombia
Adela Golbard, PhD HUMA Program, Concordia University
Performing Subversion: A Collaborative and Anticolonial Exploration of Social Conflicts
17h00 - 17h30 | collective discussion with respondents 30 min
17h30 - 17h35 | Closing words