Dear Friends of the hUManities,
Please join us this week at Plug In ICA for The Ghost and The Flesh, a lecture by Morehshin Allahyari co-presented by UMIH as part of Labour of Love: on Digital Economies in the Artshttps://plugin.org/exhibitions/labour-of-love-on-digital-economies-in-the-arts/, a series of lectures, screenings, and workshops. Allahyari will discuss the intense research and the invisible labour of digital and technological tools, focusing specifically on concepts such as archiving, 3D modeling, Digital Fabrication, Digital Colonialism, and re-figuring in relationship to her practice. Thursday, December 5, 2019 7 pm Plug In ICA, 460 Portage Ave. More information can be found herehttps://plugin.org/exhibitions/lol-allahyari/!
Of Interest: Copies of CREATE: Words and Art from Women's Correctional Centre, a chapbook project supported by the UMIH, is available for purchase with donation in the UMIH office. --An online copy can be found herehttps://umhumanities.com/2019/10/08/create-words-and-art-from-wcc/. --CREATE is a project of the Manitoba Libraries Association-Prison Libraries Committee. For more info, click herehttps://mla.mb.ca/about/committees/prison-libraries-committee/.
Other Opportunities and events: Library and Archives Canada Digital Optimization of Canada's Collections - with Sylvain Bélanger Today - 12 noon 307 Tier Building, University of Manitoba Today - 5pm University of Winnipeg Archives, Centennial Hall Library 5C
Democracy Underfoot: Roosivelt Pinheiro and the Visual Language of Brazilian Protest Poolroom Gallery, Architecture 2 Friday, November 29 - Friday, December 6 Please see attached poster for more information.
PhD Candidate Elikem Tsamenyi is giving a talk on African Peace, Security & Conflict Management: An African International Society Approach Monday, December 16, 2019 10:30 am - 12 noon 307 Tier Building Please see attached poster for more information.
Jack and Doris Shadbolt Fellowship in the Humanities Applicants should consult www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolthttp://www.sfu.ca/fass/shadbolt to download the form and for more detailed information. Apply by Wednesday, December 18, 2019
Institute for the Humanities
University of Manitoba
407 Tier Building
204 474 9599
umih@umanitoba.camailto:umih@ad.umanitoba.ca
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