Dr. Kim Gallon is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies. Her work investigates the cultural dimensions of the Black Press in the early twentieth century. Her first book, Pleasure in […]

Award-winning media artist Liz Canner has produced many documentaries and transmedia projects that investigate social and environmental in/justice issues.  She often utilizes emerging technologies to interrogate mainstream narratives, explore new […]

Dr. Indrek Ibrus is a Professor of Media Innovation at Tallinn University’s (TLU) Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM), Estonia. He also curates BFM’s doctoral program. His research interests […]

High-Level Creativity: New Media Art and the Priorities of the Tech Industry Artists working with emerging technologies are often depicted as existing “outside” of the technology industry, both by scholars […]

Judy Radul’s video installations often incorporate an original computer-controlled motion choreography and playback system for live and pre-recorded video. Recent exhibitions include: Dazibao, Montreal, 2023; Gwangju Biennale, 2021; Albertinum Museum, […]

Dr. Lyn Bartram's work explores the intersecting potential of interactive technologies, visual analytics and computational media from both theoretical and applied perspectives, particularly to better support data-enabled thinking beyond the […]

DDI Fall Speaker Series, 6th September from 12:30- 1:30pm PST Dr. Susan Erikson, SFU Faculty of Health Sciences and DDI Fluencies Faculty Fellow Dr. Erikson studies highly complex political and […]

Presentation by Dr. Sean Cubitt, 25th September from 4:00- 5:30pm PST His research links film and media studies with ecocriticism, technological, aesthetic, economic and political history, and the media arts […]

Data Fluencies Speaker Series, 4th October from 12:30- 1:30pm PST Fallon Wilson & Jurnell Cockhren (Black Tech Futures Institute)  Dr. Fallon Wilson is the vice president of policy at the Multicultural Media […]

Presentation by Dr. Kate Henessey and PhD student Brett Gaylor, 1st November from 12:30- 1:30pm PST Dr. Kate is an anthropologist of media and the director of the Making Culture […]

Presentation by Aaron Mendon- Plasek, 6th December from 12:30- 1:30pm PDT Aaron is a historian of science and technology. His work examines how schemes of quantification, including their material, cultural, […]

Presentation by Victoria E. Thomas, 10th January from 12:30- 1:30pm PDT Dr. Thomas is an Assistant Professor of Media and Public Engagement in the School of Communication. As an interdisciplinary […]