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Event

Solarity: After Oil School II

Thursday, May 23, 2019toFriday, May 24, 2019
Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d'Architecture (CCA) 1920 Baile St., Montreal, QC


Grierson Chair in Communication Studies, Petrocultures Research Group, and Future Energy Systems – University of Alberta present:

Solarity: After Oil School II

Hosted by Canadian Centre for Architecture / Centre Canadien d'Architecture (CCA)
1920 Baile St., Montreal, QC

Solarity: After Oil School II will gather international scholars, students, artists, activists and practitioners for three days of critical reflection and collaboration on the challenges and possibilities of social transition to energy systems and communities organized around the energy of the sun.

Public events:

Thursday, May 23 2019

5:30 pm – Book launch - CCA Bookstore
Imre Szeman, On Petrocultures (West Virginia University Press, 2019)

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm – Public Lecture – Paul Desmarais Theatre, CCA
“Harvesting Sunlight"
Nicole Starosielski, Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University

Friday, May 24 2019

6:30 pm - 8:00 pm – Public Panel – Paul Desmarais Theatre, CCA

“Solarities: A Conversation”

Nandita Badami, Anthropology, UC Irvine
Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Indigenous Research Fellow, David Suzuki Foundation
Amanda Boetzkes, Art History, Guelph University
Elena Bennett, Natural Resource Sciences, ƻԺ
Kyle Whyte, Timnick Chair in the Humanities, Michigan State University

Events are free and open to the public

Childcare

Free, fully insured, pop-up play sessions are available for children three years old and up who can use the washroom independently. Please indicate if you require childcare services by writing to rsvp [at] cca.qc.ca (subject: RSVP) (RSVP). Offered in collaboration with .

Des séances d’activités gratuites et entièrement sécurisées sont disponibles pour les enfants de trois ans et plus qui peuvent utiliser les toilettes de façon indépendante. Veuillez indiquer si vous avez besoin de services de garde en nous écrivant à rsvp [at] cca.qc.ca (subject: RSVP) (RSVP). Offert en collaboration avec .

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Sponsors:
Canadian Centre for Architecture
Petrocultures Research Group
Future Energy Systems – University of Alberta
Canada First Research Excellence Fund
Media @ ƻԺ
Center for Energy and Environmental Research in the Human Sciences - Rice University
Just Powers
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Ontario Climate Consortium
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Dean of Arts Development Fund – ƻԺ
McConnell Foundation, Cities for People
Grierson Chair in Communication Studies – ƻԺ
University Research Chair of Communication Arts – University of Waterloo
Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy – ƻԺ
James ƻԺ Chair in Culture and Technology – ƻԺ
James ƻԺ Chair in Contemporary Art History – ƻԺ

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