CRITICAL MEDIA LAB
The Critical Media Lab was founded in fall of 2021 to provide scholarly, critical, and creative resources for faculty and students working in documentary arts and multimodal anthropology. Housed in McGill University’s Department of Anthropology, in Tio’tia:ke (Montreal), and part of the Leadership for the Ecozoic network, the CML offers practical workshops in video, film and sound, as well as screenings, artist talks and round-table discussions for members of the McGill community wishing to incorporate practice-based approaches into their teaching and research. With a teaching lab, screening room, and audiovisual equipment, the CML provides hands-on instruction in production and post-production. It exposes scholars and makers in a range of disciplines, to both the history of ethnographic film and the flourishing contemporary field of sensory ethnography. It is committed to fostering innovative pedagogical approaches and strategies for knowledge production and dissemination, and to supporting creative work that furthers equitable social, political and environmental change.
CONTACT
︎ Email
criticalmedialab.anthro@mcgill.ca
IN-HOUSE PRESENTATIONS
Upcoming seminars, student presentations & works-in-progress
SEMINARS
DATE
VENUE
Poetry, Translation & Text as Image
What is an ethnographic film?
What is an ethnographic film?
TBA
25/01/2022
25/01/2022
MIRL Lab
MIRL Lab
MIRL Lab
These seminars are self-directed group discussions which expand on the topics addressed in artist talks, with readings to ground thematic discussions.
WORKS-IN-PROGRESS
To participate in these critical screening sessions, submit your work-in-progress to:
criticalmedialab.anthro@mcgill.com
Please include a title, abstract (200 words max), or stills, teaser, audio sample etc.
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS
In-house presentations of visiting scholars who work on the intersections of anthropology & ecology.
Andrea Bordoli (University of Bern)
01/04/2022
‘Worldling Landscapes in Times of Ecological Crisis’. Info
Jasmine Pisapia
TBA
In collaboration with L4E - Leadership for the Ecozoïc