Events at: ANSO134

ANTH Colloquia: “On Creativity and long-distance Methods in (Post) Pandemic Times” by Dr. Maruska Svasek

On Creativity and long-distance Methods in (Post) Pandemic Times This talk discusses digital creative methods, developed in response to the lockdowns and social distancing regulations under covid, in the context of fieldwork as a relational process of improvisation, knowledge production and practices of making. Zooming in on three interlocutors in Northern Ireland, it explores the […]

ANTH Colloquia: “Necessity: Climate Justice and the Thin Green Line” a conversation with documentary film-maker Jan Haaken

Date: Thursday, October 27 Time: 12:30 – 2:00PM PST Location: ANSO 134 UBC Department of Anthropology Located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm) people. About:Film-maker Jan Haaken tracks the Indigenous-led fight against the transport of tar sands oil from Alberta Canada into the US and follows the path of […]

ANTH Colloquia: Join Jacquie Bouvier for a conversation with Andrew Martindale about Canada’s Colonial History

Join Jacquie Bouvier for a conversation with Andrew Martindale about Canada’s Colonial History, Bouvier’s own journey through its ongoing effects, and Paths Ahead. Date: Thursday, March 2, 2023 Time: 12:30 – 2:00 PM PST Location: ANSO 134 The histories and ongoing effects of Indian Residential Schools include large stories woven from the experiences of individuals. […]

The DCL Digital Literacy Conversation Series: Generative AI with Dr. Hugh

The DCL Digital Literacy Conversation Series Version 1: Generative AI with Dr. Hugh Gusterson When: 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm; Thursday, March 30, 2023 Where: ANSO 134 and Hybrid Zoom link: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66942560370?pwd=NGlMZ1dTaVRZNW1Cak9Ua0pyeDFKUT09 Remarks by: Dr. Hugh Gusterson, followed by open discussion “Algorithms are not autonomous technical objects, but complex sociotechnical systems.” (Seaver 2018, 378) The Digital Culture […]

Sept. 14: Dr. Bernard Perley, “Having Reservations: Ethnographing Consequential Insecurities”

Where: Anthropology & Sociology Building (ANSO 6303, NW Marine Drive), Room 134 When: Thursday September 14, 12:30 – 2:00 pm followed by a light lunch Having Reservations: Ethnographing Consequential Insecurities Can ethnography contribute to social justice? Ethnography as comic relief offers a graphic possibility. In an essay on Indian humor Vine Deloria Jr. wrote, “The […]

Sept. 28: Dr. Natahnee Winder, “Weaving Our Hearts and Minds Together: Processing the Impacts of Residential Schools Across Turtle Island”

Date and Time: Thursday, September 28, 2023 12:30pm-2:00pm, followed by a light lunch Location: Anthropology & Sociology Building (ANSO), 6303 NW Marine Drive, Room 134 Abstract: Indigenous university students across Turtle Island who learn or relearn about the impacts of residential schools’ encounter both unexpected and expected vulnerabilities about past family traumas. Indigenous students also confront the […]

Nov. 2: Dr. Shagufta Bhangu, “Ontologies of Pain: Chronicity and Desire in Biomedical Frames”

Dr. Shagufta Bhangu (Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, King’s College London) “Ontologies of Pain: Chronicity and Desire in Biomedical Frames” Date and Time: Thursday, November 2, 2023 12:30pm-2:00pm, followed by a light lunch in the ANSO Lino Lounge Location: Anthropology & Sociology Building (ANSO) Room 134, 6303 NW Marine Drive Abstract: Is pain desirable? Even […]

Nov. 30: Dr. Brenna Bhandar, “The Racial Politics of Pre-Emption”

Dr. Brenna Bhandar (Peter Allard School of Law, UBC) “The Racial Politics of Pre-Emption” Part of the Fall 2023 Colloquium Series Date and Time: Thursday, November 30, 2023 12:30pm-2:00pm, followed by a light lunch in the ANSO Lino Lounge Location: Anthropology & Sociology Building (ANSO) Room 134, 6303 NW Marine Drive Abstract: Pre-emption is a […]

Dec. 7: Dr. Mohammed Rafi Arefin and Dr. Michael Fabris, “Infrastructures of Colonization”

Dr. Mohammed Rafi Arefin and Dr. Michael Fabris (Geography, UBC) “Infrastructures of Colonization” Part of the 2023 Fall Colloquium Series Date and Time: Thursday, December 7, 2023 12:30pm-2:00pm, followed by a light lunch in the ANSO Lino Lounge Location: Anthropology & Sociology Building (ANSO) Room 134, 6303 NW Marine Drive Abstract: What is the infrastructure […]