Our project AI Generated Anonymity in VR Journalism was presented and demonstrated by team members Steve DiPaola, Mike Lakusiak, and Reese Muntean at the Journalism 360 Unconference in New York, July 24-25 2018. This project was one of the 2017 Google/Knight Foundation Journalism 360 Challenge winners. Bringing together an interdisciplinary team from journalism, computer science, cognitive science, […]
Kate gave an invited Keynote presentation at the meeting of EVA (Electronic Visualization and the Arts) London, 2018. Her talk was titled “Collaborative Practices and Decolonial Media Production for Museums”, and drew on her work with the Museum of Vancouver’s Haida Now exhibition, and with the Sq’éwlets First Nation/ Stó:lo Research and Resource Management Centre’s […]
The Making Culture Lab has been working with the UN’s One Planet Network on the production of a series of 360° videos and the design of their installation at the UN Headquarters in NYC as part of the Camp One Planet exhibit at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development July 9-18, 2018. The […]
Kate Hennessy, Trudi Lynn Smith and Tarah Hogue recently published their article “ARCTICNOISE and Broadcasting Futures: Geronimo Inutiq Remixes the Igloolik Isuma Archive” in the journal Cultural Anthropology 33, no. 2 (2018): 213–223. It is part of a special issue on Indigenous Media Futures edited by Willi Lempert, with contributions from Kristin Dowell, Faye Ginsburg, Daniel Fisher, and […]
The Sq’éwlets: A Stó:lo-Coast Salish community in the Fraser River Valley project team is very honoured to have been awarded a Silver MUSE Award in the category of Online Presence by the American Alliance of Museums, Media and Technology. MUSE awards recognize outstanding achievement in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, and Museums (GLAM) media. The international Alliance Media & […]
Book Launch $5 Handshake: Art on Treaty 8 Territory Saturday, June 2, 3 – 5pm 101, 816 Alaska Avenue, Dawson Creek BC With music by Garry Oker and others. Artists and curators in attendance. $5 Handshake: Art on Treaty 8 Territory is the fourth title in SFU Galleries Critical Reader Series. A corollary to the 2017 […]
Congratulations to Rachel Ward, PhD Candidate in the MCL. She has been awarded a 2018-2019 National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) Fellowship. She will spend the year working with Small Data Industries in Brooklyn, New York on the project Something Old, Something New: Born-digital Artist’s Materials in the Archive and the Studio. Overview National Digital Stewardship Residency (NDSR) […]
Dr. Hannah Turner and the MCL hosted a workshop to discuss issues, challenges, and methods for 3D scanning in museums. Thanks to everyone who came out for the day!
JOIN US FOR OUR UPCOMING PANEL DISCUSSION EXPLORING THE IMPORTANCE OF REPATRIATING BELONGINGS AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES https://museumofvancouver.ca/repatriation Join us for our upcoming panel discussion exploring the changing perspectives in museum curatorial practices with respect to repatriation and Reconciliation. Moderated by Kate Hennessy (SFU), panelists Lucy Bell (RBCM), Sharon Fortney (MOV), Kwiaahwah Jones (Guest Haida […]
SFU News recently published a story about our video project at the Museum of Vancouver and the ‘Haida Now’ exhibition. Please check it out at https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2018/03/sfu-students_-videos-featured-in-museum-of-vancouvers-new-haida-.html