Opening Plenary and Reception: Listening in the Age of Polycrisis
Hosted at the MEM — Centre des Mémoires Montréalaises, 1210 Saint-Laurent Boulevard (Nearest metro station: St. Laurent Metro Station)
Sponsored by the Centre de recherche interdisciplinairesur la diversité et la démocratie (CRIDAQ)
A conversation about listening in an age of polycrisis, as several crises (economic, ecological, geopolitical, etc.) occur, amplify, and interact with each other on a global scale. Rooted in oral history methodologies that focus on solidarity, decolonization, and de-centring the human, Crystal Mun-hye Baik, Elder John Sawyer, Katrina Srigley, and Leyla Neyzi reflect on listening as a political act for community-building and a counterpoint to dynamics of violence, polarization, and alienation.
The Kitchen Table Collective (KTC) is an online network, founded by Anna Sheftel and Stacey Zembrzycki, whose members include leading scholars, artists, activists, and independent practitioners from around the world. Since 2023, the group has met virtually eight times a year to discuss members’ work, developments in the field of oral history, and how we are collectively navigating the politics of our institutions, communities, and everyday lives. We are pleased to now open up this generative space to COHDS community members, by inviting you to attend the collective’s first in-person meeting: “Listening in the Age of Polycrisis.” This symposium asks how oral historians ought to adapt to the shifting realities and crises of our current moment to not just strengthen the field, but think through what our work may offer our troubled world.
Please join us for the symposium’s opening plenary at the Centre des mémoires montréalaises (MEM) on Thursday, June 11 and a full day of talks and workshops at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling on Friday, June 12, all of which will focus on what it means to listen right now.
We ask that you register at the links below if you are interested in attending; you can also find these links in the complete program. Feel free to circulate these events within your networks too!
REGISTRATION
Register now with this link
Please note that all our events are free and open to all, but registration is mandatory. For any questions, please contact cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
LOCATION
Please note that the symposium’s opening plenary and reception are hosted at the MEM — Centre des Mémoires Montréalaises, 1210 Saint-Laurent Boulevard (Nearest metro station: St. Laurent Metro Station)
