Latest Past Events

Summer Institute: Oral History & Creative Practice (for credit)

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal

May 12-26, 2025 Open to university students (for credit course) and community members Call for applications COHDS Summer Institute 2025 Storytelling, as both an art and a practice, occupies a central role in many cultures. The evocative power of oral history has made a major impact in the worlds of public history, museum/curatorial practice, and […]

The Metabolism of Silence- Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming

LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal

Description by Eve Garnier and Jacynthe Desjardins In a movement-based workshop, we propose an exploration of relational possibilities and their bodily expression, anchored in silence(s). Here, silence is not a rupture but a dynamic space of exchange between individuals sharing the same space-time. The connection between narrator and audience is a key part of any […]

Attuning to Spectralities: Senses, Whispers, and Other Connective Membranes – Bodies Carrying Exhibit Programming

Photo: Milena Rodriguez Description by Esteban Donoso and Shalon T. Webber-Heffernan This workshop offers an immersive, collaborative space for scholars, performers, visual artists, and curators to engage with embodied practices that attune to spectral presences. By experimenting with spectrality as a connective tissue that links us to ancestral pasts, we will explore expanded modes of […]