Autoriser l'écriture
2022-06-06 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Québec
[Cet évènement fait partie d’une série de deux ateliers. En vous inscrivant, vous vous engagez à participer aux deux ateliers qui auront lieu le 6 et 7 juin de 17h00 à 19h00, 2022]
DESCRIPTION
Dans une série de deux ateliers, nous voulons tracer les contours de ce que permet l’écriture quand elle s’adosse à la mémoire puissante et faillible des récits d’autrui. En collaboration avec les artistes- chercheureuses, nous voulons explorer les difficiles enjeux de la création littéraire quand elle se propose comme stratégie pour reconstituer les liens, la scène du crime; pour proposer un parcours mémoriel, pour repriser les maillages d’un récit endommagé par les traumatismes passés et présents.
À ces fins, nous proposerons des réflexions en recherche-création s’appuyant sur les méthodes de l’histoire orale ainsi que sur des enjeux plus spécifiques concernant l’écriture, les positionnements de l’écrivaine, les subjectivités multiples, les appartenances et marginalités ainsi que les risques encourus par un tel travail.
Enfin, nous nous appuierons sur les potentialités et ressources de la poésie.
À PROPOS DES PRÉSENTATRICES
Stéphane Martelly est née à Port-au-Prince. Écrivaine, peintre et chercheure, elle poursuit une démarche réflexive sur la littérature haïtienne contemporaine, sur la création, sur les marginalités littéraires ainsi que sur les limites de l’interprétation. Elle est l’autrice d’un essai en recherche-création, Les jeux du dissemblable. Folie, marge et féminin en littérature haïtienne contemporaine (Nota bene, 2016). Ses plus récentes publications comprennent le recueil de poésie Inventaires et le livre-poème illustré L’enfant-Gazelle (Remue-ménage, 2018). Elle a fondé la collection MARTIALES aux Éditions du Remue-Ménage en 2020, consacrée à l’écriture des femmes noires. Stéphane Martelly est professeure en recherche-création et en littératures de la Caraïbe au Département des arts, langues et littératures de l’Université de Sherbrooke. Elle assume depuis 2021 la co-direction du groupe de recherche VersUS, laboratoire transculturel.
Autrice, éditrice et traductrice, Chloé Savoie-Bernard a, entre autres, publié Des femmes savantes (Triptyque, 2016), Sainte Chloé de l’amour (Hexagone, 2021) et dirigé le collectif Corps (Triptyque, 2018). À compter de l’automne 2022, elle occupera un poste de professeure de littérature à l’Université Queen’s.

DÉTAILS
En français
Avec Stephane Martelly et Chloé Savoie-Bernard
En personne
INSCRIPTION
Veuillez nous écrire à l’adresse cohds.chorn@concordia.ca pour vous inscrire. Votre inscription s’applique pour les deux ateliers.
Les participant·e·s devraient avoir une idée du sujet sur lequel elles·ils veulent écrire.
Tous nos événements sont gratuits et ouverts au public, mais l’inscription est obligatoire.
LIEU
Concordia UniversityLibrary Building, 10th Floor, Room LB-1019 (COHDS Sunroom)1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.Montreal, QC, Canada
PLUS D’INFORMATIONS
Si vous avez des questions, vous pouvez nous écrire à l’adresse cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

Care-Centred Approaches to Oral History-Informed Research Creation
2022-06-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Québec
DETAILS

In English, with interpretation into Spanish

REGISTRATION

Registration here: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/…/tZMrdumtqD0jHNb7dkHOK1Ry…

LOCATION

4TH SPACE, Concordia

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

DESCRIPTION

Care-Centred Approaches to Oral History-Informed Research Creation Jun 14, 10am-12pmIn English, with interpretation into Spanish

A collaborative exploration of the ethical challenges of research-creation processes informed by narratives of violence. With: Catherine Richardson, Director of First Peoples Studies Concordia; Marie Andrea Garcia, Dance Mouvement Therapist; Luis C Sotelo Director of Acts of Listening Lab.
In collaboration with 4TH SPACE Concordia University

COHDS/ALLAB are grateful to be able to offer our programming on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Cartographie sensible des récits
2022-09-29 12:00 - 14:30 | Québec
DETAILS

avec Élise Olmedo et Kevin Pinvidic. En français (avec Q&A en anglais et français).
en personne (RSVP), en ligne (zoom)

REGISTRATION

To attend in person, please send us an email at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca. To attend online, you can register on Zoom by clicking here. All of our events are free and open to all, but registration is required.

LOCATION

Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Concordia University Library Building, 10th Floor, Room LB-1019 (Sunroom)1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.Montreal, QC, Canada

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

avec Élise Olmedo et Kevin Pinvidic
Cet atelier est le 1er de la série Cartographier les récits : Méthodes, outils et pratiques alternatives
La cartographie sensible est une approche qui s’intéresse à la dimension subjective d’un récit. Cette approche, inspirée à l’origine par les pratiques artistiques, s’étend désormais à de nombreux domaines comme les sciences sociales, l’architecture, l’aménagement, l’éducation, l’activisme ou l’histoire orale. La cartographie sensible peut en effet permettre d’identifier et de révéler des aspects importants des récits comme les émotions associées à la mémoire et aux souvenirs. Une initiation à cette méthode sera proposée dans cet atelier au cours duquel une attention particulière sera portée au processus mise en carte de manière sensible. Elle sera suivie par une discussion (en français et en anglais).
COHDS/ALLAB are grateful to be able to offer our programming on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Would it be ethical not to share your own story?
2022-10-12 17:00 - 20:00 | Québec
DETAILS

In English
With Zeina Ismail-Allouche and Jad Orphée Chami
In person

REGISTRATION

To attend in person, please send us an email at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca. All of our events are free and open to all, but registration is required.

LOCATION

Acts of Listening Lab @ Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Concordia University Library Building, 10th Floor, Room LB-1042.02 (moon room)1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.Montreal, QC, Canada

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

DESCRIPTION

A performative participatory workshop to deconstruct the concept of shared authority in the Oral History Interview, with Zeina Ismail-Allouche and Jad Orphée Chami. In English.
This performative participatory workshop intends to unpack the tension revolving around the willingness/ readiness/preparedness of oral historians to share their own stories and the concept of shared authority within the interview space.
The workshop intends to offer a safe space to address essential questions about the deep connections tying Indigenous Methodologies and the call for self-positionality to the practice of oral history. A self-positioning performative narrative will prelude the workshop as a pathway to living the experience of telling one’s own story as a vivid introduction to the subject matter. The participants will be then invited to reflect, connect, and revisit critically shared authorities in the interview space.
Zeina Ismail-Allouche is a core member of the centre.
Jad Orphée Chami is a Lebanese-Canadian artist-researcher and composer, born in Beirut in 1998 and living in Montreal since 2015. He notably composed the original music for the film Antigone by Sophie Deraspe, which represented Canada at the 92nd Academy Awards and was nominated for best original music at the 22nd Gala Québec Cinéma. Through research-creation, he explores oral history as literal embodiment, separating the linguistic components of testimonies from the incarnated and bodily-bursting stories.
COHDS/ALLAB are grateful to be able to offer our programming on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Introduction to Audio Recording
2022-10-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Québec
DETAILS

In English
With Vitalyi Bulychev
In person

REGISTRATION

To attend in person, please send us an email at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca. All of our events are free and open to all, but registration is required.

LOCATION

Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Concordia University Library Building, 10th Floor, Room LB-1019 (Sunroom)1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.Montreal, QC, Canada

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

DESCRIPTION

with Vitalyi Bulychev
Best practice and basics of working with microphones and recorders.
Vitalyi Bulychev is the COHDS Lab Coordinator. He studied film production at Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal. Past projects include short films and video installations. Interests include information architecture, expanded cinema, interdisciplinarity, photography. Currently in pre-production for a documentary film focused on micro-histories/oral histories from a small village in Ukraine.

COHDS/ALLAB are grateful to be able to offer our programming on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

COHDS Annual General Assembly
2022-10-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Québec
DETAILS

In English and French
Keynote Oral histories of the dead: Studying immigration, settlement, community, and integration through one Jewish Cemetery, with Anna Sheftel.
In-person and Online

REGISTRATION

To attend in person, please send us an email at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca. To attend online, you can register on Zoom by clicking here. All of our events are free and open to all, but registration is required.

LOCATION

Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Concordia University Library Building, 10th Floor, Room LB-1019 (Sunroom)1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.Montreal, QC, Canada

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

DESCRIPTION

11:00-12:00 Keynote Oral histories of the dead: Studying immigration, settlement, community, and integration through one Jewish Cemetery, with Anna Sheftel. In English
12:05-13:05 AGA
13:05-14:00 Lunch provided at COHDS

COHDS/ALLAB are grateful to be able to offer our programming on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

uMap: A Free Open-Source Alternative to Google Mapto Map Stories
2022-10-28 12:00 - 14:00 | Québec
DETAILS

with Sepideh Shahamati, Léa PinskyDenieul, Yannick Baumann and the Parc-Ex Anti-EvictionMapping Group. In English (with Q&A in En andFr).
In person, Online

REGISTRATION

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To attend in person, please send us an email at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca. To attend online, you can register on Zoom by clicking here. All of our events are free and open to all, but registration is required.

LOCATION

Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Concordia University Library Building, 10th Floor, Room LB-1019 (Sunroom)1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.Montreal, QC, Canada

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If you have any questions, contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

DESCRIPTION

with Sepideh Shahamati, Léa Pinsky-Denieul, Yannick Baumann and the Parc-Ex Anti-Eviction Mapping Group
Cet atelier est le 2ème de la série Cartographier les récits : Méthodes, outils et pratiques alternatives
uMap is a free, open-source online mapping platform that builds on OpenStreetMap to enable anyone to easily publish web maps individually or collaboratively. In this workshop, we present the potential and limits of uMap based on our own experiences of deploying it in different mapping projects with a particular focus on Mapping Parc Extension (“Intangible heritage” project led by Sepideh Shahamati). This workshop will start with a brief presentation of this project and of the potential and limits of uMap for mapping stories, followed by a hands-on demonstration on how to set up a uMap project. This session will end with a Q&A session.
COHDS/ALLAB are grateful to be able to offer our programming on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Introduction à l’histoire orale (workshop cancelled)
2022-11-03 12:00 - 14:00 | Québec
DETAILS

avec Lea Kabiljo.
En français.
In person

REGISTRATION

To attend in person, please send us an email at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca. All of our events are free and open to all, but registration is required.

LOCATION

Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Concordia University Library Building, 10th Floor, Room LB-1019 (Sunroom)1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.Montreal, QC, Canada

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

DESCRIPTION

avec Lea Kabiljo.
Cet atelier de formation couvre les concepts fondamentaux de la méthodologie de l’histoire orale. On y aborde l’évolution de la discipline, son approche de l’entrevue, l’éthique de la recherche, et les diverses façons dont les chercheur·e·s en histoire orale diffusent leurs travaux auprès d’un vaste public. Le plus possible, le contenu sera adapté au niveau de connaissances et aux projets des participant·e·s. Cet atelier est fortement recommandé aux nouveaux et nouvelles affilié.e.s du CHORN, car il constitue une introduction à la méthodologie et aux principes développés et suivis par le Centre.
Lea Kabiljo est une candidate au doctorat dans le département d’éducation de l’art a l’université Concordia. Sa recherche s’intéresse à l’histoire orale, la photographie, les nouvelles technologies et l’empathie dans un contexte pédagogique. Sa pratique artistique combine l’histoire orale et la photographie, examinant la façon dont les interviews biographiques peuvent susciter des portraits. Elle est récipiendaire de la bourse d’étude Fond de recherche du Québec au niveau doctoral et de la bourse Concordia fellowship of Fine Arts. En 2019, elle a été nommé “Concordia’s Public Scholar’s”, une des dix candidat.e.s au doctorats les plus qualifié.e.s à travers les quatre facultés. Lea est aussi une professeur d’art au secondaire et une avide fan de voyages et de fromages.

COHDS/ALLAB are grateful to be able to offer our programming on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Atlascine : la carte comme outils de navigation dansles récits
2022-11-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Québec
DETAILS

avec Emory Shaw et Sébastien Caquard. En français.
En ligne

REGISTRATION

To attend online, you can register on Zoom by clicking here. All of our events are free and open to all, but registration is required.

LOCATION

Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Concordia University Library Building, 10th Floor, Room LB-1019 (Sunroom)1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.Montreal, QC, Canada

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

DESCRIPTION

avec Emory Shaw et Sébastien Caquard. En français.
Cet atelier est le 3ème de la série Cartographier les récits : Méthodes, outils et pratiques alternatives
Atlascine est une application en ligne gratuite et source ouverte développée pour cartographier des récits individuels ou des collections de récits (ex. Entretiens audio ou vidéos). Grâce à l’interaction intégrée entre les médias et les cartes, Atlascine propose de nouvelles façons de naviguer dans et entre les récits par l’intermédiaire des cartes. Au cours de cet atelier nous présenterons les capacités et les limites d’Atlascine pour cartographier les récits, puis nous ferons une démonstration des différentes étapes nécessaires à la réalisation de cartes avec Atlascine. Les participant.e.s seront alors invité.e.s à explorer un des atlas déjà réalisé avec cette application pour mieux comprendre son fonctionnement. La session se terminera par une session de Q & R.
COHDS/ALLAB are grateful to be able to offer our programming on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Introduction to Oral History Workshop
2022-11-15 12:00 - 14:00 | Québec
DETAILS

In English
With Piyusha Chatterjee
In person (RSVP)

REGISTRATION

To attend in person, please send us an email at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca. All of our events are free and open to all, but registration is required.

LOCATION

Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Concordia University Library Building, 10th Floor, Room LB-1019 (Sunroom)1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.Montreal, QC, Canada

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

DESCRIPTION

with Piyusha Chatterjee
This workshop will provide you with some of the fundamentals in the interdisciplinary field of oral history. Participants will learn about an oral history approach to interviewing, ethics in research, and the many ways that oral histories are shared with the public. This workshop is strongly recommended to all new affiliates, as it is intended to present the methodology and ethics followed by our Centre.
Piyusha Chatterjee is an oral historian and an interdisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of history, geography and media studies. Her doctoral research is based on an oral history project with street musicians and performers in Montreal. It examines the place of busking within the political economy of the city and explores Montreal’s history, urban space and economy from their perspective. She has worked on several oral history-based projects in both India and Canada, and has experience in conducting interviews with diverse groups of people and in a variety of contexts.
COHDS/ALLAB are grateful to be able to offer our programming on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Reflecting on the Practices of Mapping Stories
2022-11-23 12:00 - 13:30 | Québec
DETAILS

with José Alavez, Sarah Bengle, Sébastien Caquard, Élise Olmedo, Léa Pinsky-Denieul, Emory Shaw, Sepideh Shahamati. In English (with Q&A in English and French).

In person (RSVP), online (Zoom)

REGISTRATION

To attend in person, please send us an email at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca. To attend online, you can register on Zoom by clicking here. All of our events are free and open to all, but registration is required.

LOCATION

Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling Concordia University Library Building, 10th Floor, Room LB-1019 (Sunroom)1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W.Montreal, QC, Canada

MORE INFORMATION

If you have any questions, contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

DESCRIPTION

with José Alavez, Sarah Bengle, Sébastien Caquard, Élise Olmedo, Léa Pinsky-Denieul, Emory Shaw, Sepideh Shahamati. In English (with Q&A in En and Fr).
Cet atelier est le 4ème et dernier de la série Cartographier les récits : Méthodes, outils et pratiques alternatives
This is the fourth and final session of the series of workshops on “Mapping Stories: Alternative Methods, Tools and Practices” organized by the Geomedia Lab at the Center for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS-CHORN) of Concordia University. This roundtable will be inspired by the conversations and exchanges that will have taken place during the previous three mapping workshops (see Fall 2022 programming for more details). It is meant to expand our thinking about mapping stories. It will begin with a synthesis of the ethical, technological, methodological and conceptual questions raised during the workshops, before discussing intersections, complementarities and limits of each of the mapping methods/tools presented. Participants will then be invited to share ideas, experiences and personal reflections related to any aspects of the mapping of stories, particularly in an oral history context.
COHDS/ALLAB are grateful to be able to offer our programming on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Introduction à l’histoire orale (annulé)
2023-01-19 12:00 - 14:00 | LB-1019 (sunroom), COHDS
Avec Eliot Perrin
En français
Cet atelier de formation couvre les concepts fondamentaux de la méthodologie de l’histoire orale. On y aborde l’évolution de la discipline, son approche de l’entrevue, l’éthique de la recherche, et les diverses façons dont les chercheur·e·s en histoire orale diffusent leurs travaux auprès d’un vaste public. Le plus possible, le contenu sera adapté au niveau de connaissances et aux projets des participant·e·s. Cet atelier est fortement recommandé aux nouveaux et nouvelles affilié.e.s du CHORN, car il constitue une introduction à la méthodologie et aux principes développés et suivis par le Centre.
Eliot Perrin is a PhD student in History and the COHDS Archives Coordinator. His PhD thesis, “Flour Mill se fane?: Deindustrialization and Urban Renewal in Sudbury’s Francophone Quarter” explores the twin impacts of these processes on Franco-Ontarian identity and the community’s response to socio-economic changes to the region.
INSCRIVEZ-VOUS
En personne (limite de 20 personnes). RSVP à cohds.chorn@concordia.ca. Pour participer en ligne, enregistrez-vous ici. Tous nos événements sont gratuits et ouverts au public, mais l’inscription est obligatoire !
PLUS D’INFORMATIONS
Pour plus d’informations sur un événement spécifique, veuillez visiter notre site Web et notre page Facebook plus proches de la date : storytelling.concordia.ca/fr/ | www.concordia.ca/allab. Nous mettrons à jour ces pages dès que nous aurons les détails nous-mêmes!
COHDS / ALLAB sont reconnaissants de pouvoir offrir cette programmation sur le territoire non cédé de Kanien’kehá:ka, à Tiohtiá: ke / Montréal.

Introduction to Oral History
2023-02-07 13:00 - 15:00 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
Photo caption: Day planners documenting garment worker Cornelia Caruso’s daily piece work rates, ca. 1967. Photo by Lauren Laframboise

with Lauren Laframboise
English
This workshop will provide you with some of the fundamentals in the interdisciplinary field of oral history. Participants will learn about an oral history approach to interviewing, ethics in research, and the many ways that oral histories are shared with the public. This workshop is strongly recommended to all new affiliates, as it is intended to present the methodology and ethics followed by our Centre.
Lauren Laframboise is a PhD student at the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling in the Department of History at Concordia University. Her research explores the impacts of deindustrialization in the apparel industry in Montréal and New York City. In 2021, Lauren completed her MA in History at Concordia, and from 2020-2022 she was the Associate Director of Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time. She has worked on a variety of public history projects, including museum exhibitions, online oral history platforms, documentary film and radio, and walking tours.
REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
In person (20 people; RSVP at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca), LB 1019 (Sunroom), COHDS
To attend online, register here.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about a specific event, please visit our website and Facebook pages closer to the date: storytelling.concordia.ca | www.concordia.ca/allab. We will update these pages as soon as we have the details ourselves!
COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Roundtable: Revisiting COHDS Ethics
2023-02-15 10:00 - 11:30 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
with Anna Sheftel, Aude Maltais-Landry, Catherine Richardson, Indira Chowdhury, Monica Toca and Steven High
moderated by Eliot Perrin
English and French
In the past year, we have received a series of inquiries related to ethics and consent that we think could offer a good opportunity to revisit COHDS’ ethics principles and practices to remain in phase with the needs of our affiliates, of our community partners and of the society at large.
In this context, we would like to mobilize COHDS community to reflect on these evolving ethical principles and practices. As a starting point we have identified a few questions that might help stimulating this conversation:
The signed consent form requirement aims to protect participants, but sometimes act as barriers for marginalized individuals who might not have the academic culture or the required level of literacy to fully understand them. Does insisting on a written, and sometimes complex, consent form undermine our efforts to achieve “shared authority”? What measures can we adopt to acknowledge that academic culture, literacy (and language spoken) varies throughout all communities? How can we move forward on this issue while still maintaining our strong ethical foundation? What protections can we put in place so that participants’ wishes can be respected and maintained over time?
What does “shared authority” mean in the context of emancipatory social movements and anti-colonial struggles? What does it mean to decolonize our ethics protocols and our archives? What do indigenous communities and other cultural groups expect from the archive in terms of ownership, control, access, and sharing of their stories?
To address these questions, we would like to organize a round table and/or a workshop during the year 2022/2023 with the aim of updating and amending COHDS’ statement and principles on ethics. We welcome any suggestions from our affiliates, that might contribute to a collective discussion around these issues.
REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
In person (20 people; RSVP at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca), LB 1019 (Sunroom), COHDS
To attend online, register here.
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about a specific event, please visit our website and Facebook pages closer to the date: storytelling.concordia.ca | www.concordia.ca/allab. We will update these pages as soon as we have the details ourselves!
COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Emotions in Oral History
2023-02-21 12:00 - 14:00 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
with Nadia Hausfather, Ioana Radu, Elise Olmedo and Piyusha Chatterjee
English (Q&A in En/Fr)
Oral history interviews are dialogic conversations between two (and sometimes more) people. Just as looking back and reflecting on one’s past can be an emotional experience, interactions between people also have an affective dimension. How do we attend to our emotions and that of others in oral history research— during interviews and in analysis? This workshop will encourage thinking through emotions as an important part of doing oral history research.
Nadia Hausfather’s work examines the emotional tenor of student activism around the 2012 students’ strike; Ioana Radu’s oral history project with Chisasibi Eeyou attends to emotional wellbeing of communities as an important part of healing and decolonisation; Elise Olmedo has been working on alternative ways of mapping that allow emotions, sensations and affective dimensions of stories to be mapped; and Piyusha Chatterjee’s interviews with buskers brings up emotions and embodied feelings related to urban space that convey marginalisation and displacement in a post-industrial city.
REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
In person (20 people; RSVP at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca), LB 1019 (Sunroom), COHDS
To attend online, register here
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about a specific event, please visit our website and Facebook pages closer to the date: storytelling.concordia.ca | www.concordia.ca/allab. We will update these pages as soon as we have the details ourselves!
COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Introduction to Audio Recording
2023-03-08 13:00 - 15:00 | LB 1042.03 (Moonroom), 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
with Vitalyi Bulychev
English
Best practice and basics of working with microphones and recorders.
Vitalyi Bulychev is the COHDS Lab Coordinator. He studied film production at Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal. Past projects include short films and video installations. Interests include information architecture, expanded cinema, interdisciplinarity, photography. Currently in pre-production for a documentary film focused on micro-histories/oral histories from a small village in Ukraine.
In person (20 people; RSVP at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca), LB 1042.03 (Moonroom), ALLab @ COHDS
REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
In person (20 people; RSVP at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca), LB 1042.03 (Moonroom), ALLab @ COHDS

MORE INFORMATION
For more information about a specific event, please visit our website and Facebook pages closer to the date: storytelling.concordia.ca | www.concordia.ca/allab. We will update these pages as soon as we have the details ourselves!
COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Camera Basics
2023-03-15 13:00 - 15:00 | LB 1042.03 (Moonroom), 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
with Vitalyi Bulychev
English
This is a comprehensive workshop aimed at introducing affiliates to the new camera equipment at COHDS and providing the basic know-how to use them.
Vitalyi Bulychev is the COHDS Lab Coordinator. He studied film production at Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal. Past projects include short films and video installations. Interests include information architecture, expanded cinema, interdisciplinarity, photography. Currently in pre-production for a documentary film focused on micro-histories/oral histories from a small village in Ukraine.
REGISTRATION
In person, LB 1042.03, ALLab @ COHDS. Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
MORE INFORMATION
For more information about a specific event, please visit our website and Facebook pages closer to the date: storytelling.concordia.ca | www.concordia.ca/allab. We will update these pages as soon as we have the details ourselves!
COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Archiving Oral History
2023-03-16 12:00 - 14:00 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
with Eliot Perrin
English (Q&A in En/Fr)
An introduction to the principles and best practices of archiving oral history. This workshop will provide an overview of the archiving standards at COHDS as well as provide help with regards to preparing your collection for donations.
Eliot Perrin is a PhD student in History and the COHDS Archives Coordinator. His PhD thesis, “Flour Mill se fane?: Deindustrialization and Urban Renewal in Sudbury’s Francophone Quarter” explores the twin impacts of these processes on Franco-Ontarian identity and the community’s response to socio-economic changes to the region.
REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
In person (20 people; RSVP at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca), LB 1019 (Sunroom), COHDS
For attending online, register here.

MORE INFORMATION
For more information about a specific event, please visit our website and Facebook pages closer to the date: storytelling.concordia.ca | www.concordia.ca/allab. We will update these pages as soon as we have the details ourselves!
COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

10th Emerging Scholars’ Symposium Oral History, Digital Storytelling, and Creative Practice
2023-03-23 - 2023-03-24 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
In English and French
Every year, the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling at Concordia University offers students and emerging scholars an opportunity to present their work at any stage, to exchange ideas, and to connect with other researchers and creators. The title and main theme of this year’s symposium is Storytelling and Intergenerational Memory. The call for papers is now closed. Read this year’s call for proposals here.
See the full program here.
To know more about the keynote presentation “From encounter to collaboration: a conversation with Zeina Allouche and Emanuelle Dufour”, click here.

Zoom links
March 23/ COHDS sunroom
March 23/ ALLab
March 24/ COHDS sunroom
March 24/ ALLab

Schedule
March 23 (9h00 – 17h30)
8h30 – 9h00 Coffee and Registration
9h00 – 9h05 Welcome Note
9h05 – 9h25 Ceremonial Opening
9h25 – 9h30 Announcements
9h30 – 10h45 Concurrent Session:
1. Place, Space, Memory (ALLab)
2. Intergenerational Memory and Diaspora (Sunroom)
10h45 – 11h00 Coffee break
11h00 – 12h15 Concurrent Session:
3. Family Histories (ALLab)
4. Oral History and Contested Legacies (Sunroom)
12h15 – 12h30 Award for Excellence in Oral History
12h30 – 13h30 Lunch
13h30 – 14h30 Keynote Presentation
14h30 – 14h45 Coffee break
14h45 – 16h00 Concurrent Session:
5. Building Community (ALLab)
6. Stories from the Archive (Sunroom)
16h00 – 16h15 Break
16h15 – 17h15 Raconte-moi Riopelle: Propositions for research-creation
17h15 – 17h30 Closing Remarks
March 24 (9h00 – 13h00)
8h55 – 9h00 Announcements
9h00 – 10h15 Concurrent Session:
7. Migration and Memory (Sunroom)
8. Sound, Image, and Story (ALLab)
10h15 – 10h30 Coffee break
10h30 – 12h00 Workshop: A morning of reflection
12h00-12h15 Closing remarks
12h00 Lunch

REGISTRATION
Registration for this year’s symposium is now closed. For online attendance you can follow the links on the schedule above or on the draft of the program.
MORE INFORMATION

For more information about a specific event, please visit our website and Facebook pages closer to the date: storytelling.concordia.ca | www.concordia.ca/allab. We will update these pages as soon as we have the details ourselves!
COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Mapping Memory - Atlases of Rwandan Life Stories
2023-04-28 - 2023-05-18 | Concordia University LB-1042 (COHDS), 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd O, Montreal
From April 28 to may 18, COHDS and the ALLab will host the exhibition “Mapping Memory – Atlases of Rwandan Life Stories“. This exhibition offers an immersion into the world of memory maps. Through the mapping of 21 life stories of Rwandan individuals who left their country of origin to come to Canada, this exhibition transports us from Kigali to Montreal via Bujumbura, Bukavu, Louvain and Ottawa. More than a geographical journey, these original maps invite us to take a moment to listen to these rich and inspiring stories of childhood, family, friendship, exile, genocide and resistance.
Entry is free.
Schedule:
Monday to Friday: 16:00-19:00
Saturday: 11:00-17:00 (Sunday closed)

Programming:

6 mai (14H00-16H00) : Visite personnelle de l’exposition “Cartographies de la mémoire” – En Français
Marie-Josée Gicali

9 mai 2023 (17H00-19H00) : L’exposition “Cartographies de la mémoire” – Dialogues entre les mondes communautaires et universitaires – En Français
Emmanuelle Kayiganwa, Élise Olmedo et Sébastien Caquard

15 mai 2023 (11H00-12H00 EDT) : Virtual tour of the exhibition “Mapping Memories” (conférence hybride) – In English
Sébastien Caquard and Élise Olmedo. Register here

17 mai 2023 (10H00-11H00 EDT) : “Cartographies de la mémoire”, une exposition itinérante de Montréal à Bordeaux (conférence hybride) – En français
Sandra Gasana, Élise Olmedo et Sébastien Caquard. Register here

Location:
Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS) and ALLab Concordia University – Library Building- 10th floor – Room LB-1042
1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W
Métro Guy-Concordia
This exhibition is being held on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory.

Introduction to Documentary Cinematography for Interviews
2023-09-20 13:00 - 15:00 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
with Magdalena Hutter
In this workshop we’ll take a look at documentary cinematography and its role in capturing interviews. What are some responsible strategies for filming material that will be edited, both when working with video interviews and with audio only? What are the basics of setting up a shot for an interview, considering composition, lighting, and surroundings? What are sight lines and why do they matter?
We’ll analyze some short examples from my own documentary and research-creation practice, discuss approaches to and questions about filming interviews, and try out composing a shot sequence for an interview by using our phones.

Magdalena Hutter is a documentary filmmaker, cinematographer, and photographer. As a HUMA PhD candidate she uses documentary film and movement for research-creation in her project on Fat ScreenDance.
REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
To attend online, register here.
In-person/online (Max 12 people in-person), LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS
Please note: We kindly request that all workshop participants wear a facemask (Free masks will be provided on site). If you should be feeling unwell, we invite you to join this workshop remotely rather than in person (so that we can keep each other safe).

COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Annual General Assembly
2023-09-22 11:00 - 14:30 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
Keynote: Dr. Stacey Zembrzycki , “Chasing Cancer in Canada’s Nickel Capital” In 2014, Stacey Zembrzycki began to conduct interviews with Sudburians who have long resided in Canada’s nickel capital. Interested in the connections between mining, environmental harm, and health, she did not realize how much cancer would come to dominate those conversations. Both within and beyond these exchanges, she found herself immersed in a sort of historical epidemiology, which sought to isolate patterns and routes of exposure so that she could understand the stories shared with her.

Drawing on one interview she conducted with a long-time resident of Copper Cliff, Mary Giardini Blair, this paper demonstrates how life stories can offer a window into some of the larger forces that shape people’s understandings of the interconnections between environmental toxins and health. Building on this narrative, the paper speaks to the potential oral history holds for not only understanding individual and community health, but also opening up possibilities for interdisciplinary research about bodies and the diseases that wreak havoc on them.

Chasing cancer is long-haul work that requires deep listening in the interview space, a deep understanding of place, and a deep commitment to building and sustaining relationships. Viewing our craft through this lens is the only way that bodies may be given the time and space needed to tell their own stories.

Stacey Zembrzycki is an award-winning oral and public historian of ethnic, immigrant, and refugee experience. Her current SSHRC-funded project, Mining Immigrant Bodies, uses oral history to explore the connections between mining, health, and the environment and their impact on postwar immigrant communities in Sudbury, Canada.

SCHEDULE:

11h00 – 12h00

Keynote Speaker

12h00 – 13h00

Lunch

13h00-14h30

Annual General Assembly

– Electing

– Reporting

– Envisioning

REGISTRATION:

Register to attend in-person
Register to attend online

For any questions regarding this event, please contact us at cohds.chorn@concordia.ca.

In-person/online (60 people in-person), LB 1019 (Sunroom), COHDS – English

COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Introduction to Oral History - Part 1
2023-09-28 14:00 - 16:00 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
with Lauren Laframboise and Kelann Currie-Williams
English
This workshop will provide you with some of the fundamentals in the interdisciplinary field of oral history. Participants will learn about an oral history approach to interviewing, ethics in research, and the many ways that oral histories are shared with the public. This workshop is strongly recommended to all new affiliates, as it is intended to present the methodology and ethics followed by our Centre.

Lauren Laframboise is a PhD student in History at Concordia and a Student Representative on the COHDS Administrative Board. Her research explores the impacts of deindustrialization in the apparel industry in Montréal and New York City. In 2021, Lauren completed her MA in History at Concordia, and from 2020-2022 she was the Associate Director of Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DéPOT). She has worked on a variety of public history projects exploring labour and immigration history, including museum exhibitions, online oral history platforms, walking tours, and documentary film and radio. She is also a member of the Concordia Research and Education Workers’ Union (CREW–CSN) Organizing Council and Co-convener of their Feminist Workplace Committee.
Kelann Currie-Williams (she/they) is an oral historian, photo-based artist, and writer based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Kelann is currently a PhD student in the Humanities Interdisciplinary Program (HUMA) where their doctoral project focuses on the varied image-making and photographic image preservation practices taken up by Black Canadians during the late 19th to late 20th century, as well as the presence of these photographs within personal, community, and institutional photographic archives. Her critical work has appeared in Urban History Review, the Canadian Journal of History, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, and in Philosophy of Photography.

REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
To attend online, register here.
In-person (Max 25 people) @ LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS

COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

(Pre)Creation Processes: Milo Rau's Tribunals, Political Actions, and Prefigurative Performance
2023-10-05 16:30 - 17:30 | LB 1042.03 (Moonroom), 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
Presented by Lily Climenhaga, PhD
This talk will primarily explore two lines of work within Swiss-German political theatre director Milo Rau’s multifaceted oeuvre: (1) his political action performances exemplified by projects like The Congo Tribunal and The Revolt of Dignity (2019), and (2) site specific adaptations of classic texts exemplified by The Trilogy of Ancient Myths (Orestes in Mosul (2019), The New Gospel (2020), Antigone in the Amazons (2023)).
Over the past fifteen years, Rau and his production company, the International Institute of Political Murder or IIPM, has won international attention for his transnational, politically engaged, documentary-inspired theatre. With his appointment as artistic director of the Belgian city-theatre NTGent in 2018, Rau showed increased interest in what he refers to as “conflict zones”, building on an existing interest in the impact of neoliberal economic policy on the Global South first marked by The Congo Tribunal (2015/17).
This talk will look at Rau’s onsite, ethnographic, research-based approach as it searches for solutions fostered by the creation of what the director calls “practical networks of solidarity” between local and international partners, allying – for better or for worse – the grassroots with the global.

Lily Climenhaga wrote the dissertation (Re)Creation Processes: Milo Rau and the International Institute of Political Murder in a joint degree between the University of Alberta and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität and the co-editor of Theater’s special 2021 edition on Milo Rau. Lily is currently undertaking the FWO-funded postdoctoral project “Institutionalized Resistance: Milo Rau’s NTGent Period” at Universiteit Gent. Lily is a dramaturg, editor, blogger (https://lostdramaturgininternational.wordpress.com), critic, translator, and occasional stage manager.

Introduction to Oral History - Part 2
2023-10-19 14:00 - 16:00 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
with Kelann Currie-Williams and Lauren Laframboise
English
This workshop will provide you with some of the fundamentals in the interdisciplinary field of oral history. Participants will learn about an oral history approach to interviewing, ethics in research, and the many ways that oral histories are shared with the public. This workshop is strongly recommended to all new affiliates, as it is intended to present the methodology and ethics followed by our Centre.

Lauren Laframboise is a PhD student in History at Concordia and a Student Representative on the COHDS Administrative Board. Her research explores the impacts of deindustrialization in the apparel industry in Montréal and New York City. In 2021, Lauren completed her MA in History at Concordia, and from 2020-2022 she was the Associate Director of Deindustrialization and the Politics of Our Time (DéPOT). She has worked on a variety of public history projects exploring labour and immigration history, including museum exhibitions, online oral history platforms, walking tours, and documentary film and radio. She is also a member of the Concordia Research and Education Workers’ Union (CREW–CSN) Organizing Council and Co-convener of their Feminist Workplace Committee.
Kelann Currie-Williams (she/they) is an oral historian, photo-based artist, and writer based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Kelann is currently a PhD student in the Humanities Interdisciplinary Program (HUMA) where their doctoral project focuses on the varied image-making and photographic image preservation practices taken up by Black Canadians during the late 19th to late 20th century, as well as the presence of these photographs within personal, community, and institutional photographic archives. Her critical work has appeared in Urban History Review, the Canadian Journal of History, Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, and in Philosophy of Photography.
REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
To attend online, register here.
In-person, LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS

Moving-with Anastasis Corporal, a path to implicated witnessing
2023-10-19 17:30 - 19:00 | Online
Sarah Ashford Hart will present her contribution to the special issue Oral History Performance, Listening and Transitional Justice (RiDe, Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance, Vol. 28, Issue 1, 2023), which was co-edited by Luis Carlos Sotelo Castro (the Acts of Listening Lab’s director) and Toni Shapiro-Phim (Brandeis University). With her presentation, this special issue will be launched. All other contributors are invited to attend, meet, exchange ideas, and celebrate. Sarah’s article thinks through a practice-as-research exploration of facilitating active listening to the testimonies of female victims/survivors in Colombia, bridging a theoretical gap between applied theatre and performance studies by extending the understanding of theatre’s impact in transitional justice contexts beyond visibility to an affective register.

Sarah Ashford Hart  is an applied theatre facilitator/scholar from a Canadian-Venezuelan-American background. Her PhD dissertation analyses affective approaches to facilitating expression/witnessing within Latin American contexts of displacement, enclosure and violence. She is currently an adjunct instructor in the Department of Performing Arts at the Pontifical Javeriana University (Bogotá).

REGISTRATION
Online, to attend register here.
For inquiries regarding this event please contact Acts of Listening Lab

COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Book Launch: Small Stories of War: Children, Youth and Conflict in Canada and Beyond (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2023)
2023-10-27 15:00 - 17:00 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
With Barbara Lorenzkowski, Kristine Alexander, and Andrew Burtch
English
Many believed the twentieth century would be the century of the child: an era in which modern societies would value and protect children, sheltering them from violence and poverty. Yet this hopeful vision was marred by the harsh realities of migration, displacement, and armed conflict.
Small Stories of War grapples with the meanings and memories of childhood and wartime by asking new questions about lived experience. Spanning the First World War to the early twenty-first century and featuring chapters about Canada, Australia, Germany, the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and northern Uganda, this volume asks how young people encountered and responded to armed conflict. How did children, youth, and their families make sense of war in the violent twentieth century? How have they shared their stories and experiences of violence and trauma? Analyzing a broad range of sources including family letters, oral history, and children’s artwork, contributors offer important insights into the production of historical knowledge with and about young people.
You are cordially invited to join the editors and contributors of this collection in the launch of this collection.

Barbara Lorenzkowski is the Lead Co-Director of COHDS and Associate Professor and Associate Chair of History at Concordia University.
Kristine Alexander is Canada Research Chair in Child and Youth Studies and Associate Professor of History at the University of Lethbridge.
Andrew Burtch is the post-1945 historian at the Canadian War Museum and Adjunct Research Professor in Carleton University’s History Department.
REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
To attend online, register here.
In-person and online; LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS

Where Literature and Oral History Meet | Quand la littérature rencontre l'histoire orale
2023-11-01 12:00 - 14:00 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
English/Français
A Discussion With Professor Ceri Morgan & Copanelists
In this roundtable discussion, Ceri Morgan, writer and professor of Place Writing and Geohumanities (Keele University, UK) and co-panelists explore the connections between literature and oral history. Stories, poems, essays, and literary audio walks that sample oral history interviews uncover the layered histories of landscapes and the diverse experiences of marginalized people. They do so while showcasing the poetic potential of everyday speech. Oral history can also leverage the interview to highlight the unseen labour that goes into literary production: proofreading, translation, event organizing, etc. How does oral history diversify and democratize literature, and how does literary practice poeticize oral history?

Une discussion avec la professeure Ceri Morgan & panélistes
Lors de cette table ronde, un groupe de panélistes se joint à la professeure Ceri Morgan de l’Université Keele au Royaume-Uni, spécialisée en géo-humanité et en écriture des lieux. Ensemble, nous allons explorer les liens entre la littérature et l’histoire orale. Les récits, les poèmes, les essais et les balades audio littéraires qui échantillonnent les voix des entretiens nous permettent d’accéder à la complexité de l’histoire d’un paysage et aux voix diverses des personnes marginalisées, tout en mettant en valeur l’aspect poétique de la parole quotidienne. L’histoire orale peut également mettre en lumière le travail invisible qui accompagne la production littéraire : relecture, traduction, organisation d’événements, etc. Comment l’histoire orale diversifie-t-elle et démocratise-t-elle la littérature, et comment la pratique littéraire poétise-t-elle l’histoire orale ?

REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
To attend online, register here.
In-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS

COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Camera Basics
2023-11-08 13:00 - 15:00 | LB 1042.03 (Moonroom), 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
with Vitalyi Bulychev
English
This workshop aims to introduce oral historians to the basics of camera work. While familiarizing ourselves with the equipment and what it has to offer, we will explore how to set up the cameras for interviews and what to consider while breaking down other best practices to ensure quality recordings.

Vitalyi Bulychev is the COHDS Lab Coordinator. He studied film production at Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University, Montreal. Past projects include short films and video installations. Interests include information architecture, expanded cinema, interdisciplinarity, photography. Currently in pre-production for a documentary film focused on micro-histories/oral histories from a small village in Ukraine.

REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
In-person, LB 1042.03 (Moonroom)

COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.

Vernissage: “Covid in the House of Old” | Opening Talk: “Storytelling for a Revolution”
2023-11-14 17:00 - 20:00 | LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Québec, Canada
With Megan Davies & Others
In January 2022, historian Megan Davies launched the exhibition “Covid in the House of Old.” At the heart of the exhibition – hosted at COHDS and the Acts of Listening Lab this November 14-24 – sit nine storytelling chairs.
As curator Megan Davies notes, “three of the chairs represent residents who died in care homes, one is held by a support worker who was a nurse in Uganda; another by a resident who left the institution; and the sixth belongs to a woman from the Squamish First Nation in BC who endured a long isolation.” The seventh chair represents an entire facility – the Wikwemikong Nursing Home on Manitoulin Island in Northern Ontario – capturing the voices of both staff and residents. Two new chairs have been created as part of the 2023 tour – Kayley’s Chair is held by a young woman who spent nine years in a care home as a teenager and young adult, while the Rainbow chair tells the often-difficult story of 2slgBTQ seniors in residential facilities.

You are cordially invited to join us for Megan’s opening talk “Covid in the House of Old: Storytelling for a Revolution” (17h00-18h00), followed by a vernissage (18h00-20h00).

REGISTRATION
Please note that all of our events are free and open to all, but you need to register! To register, contact us at: cohds.chorn@concordia.ca
To attend online, register here.
In-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom), COHDS

COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
