With Lea Kabiljo
This event marks the opening of The river that is not, an exhibition presenting a research project developed in collaboration with students from the visual arts program at the Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, Ecuador, and presented at COHDS from March 9 to April 20.
Developed as a short-term teaching intervention, the project introduced students to an oral history and photography methodology through fieldwork conducted in residential areas surrounding the contaminated waters of the Río Burro and Río Manta in Manta, Ecuador. Students worked with residents who shared personal accounts related to environmental conditions, urban infrastructure, and long-term lived experience in the area.
The exhibition brings together selected photographic works and interview excerpts from the students’ fieldwork, alongside documentation reflecting their experience of engaging with oral history and photography as a research methodology in a community context. The opening talk will focus on the pedagogical dimensions of the project, with particular attention to the challenges and possibilities of leading field-based work with students.
Project collaborators: Alisson Aguayo, Solange Arteaga, Cristina Basurto, Fernanda Candela, Dayton Cantos, Eduarda Caviedes, Vivian Cedeño, Rody Chiang, Josue Chinga, Joshian Defaz, Hanna Ferrin, Erick Loor, Casimiro Loor, Luís López, John Mera, Kayla Moreira, Jose Pin, Jean-Paul Plua, Emily Quiroz, Yaritza Rodriguez, Jose Sanchez, Brithanny Santana, Sulady Seme, Camily Torres, Pedro Villamil, Kiara Villegas, Nikole Zambrano and Damian Sinchi (instructor)
Lea Kabiljo is an assistant professor of art education at Université Laval and a multidisciplinary researcher working at the intersection of arts, education, and oral history. Her research focuses on integrating photography and oral history as a research-creation methodology and examining the pedagogical potential of this approach.
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LOCATION
In-person in LB-1019 (Sunroom) and LB-1042 (Media Lab), Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling (COHDS), Concordia University, 1400 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, J.W. McConnell Building (Library Building).
COHDS/ALLAB is located on unceded Kanien’kehá:ka territory, in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal.
