The Public Humanities Hub fosters and supports collaborative, public-facing research in the Humanities at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus.
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ALT Audra Simpson wearing a dark blazer, smiling, beside details of her talk at UBC in yellow and white text against red, blue, and black colour blocks. Partial abstract: "How has trauma has come to operate as a claim in the making of oneself? How is this element of one’s familial past been operationalized by now exposed “ethnic frauds” or so-called “pretendians”? What is the narrational and experiential raw material that constitutes a self that must be and therefore is settled and in this, defined definitively as a Native person?" Full details at link in tweet.
ALT Audra Simpson wearing a dark blazer, smiling, beside details of her talk at UBC in yellow and white text against red, blue, and black colour blocks. Partial abstract: "How has trauma has come to operate as a claim in the making of oneself? How is this element of one’s familial past been operationalized by now exposed “ethnic frauds” or so-called “pretendians”? What is the narrational and experiential raw material that constitutes a self that must be and therefore is settled and in this, defined definitively as a Native person?" Full details at link in tweet.
ALT Audra Simpson wearing a dark blazer, smiling, beside details of her talk at UBC in yellow and white text against red, blue, and black colour blocks. Partial abstract: "How has trauma has come to operate as a claim in the making of oneself? How is this element of one’s familial past been operationalized by now exposed “ethnic frauds” or so-called “pretendians”? What is the narrational and experiential raw material that constitutes a self that must be and therefore is settled and in this, defined definitively as a Native person?" Full details at link in tweet.
ALT Dr. Javier Arbona-Homar will give a talk, "after explosivity, what remains?" at UBC on Thursday, September 18, 2025, 4:30pm at xʷθəθiqətəm, UBC. A black-and-white photo of the speaker wearing glasses is beside white and yellow text against a black, red and blue colour-blocked background with event details. Partial abstract describes the speaker's " recent research directions—to present a growing body of work that examines deeply held assumptions about appearance and disappearance in landscapes. More than an academic book, Explosivity is “a vital guide to confronting the latent violence embedded in our environments,” according to artist and geographer Trevor Paglen." Full description is at the link in the tweet. Co-presented by UBC Public Humanities Hub and Department of Geography, as part of GEOG and Liu Lobby Gallery at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs' Atmospheric Apparitions symposium.
ALT Dr. Javier Arbona-Homar will give a talk, "after explosivity, what remains?" at UBC on Thursday, September 18, 2025, 4:30pm at xʷθəθiqətəm, UBC. A black-and-white photo of the speaker wearing glasses is beside white and yellow text against a black, red and blue colour-blocked background with event details. Partial abstract describes the speaker's " recent research directions—to present a growing body of work that examines deeply held assumptions about appearance and disappearance in landscapes. More than an academic book, Explosivity is “a vital guide to confronting the latent violence embedded in our environments,” according to artist and geographer Trevor Paglen." Full description is at the link in the tweet. Co-presented by UBC Public Humanities Hub and Department of Geography, as part of GEOG and Liu Lobby Gallery at the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs' Atmospheric Apparitions symposium.
ALT Course title "KxM Research to Impact Foundations Course" in dark blue text against a light blue background with decorative curved lines
ALT Illustration of three people presenting in front of a poster with charts and text, against a purple background with bold text: Arts Graduate Student Showcase on Digital and Computational Scholarship. Submit a proposal by March 17, 2025. Event takes place April 11, 2025 at 2PM. No entry to participate. Light refreshments provided.
ALT Course title "KxM Research to Impact Foundations Course" in dark blue text against a light blue background with decorative curved lines
ALT Illustration of three people presenting in front of a poster with charts and text, against a purple background with bold text: Arts Graduate Student Showcase on Digital and Computational Scholarship. Submit a proposal by March 17, 2025. Event takes place April 11, 2025 at 2PM. No entry to participate. Light refreshments provided.
ALT Speaker headshots and details are shown under the title of their panel, "Arts-Based Approaches to Public Engagement with Research", taking place Tuesday, March 11, 1:00 - 2:30PM online via Zoom. The speakers are Dr. George Belliveau, Dr. Amanda Claudia Wager, Dr. Christina Cook, and JS Valdez, and moderator Dr. Marika Kunnas. Short abstract: "Join us for this panel discussion to explore public-engaged arts-based research and its role in reimagining knowledge creation through applied theatre and dramaturgical methodologies." Full details at the tweeted link.
ALT Dr Alex Hanna wearing a blue and orange knotted head scarf and dangling green and white earrings, smiling, and Dr Beth Coleman resting her chin on her hand wearing a black top, smiling, beside details of their talk, "The Politics of Freedom: Generative AI, Race as Technology, and Postcolonial Computing" at UBC on March 6, 12:30 - 2pm. Partial bios: Dr. Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR). A sociologist by training, her work centers on the data used in new computational technologies, and the ways in which these data exacerbate racial, gender, and class inequality. Dr. Beth Coleman is Associate Professor of Data & Cities at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology (UTM) and the Faculty of Information, where she directs the City as Platform lab. Full details are at the tweeted link.
ALT Speaker headshots and details are shown under the title of their panel, "Arts-Based Approaches to Public Engagement with Research", taking place Tuesday, March 11, 1:00 - 2:30PM online via Zoom. The speakers are Dr. George Belliveau, Dr. Amanda Claudia Wager, Dr. Christina Cook, and JS Valdez, and moderator Dr. Marika Kunnas. Short abstract: "Join us for this panel discussion to explore public-engaged arts-based research and its role in reimagining knowledge creation through applied theatre and dramaturgical methodologies." Full details at the tweeted link.
ALT Dr Alex Hanna wearing a blue and orange knotted head scarf and dangling green and white earrings, smiling, and Dr Beth Coleman resting her chin on her hand wearing a black top, smiling, beside details of their talk, "The Politics of Freedom: Generative AI, Race as Technology, and Postcolonial Computing" at UBC on March 6, 12:30 - 2pm. Partial bios: Dr. Alex Hanna is Director of Research at the Distributed AI Research Institute (DAIR). A sociologist by training, her work centers on the data used in new computational technologies, and the ways in which these data exacerbate racial, gender, and class inequality. Dr. Beth Coleman is Associate Professor of Data & Cities at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology (UTM) and the Faculty of Information, where she directs the City as Platform lab. Full details are at the tweeted link.