15TH ANNUAL STUDENT GRADUATE CONFERENCE GRADUATE STUDENT ANNUAL 15TH PRESENTS STUDENTASSOCIATION GRADUATE CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION YORK-RYERSON [march 11+12,[march 2016] re: turns intersections /cross-sections re: turnsculture, politics and policy, and technology in practice. Intersections | Cross-Sections (IS|CS) is a yearly conference and art exhibition organized by graduate students in the Joint This commitment allows us to explore the possibilities of Communication and Culture program of Ryerson and York interdisciplinary research, inclusivity, and the development Universities. The conference carries a ffteen year legacy of graduate students and artists in their respective pursuits. of showcasing graduate work from across North America. In collaboration with the program’s Graduate Students’ // CONFERENCE THEME Association and senior academics and administrators, the conference has helped foster intellectual exchanges between The event is guided by the theme of Re: Turns, a double undergraduate and graduate students, faculty members, concept that explores the signifcance of philosophical and exhibited artworks from artists. In its association with turns within academia as well as the artistic importance of Communication & Culture, the event adopts the philosophy departures and returns that animate creative expression. and focus of our program in the three areas of media and 2016 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE // SUPPORTERS // The conference is run by a dedicated team of graduate The organizing committee would like to recognize and students in the Communication & Culture program. We acknowledge the generous support of the following sponsors, would like to recognize those who have offered their time which include external funding sources, as well as and effort to ensure that this year’s conference is a success. organizations within both York and Ryerson respectively. // LOGISTICS // DESIGN Mary Grace Lao, Co-Chair Alice Wang, Web Specialist Steve Jankowski, Co-Chair Ana Rita Morais, Co-Chair Walter Lai, Co-Chair Joshua Moore, Web Specialist Steve Jankowski, Co-Chair // VENUE & FOOD Andrea Luc, Co-Chair // ART & EDITORIAL Chris Alton, Co-Chair Alysse Kushinski, Programming Mohammad Aldhahri, Co-Chair Emma Sharpe, Art Co-Chair Kait Kribs, Journal Liaison // BUDGET & FUNDING Kate Moore, Editorial Co-Chair Mary Grace Lao, Co-Chair Kyler Zeleny, Art Co-Chair Ryan Phillips, Co-Chair Samantha Hogg, Editorial Co-Chair // MEDIA & PR Amy Poon Carmen Victor Amanda Oye, Co-Chair Mohammad Aldhahri Milena Stanoeva, Co-Chair Shelagh Pizey-Allen Jesse Cumming // HOSPITALITY & VOLUNTEERS Amanda Piche, Co-Chair Kris Bertram, Co-Chair 2 // 16 re: turns intersections /cross-sections CONFERENCE CODE OF CONDUCT will be happy to assist those experiencing harassment to feel safe for the duration of the conference. We value your Intersections | Cross-Sections (IS | CS) provides a space attendance. for attendees to receive continuing education, collaborate with colleagues, and to build professional networks. To Conference participants seek to learn, network and have provide all participants – members and other attendees, fun. Please do so responsibly and with respect for the right speakers, exhibitors, staff and volunteers – the opportunity of others to do likewise. to beneft from this event, we are committed to providing a harassment-free environment for everyone, regardless To report an incident, problem or concern during the 2016 of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender Intersections | Cross-Sections conference: expression, disability, physical appearance, ethnicity, religion or other group identity. 1. Find one of our conference volunteers – volunteer name tags feature a yellow “V”. The IS|CS committee seeks to provide a space in which diverse participants may learn, network and enjoy the 2. In the event of a serious incident, please dial 911. company of colleagues in an environment of mutual human respect. We recognize the shared responsibility to create and hold the environment for the beneft of all. Some behaviours are, therefore, specifcally prohibited: OTHER CONTACT INFORMATION Harassment or intimidation based on race, religion, • York University Security language, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, General Phone: 416.650.8000 or ex. 58000 gender expression, disability, appearance, or other Urgent Phone: 416.736.5333 or ex. 33333 group status. TTY: 416-736-5470 Sexual harassment or intimidation, including unwelcome • Ryerson University Security sexual attention, stalking (physical or virtual), or General Phone: 416-979-5040 unsolicited physical contact. 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Conference staff 3 // 16 3FRIDAY 11 friday 9:00 am registration and cofee [TEL 1004 Foyer] 9:30 am P1: seeing ourselves P2: critcal making P3: what does afect on screens: television, [ACE 013] theory do? [TEL 1004] flms, games and gender [ACW 307] 10:30 am break 10:45 am student keynote // travis hay; the science of canadian colonialism: nutrition experiments, federal indian policy, and the settler state, 1939-1999 [ACW 005] 11:45 am light lunch and refreshments [TEL 1004 Foyer] 13:00 pm P4: revisiting the P5: explorations of WS1: the material black atlantic gender within science turn in creative [ACW 307] fction television practices [TEL 1004] york university [ACE 013] 14:00 pm P6: critical theory and the turn: philosophical 14:15 pm implications [ACW 307] P7: institutions, WS2: terra incognita: / indigeneity, identity explorations in the [ACE 013] performative turn [ACW 005] 15:15 pm break 15:30 pm P8: the virtual, the P9: the new authentic: interface, the body performing the real in [ACW 307] culture and media [ACE 013] 19:30 pm cross-sections: opening reception [Ryerson IMA, Third Floor Foyer, Student (at a glance) Art Gallery & New Media Gallery] program day one 5 // 16 intersections // what does affect theory do? day one: york ROOM // TEL 1004 TURN // Affective / CHAIR // Natalja Chestopalova, York University Maija Duncan // PhD, York University What Fighting Back Feels Like: Affect, Aesthetics, and OPENING Protest in 2012 Québec Hiba Alhomoud // PhD, York University 9:00 / What does Affect Theory do? Or, How to Pay Attention to the Possibilities of Attending // REGISTRATION AND COFFEE ROOM // TEL 1004 Foyer Sara Shamdani // PhD, York University Subject to Change: An Affective3 Approach to Critical Analysis panels 15 minute break 9:30 / 10:30 // Seeing Ourselves on Screens: Television, Film, Games and Gender student keynote ROOM // Accolade West 307 TURN // Cultural, Postmodern CHAIR // Chris Alton, York University 10:45 / 11:45 Jade Guthrie // MA, York University Dismembering the Threat of Female Sexuality: The Invasion travis hay // PhD, YORK UNIVERSITY of Female Bodies in American Horror Story: Asylum The Science of Canadian Colonialism: Nutrition Experiments, Federal Indian Policy, and the Settler Vanessa Ciccone // MA, York University State, 1939-1999 R-Rated According to Who? A Feminist Political Economic ROOM // Accolade West 005 TURN // Scientifc Analysis of Film Rating Systems in the U.S. and Canada This talk will share the story of the ‘scientifc turn’ of federal Sarah Stang // MA, York University Indian policy in mid-20th century Canada and unveil the Role-Playing and Performance:1 Identifcation with the linkages that emerged between the Canadian academy, the Avatar in Video Games scientifc enterprise, and settler colonialism in the decades that followed. Broadly speaking, he explains how the scientist replaced the priest as the key fgure who informed, // CRITICAL MAKING administered, and gave meaning to colonial policies concerning ‘Indians’ in the 20th century. This doctoral project has been ROOM // Accolade East 013 TURN // Material funded by the SSHRC graduate scholarship in honour of CHAIR // Shila Khayambashi, York University Nelson Mandela and further supported by the Ramsey Cooke Fellowship for Scholarship in Canadian History. Anastasia Copeland // MA, York University Among the Airwaves: The Exploration of Canadian Amateur Radio Through Making and Connecting in the Internet Era Kirsten Schaefer // PhD, York University Holistic Zero Waste: A Return to Environmentally Considered Apparel Design BREAK Gabrielle Doiron // MA, Concordia University 11:45 / 13:00 Building Blocks in the Toy2 Closet: Queering Early Childhood Play with MyFamilyBuilders and BILU Clan // light lunch and refreshments ROOM // TEL 1004 Foyer 6 // 16 panels WORKSHOP 13:00 / 14:00 13:00 / 14:00 // Revisiting the Black Atlantic the material turn in creative practices // ROOM // Accolade West 307 TURN // Postcolonial, Postmodern emma sharpe, MA & Kyler Zeleny, Phd, York CHAIR // Priya Rehal, York University ROOM // TEL 1004 TURN // Material Cheryl Thompson // PhD, University