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DESCRIPTION:This event will be hybrid (with Professional Live Captions in E
 nglish on the livestream).\n	It will happen in person and there will be a l
 ivestream.\n\nPlease register on Eventbrite.\n\n\n	This workshop will begin
  with presentations by Dr. Sophie Toupin and Nina Morena about tech zines 
 and the practices and narratives associated with their creation and circul
 ation. They will talk about who creates zines\, and some examples of how t
 hey’ve been used\, in particular among feminist tech communities. Part II 
 will be a zine-making workshop\, where people in attendance will be encour
 aged to create their own zines about a topic of their choosing. This can b
 e with physical materials or using an open source zine software.\n\nDr. So
 phie Toupin is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Concordia University
  (Horizon program) where she examines critical perspectives in artificial 
 intelligence. Sophie completed her PhD in the Department of Art History an
 d Communication Studies at 91Ö±²¥ in Montreal\, Québec\, Canada
 . Her doctoral research examined the relationship between communication te
 chnologies and anti-colonialism in the context of the national liberation 
 struggle in South Africa. She is one of the three co-editors of The Handbo
 ok of Peer Production (Wiley\, 2021) and has published in New Media & Soci
 ety\, Intermediality: History and Theory of the Arts\, Literature\, and Te
 chnologies\, Feminist Media Studies\, Ada: A Journal of Gender\, New Media
 \, and Technology\, and Journal of Peer Production\, among others.\n\nNina
  Morena is a PhD student in Communication Studies. She holds an MA in Medi
 a Studies from Concordia University and a BA in English Literature from Mc
 Gill University. Her doctoral research explores the ways in which breast c
 ancer patients seek and share health information on social media and how t
 his impacts their disease management. Her research interests include the g
 endered politics and public discourses surrounding women’s cancers. She is
  particularly interested in intersections of gender and illness and how me
 dical misinformation travels through platforms such as Facebook and Instag
 ram.\n\nThis event is part of the 4th Season of the Feminist and Accessibl
 e Publishing and Communications Technologies Speaker and Workshop Series\,
  organized by Dr. Alex Ketchum.\n\nOur series was made possible thanks to 
 our sponsors: SSHRC\, the Institute for Gender\, Sexuality\, and Feminist 
 Studies (IGSF)\, the DIGS Lab\, Milieux\, Initiative for Indigenous Future
 s\, MILA\, Dean of Arts Grant\, ReQEF\, and more (see our website!)\n\nThe
 re is no fee required to attend this event. We will provide professional c
 aptions in english. This event will NOT be recorded and NOT bemade availab
 le on our website after the event. However\, you can watch other past even
 ts here.\n
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LOCATION:Room 150\, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 rue 
 Sherbrooke Ouest
SUMMARY:Dr. Sophie Toupin & Nina Morena on Activist Knowledge Production & 
 Circulation Related to AI\, Big Data\, and Digital Tech: A Seminar + Zine 
 Making
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