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[IN-PERSON] NOSTALGIA/LOSTAGAIN Symposium 2023
The NOSTALGIA/LOSTAGAIN Symposium explores creative nostalgia through panel discussions and workshops from experts in the arts and sciences.
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Concordia University EV Building 1515 Sainte-Catherine Ouest Montréal, QC H3G 2W1 Canada
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Please register ONLY if you plan to ATTEND IN-PERSON.
VIRTUAL OPTION: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/virtual-opt-nostalgialostagain-symposium-2023-tickets-513544845457
WHERE?
The Milieux Institute is located on the 11th floor of the EV Building, Concordia University.
WHEN?
Saturday 4th, February 2023. 10:00am-4:00pm.
WHAT IS THIS?
Nostalgia reminds us of a past that was and could have been (Boym 2001). In a place of lost possibilities, of those we've lost touch, and memories of losses... What do we also lose or throw away in the present in order to be nostalgic? What if we could use these tools of forgetting the losses of a past to help us remember how to prevent more of them in the future? Digital tools can evoke a certain feeling of loss; a past that is gone. But given a message of hope, of possibility, this loss may inspire us to work towards a future without repeating the same losses of the past. This symposium centres around the use of CREATIVE NOSTALGIA: a kind described by Svetlana Boym (2001) as being able to reveal the “fantasies of an age” – our desires to get away from losses, regrets, and pain – but it is in these emotional tools capable of change and hope where "the future is born".
WHO?
We are a student-led group consisting of undergrads, masters, and PhD students passionate about technoculture, games, digital media, and nostalgia. Contact us: projectlostagain@gmail.com
CALLS FOR SUBMISSION -- JAN 16th 2023 Deadline.
We are looking for Arts & Science individuals or groups that have:
- projects, papers, or interests
- motivations in activism, rights, representations, accessibility
- experience in industry, academia, art, science, or any relevant fields
- written, filmed, documented, recorded, made…any work in progress or published
- on the topics of evoking a PAST and/or using lessons from past to address the FUTURE
Two modes are offered to present and discuss your work:
PANEL (10 min) WORKSHOP (5-20 min)