Current/ Upcoming Projects

Uncertain Difference in the Online Rap Video Mise en Scène. A conference presentation in May 2012 for the Canadian Communication Association (CCA) annual meeting at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo.

The Meaning of Difference. A conference presentation in May 2012 for the Joint Session of Association for Research in Cultures of Young People (ARCYP) and Association of Canadian College and University Teachers (ACCUTE) annual meeting at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo.

artscanada’s Black Issue: 1960s Contemporary Art and African Liberation Movements. Journal article publication. Canadian Journal of Communication 36 (4): 539-558. 2011.

Waiting for My Children: Children, Youth and the Problem of Absence. A conference presentation (with Lisa Wyndels) in Nov. 2011 for the Canadian Association of Cultural Studies (CACS) Biennial meeting at McGill University, Montreal.

What is Contemporary Children’s Culture? Prepared talk for the Sept. 2011 panel on Youth, Media and Education. Presentations by Bronwen Low, Sara Grimes, and Krys Verrall, with Megan Boler as discussant  launch the Centre for Media and Culture in Education (CMCE) 2011-2012 discussion series at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto (OISE/UT).

The Aesthetics of Transcultural Revolution: Freedom Songs in Halifax and Toronto 1965 to 1967. Journal article publication. Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies. 25 (Spring): 51-75. 2011.

Conceptual Art Practice, Political Engagement, and Institutional Change. Panel discussion in conjunction with Deanna Bowen’s Deconstruction of a Political Engagement (the Selma Movement): 2011. Moderated by Warren Crichlow with presentations by Michell JacquesDot Tuer, and Krys Verrall. Friday, March 4, 2011 5 — 7 pm. Art Gallery of York University.

Academic advisor for Mammalian Diving Reflex‘s new show for kids: Monster Makers, part of Harbourfront Centre’s Fresh Ground 2010-11 Commissioning Program that supports the creation of new, innovative multi-disciplinary art works. Workshops Sunday Feb. 27, 2011. The Monster Makers HarbourKIDS Weekend, October 8-11, 2011. Performances of Monster Makers in the 2011-12 season.

 

Current Teaching

For 2011-2012 courses in Children’s Studies click course codes

4142B4140A and 1970B

“Entire family identities are built around photographs,” Anne Higonnet, 1998.