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Mundane Media Moments: Ageing, The Ordinary, and Everyday Life
On Wednesday June 26 ACT and the Socio-gerontology Network…
Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ageing, Communication and Technologies
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineAbout the research The research project “Ageing, communication, technologies: experiencing a digital world in later life” (ACT) is seeking applications for a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Communication Studies at Concordia University, under the supervision of ACT Director Dr. Kim Sawchuk. ACT is offering a postdoctoral fellowship in the area of “Ageing and big […]
ACT reimagines the city from the perspective of aging: A look back at Age 3.0
/in ACT Scroll, In focus /by Kendra BesangerOn November 1, 2017, ACT, in partnership with engAGE and Communautique, hosted Age 3.0: Aging in the City at Concordia University. The bilingual event brought guests from the university, community groups, local businesses, as well as members of the general public into one place to exchange ideas, ask questions, and imagine possible ways to live in the city as we grow old together.
ACT submits CRTC intervention on the need to include older adults in establishing broadcasting policy
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineIn October 2017, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) issued a “Call for comments on the Governor in Council’s request for a report on future programming distribution models” (CRTC-2017-359) and invited the general public, industry stakeholders and interveners from other sectors to provide input on the future of media distribution models in Canada. With […]
New ACT Bursaries for Graduate Students
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Constance LafontaineThe ACT Student Bursaries are awarded to students enrolled in master’s or doctoral programs in ACT partner universities, and who are conducting research on the intersections of ageing, communication and technologies as part of their thesis project. ACT will award up to four competitive bursaries per year; two for doctoral students ($2,000 CAD each) and […]
End of Season Storytelling Café on December 8: La Tertulia
/in ACT Scroll, Events /by Kendra BesangerOn Friday, December 8, the University of the Streets will host its last storytelling event of 2017 and they’re calling it la tertulia. A tertulia is a social gathering with literary or artistic overtones: an informal meeting of people to discuss current affairs, arts, etc. Anne Caines, the coordinator and one of the founding members of […]
Virtual Graveyards & Cybermemorials
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Kendra BesangerYasmin Jiwani is an ACT collaborator whose recent research focuses on the online memorialization of loss. Her other research interests encompass issues of media, race, gender and intersectionalities of violence. There is nary an area of social life that has not been touched by digital technologies. Death is not exempt from this either. Today, we […]
Generation X: A Critical Sociological Perspective
/in ACT Scroll, News /by Kendra BesangerHow did Generation X come by its name, where does it stand in the sociocultural realm, and why do we label generations? Read more in Stephen Katz’ recent article in the Journal of American Society on Aging.
Age/ing Waves
/in ACT Scroll, Ageing Waves, In focus /by Constance LafontaineAgeing Waves is an ongoing feminist micro historiography that attends to the specialist players of the ondes Martenot – an electronic musical instrument that made its public premiere in 1928 at the Paris Opera.