Fall 2021 BCNM Events
Image: Lisa Reihana, detail, in Pursuit of Venus [infected], 2015–2017.
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Featuring more events from our Indigenous Technologies Initiative and the internationally renowned artists Lisa Reihana and Maria Thereza Alves. All of our events for the Fall 2021 semester will be held on Zoom and require registration.
Monday, August 30
12:30 — 2:00 PM | Register here.
Echolocating the Caribbean Diaspora
Cathy Thomas, Writer and Artist
Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Commons Conversations, a lunch-hour lecture series. Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for Race and Gender
Monday, September 13
6:30 — 8:00 PM | Register here.
How can a Maori girl recolonise the screen using mighty pixels
Lisa Reihana, Artist, Aotearoa/New Zealand
Presented with Berkeley Arts + Design as a part of BCNM’s Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium. Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and The American Indian Graduate Program.
Monday, October 4
12:30 — 2:00 PM | Register here.
Colonial Practices and Cultural Repression by the Municipality against the Community Museum of the Valle de Xico but “It is our 25th anniversary and we are still here.”
Maria Thereza Alves, Artist
Presented in partnership with the Center for Latin American Studies as a part of BCNM’s Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium. Co-sponsored by Spanish & Portuguese, the Center for Race and Gender, the Arts Research Center, and and The American Indian Graduate Program.
*Please note our October 11 event with Ruth Hopkins has been cancelled.
Monday, October 25
12:30 — 2:00 PM | Link TBA
Design Futures
Eric Rodenbeck, Creative Director, Stamen Design
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Commons Conversations, a lunch-hour lecture series.
Monday, October 25
6:30 — 8:00 PM | Register here.
Beyond Settler Sex and Family: Kim TallBear in Conversation
Kim TallBear, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Environment, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta
Presented as a part BCNM’s Indigenous Technologies initiative and History and Theory of New Media Lecture Serie. Co-sponsored by the Center for Race and Gender, American Cultures, Anthropology, The Program in Critical Theory, the Arts Research Center, and and The American Indian Graduate Program
Monday, November 8
12:30 — 2:00 PM | Register here.
Seeing Is Not Enough: Citizen Videography in Israel-Palestine
Liat Berdugo, Artist and Writer
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Commons Conversations, a lunch-hour lecture series. Co-sponsored by the Department of English and the Center for Race and Gender
Tuesday, November 9
12:30 — 2:00 PM | Register here.
Grad Chats: Advice on the Academic Job Market
BCNM hosts a special conversation focused on navigating the academic job market and career development with UC Berkeley grads Margaret Rhee, Reginold Royston, and Ryan Shaw. Moderated by Assistant Professor of Geography Clancy Wilmott. While focused on addressing graduate students' questions, Grad Chats are also open to undergraduate students.
Accessibility
BCNM events are free and open to the public. All of our events for the Fall 2021 semester will be held on Zoom in English, in Pacific Standard Time (PST). We provide live-captioning in Zoom and offer a separate Streamtext window for live-captioning with options to customize text size and display. We strive to meet any additional access and accommodation needs. Please contact info.bcnm [at] berkeley.edu with requests or questions.