Fall 2020 BCNM Events
Image provided by Ruth Hopkins
Mark your calendars for this incredible line up of speakers! Launching our Indigenous Technologies Initiative, our first Grad Chat with BCNM alums who work in academia, and talks on futurism, world re-building, CGI, audio-visual performance, and more. All of our events will be hosted on Zoom and require registration.
Thursday, September 10
5 — 6:30 PM | Register here.
A Conversation with the Sogorea Te' Land Trust
Corrina Gould, Lisjan Ohlone leader
Moderated by Marcelo Garzo Montalvo
Join us for a conversation with the Sogorea Te' Land Trust, an urban Indigenous women-led land trust that facilitates the return of Indigenous land to Indigenous people. Starting in Fall 2020, BCNM commits to paying an annual Shuumi Land Tax, a small step towards acknowledging the history of genocide on this land and contributing to its healing, as well as embarking on our Indigenous Technologies Initiative.
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Indigenous Technologies initiative and History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series.
Monday, September 21
6:30 — 8:00 PM | Register here.
Notes on the Role of the Artist when the world has always been on fire??
Pope.L, Artist
Presented by the Department of Art Practice and co-sponsored by BCNM's Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium.
Thursday, October 1
12:30 — 2:00 PM | Register here.
Grad Chat: Becoming a Professor
BCNM hosts our first "Grad Chat," a special conversation focused on navigating the academic job market and career development with UC Berkeley grads Alenda Chang, Neha Kumar, and Aaminah Norris. Moderated by Assistant Professor of Film & Media Jacob Gaboury. While focused on addressing graduate students' questions, Grad Chats are also open to undergraduate students.
POSTPONTED
Advancing Hollow Bone Narratives through Media Platform Connectedness
Ruth Hopkins, Dakota/Lakota Sioux writer
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Indigenous Technologies initiative and History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series.
Monday, October 12
5 — 6:30 PM | Register here.
Cultural Heritage & Cultural Consumption
Gu Jiang, National Center for Industry Research, Nanjing University
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Commons Conversations.
Monday, October 26
6:30 — 8:00 PM | Register here.
The Sinofuturist Trilogy: Sinofuturism (1839-2046 AD), Geomancer, and AIDOL
Lawrence Lek, Artist, Filmmaker and Musician
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium. Co-sponsored by the Arts Research Center and the Department of Art Practice.
Thursday, November 5
5 — 6:30 PM | Register here.
World Re-Building: Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace and the Initiative for Indigenous Futures
Skawennati, Artist & Co-Director of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace and Skins Workshops in Aboriginal Storytelling in Digital Media
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Indigenous Technologies initiative and History and Theory of New Media Lecture Series. Co-sponsored by the Department of Art Practice
Monday, November 16
12:30 — 2:00 PM | Register here.
Blockchain Chicken Farm and Grass Mud Horses
Xiaowei Wang, Author and Artist
An Xiao Mina, Author and Artist
Presented as a part of BCNM’s Commons Conversations.
For more on our lecture series:
2020-2021 History and Theory of New Media series
2020-2021 Arts, Technology, and Culture Colloqium
BCNM's Indigenous Technologies Initiative
Accessibility
BCNM events are free and open to the public. All of our events for the 2020-2021 academic year 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.