LA&PS Professor Jean-Thomas Tremblay’s research and teaching in environmental and sexuality studies span literary, screen, and performance cultures. Their latest book Breathing Aesthetics, releasing in October 2022, shows how minoritarian artists have responded to a crisis in breathing marked by the intensified pollution, weaponization, and monetization of the air from the 1970s onward. Breathing Aesthetics […]
Department of Social Science Urban Studies Professors Douglas Young and the late Lisa Drummond were recognized by the International Planning History Society (IPHS) for their book Socialist and Post-Socialist Urbanisms: Critical Reflections from a Global Perspective. The book was awarded the Third Book Prize, as the best anthology or edited work in planning history written […]
Casey Mecija is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at LA&PS. Her research focuses on sounds made by and around Filipinx diaspora to theorize a “queer sound” that pervades diasporic sensibilities. Queer sound, according to her, challenges the abjection of the Filipinx body, to demonstrate how the sensorial and affective remainders of […]
York Professor in Sociology, Marcello Musto’s research focuses on mobilizing critical thinking and scholarly knowledge to combat growing economic and political crises of contemporary social life. His SSHRC-funded project ‘Alternative Socio- Economic Ideas’ aims to explore the contemporary relevance of social, economic and political alternatives to present-day capitalism. “There is a growing global consensus about […]
Every June, we celebrate the National Indigenous History Month, and reflect upon the First Nations, Inuit and Metis people’s history and heritage. In this issue of the LA&PS research digest, we spotlight a collaborative climate research project led by Indigenous and non-Indigenous faculty members at York. Indigenous Climate Leadership and Self-Determined Futures is a research project […]
York Research Chair in Animal Minds and Professor of Philosophy, Kristin Andrews’ research focuses on the evolution of morality, methodology in animal cognition research, and animal policy. Her media contributions inform critical public conversations about the place of animals in our society. In her recent article the hidden world of octopus cities and culture shows why it’s wrong to farm […]
Department of Humanities’ recent workshop Patch Up! brought together a diverse group of scholars, artists, engineers, educators, and entrepreneurs to collectively explore the impact of modular synthesis on music and multimedia arts. Participants at this innovative and interdisciplinary workshop discussed the growing popularity of modular synthesis and the opportunity this unique technology provides for musical experimentation and […]