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DESCRIPTION:The Department of Art History and Communication Studies present
 s:\n\nJessica Thompson\n\nSonic Borderlines: An Intersectional Approach to
  Listening Through Data\n\nMarch 10\, 4 - 5:30 p.m. EST\n\nThe talk will b
 e held over Zoom and is followed by a Q&A session.\n\nRegistration: https:
 //mcgill.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIoc-6rpzsjGdQend0S6Jn1tCdCnNiD1i1D\n\n
 Abstract: Borderline is a mobile research-creation tool that uses sound to
  identify and annotate the invisible boundaries that affect social and eco
 nomic mobility in urban spaces. Using algorithms trained to identify ~100 
 common sounds\, the project enables users to map sounds in their environme
 nt and place them in dialogue with other forms of urban data. The recordin
 gs gathered through the app play back whenever you return to them\, creati
 ng a generative soundtrack of sonic events. In her talk\, Thompson will di
 scuss how cities reveal themselves through sound\, how interpretations of 
 sound are closely aligned with systems of power\, and how intersectional l
 istening\, critical mapmaking and distributed technologies can improve our
  understanding of socioeconomic inequality.\n\nBio: Jessica Thompson is an
  Associate Professor of Hybrid Media at the University of Waterloo\, where
  she teaches in the Department of Fine Arts and the Stratford School of In
 teraction Design and Business. Her artistic research investigates the ways
  that sound reveals spatial and social conditions within cities\, and how 
 the creative use of urban data can generate new modes of citizen engagemen
 t. She has been a practicing media artist since 1999 and her interactive a
 rtworks have shown at venues such as the International Symposium of Electr
 onic Art (San Jose\, Dubai\, Vancouver)\, the Conflux Festival (New York)\
 , Thinking Metropolis (Copenhagen)\, Beyond/In Western New York (Buffalo)\
 , NIME (Oslo)\, Artists’ Walks (New York)\, Locus Sonus (Aix-en-Provence)\
 , the AGW Triennial (Windsor)\, InterACTION (Kitchener)\, HASTAC (Vancouve
 r)\, Re:Sound (Aalborg)\, and Entorno Encuentro Exploración (Pamplona). Sh
 e has received grants from the Ontario Arts Council\, the Toronto Arts Cou
 ncil\, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council\, and the Gover
 nment of Ontario.\n
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SUMMARY:Spring 2022 Speaker Series: Jessica Thompson
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