Screening and Making - Cecilia Vicuña: Precarious Art
About this Event
We are pleased to invite you to Screening and Making - Cecilia Vicuña: Precarious Art, a free public event hosted by Dr. Flávia Novais and the Disability Publics Lab in the School of Disability Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University.
Please join us Thursday, July 16 from 1:00–4:00 pm in the Disability Publics Lab (SHE Building, Room 576 – 99 Gerrard St. E., Toronto).
Registration is required as space is limited to 10 participants.
Hosted by Dr. Flávia Novais, Ethel Louise Armstrong Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Disability Studies, this gathering invites participants to reflect on care, disability, and collective creation through the work of Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña.
The afternoon will begin with a short screening and facilitated discussion. Following the screening, participants will work together to create a collaborative textile banner using free embroidery and a variety of textile materials. No previous embroidery or textile experience is required, and materials and crafting support will be provided.
Coffee, tea, and snacks will be available throughout the afternoon.
About the Facilitator
Dr. Flavia Novais graduated with a degree in social work from UFMA in Brazil (2010). She holds a master’s (2017) and doctorate (2023) in Social and Institutional Psychology from UFRGS in Brazil. Dr. Novais has experience working and researching mainly on human rights; sexual, gender and body diversity; and care theories, inspired by science and technology studies (STS) and postcolonial and ethnographic approaches.
As an Ethel Louise Armstrong Postdoctoral Fellow, she is conducting research on accessibility in healthcare spaces for people with diverse bodies from a perspective based on anti-ableist approaches of feminist disability studies. Inspired by Haraway’s concept of localized research and Alzandua’s exploration of weaving as a form of knowledge production, she plans to use participatory methods, such as workshops and discussion groups, proposing to stitch together different experiences, practices, sensations and discourses about the production of body diversity and health care. By examining the contributions of STS and decolonial feminism, she seeks to understand how care practices can be more inclusive.
Access Information
- Wheelchair accessible space (SHE 576)
- HEPA air filtration in use
- Masks available on site and encouraged
- Please note that refreshments will be served, so participants may remove masks while eating or drinking
- Coffee, tea, and snacks provided
- Crafting support and a variety of materials available
If you require ASL interpretation, please let us know at least two weeks before the event so we can do our best to arrange it.
For additional access requests or questions, please contact [email protected].
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