4thSpace Concordia

Tune in for this conversation investigating the potential of choreographic thinking for an understanding of systems of relations. Moderated between Dr. Jens Richard Giersdorf, Lília Mestre, and Dr. Angélique Willkie, the discussion addresses how dance and choreography can function as mediating forces within social and political structures.

Lynn Kozak performs Demeter. Anonymously composed some time in the 7th or 6th century BCE from a long oral tradition, The Homeric Hymn to Demeter tells the harrowing story of Hades' abduction of Demeter's daughter Persephone, and Demeter's incredible grief and grit as she works to get her daughter back.

In Demeter, Lynn Kozak performs an all-new, partially-improvised contemporary English translation, directed by Joseph Shragge.

In this talk, Dr. Jason Millar makes the case that philosophers, particularly applied ethicists, are well-positioned to participate in this kind of translation and design work, to directly support the development and deployment of more ethical technology. But we need to develop new methods for doing so—ethics, as traditionally framed and articulated, does not translate smoothly into engineering design.

In this talk, Millar outlines some of these challenges in detail, proposing a framework and method—ethics modelling—that ethicists can use to support ethical tech design, and illustrating ethics modelling with case studies from robotics and AI.

Nicole Yu, Public Scholar and doctoral candidate at the Ziter Urban Landscape Ecology lab, engages in meaningful discussions with other students and community members as they discuss how collaborative data collection empowers citizens while providing insights into urban and wilderness ecology.

How do we understand and resist the power of digital technologies in an era of technofascism, algorithmic capitalism, and online violence? And how can we imagine alternative technological futures rooted in justice, the commons, and plural ways of knowing?

Moderated by Dr. Jonathan Martineau, this conversation brings together scholars from different fields to critically examine AI governance, gender-based violence, and algorithmic power—before shifting toward degrowth, digital commons, and pluriversal approaches to technology.

After the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, many U.S. states enacted abortion bans. This changed legal landscape exposes crucial ethical questions about pregnancy in childhood.

Dr. Kimberley Brownlee, Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Political & Social Philosophy in UBC, analyses a previously unnamed type of social injustice – girlism – to make sense of the kinds of mistreatment girls endure in the context of pregnancy and abortion, where their status as girls is obscured under this ‘women’s issue’.

"Laughter as Resistance" explores the transformative power of humour as a form of resistance and within decolonized contexts, and delves into how silenced communities utilize humour to reaffirm cultural identities, resist colonial impositions, and create spaces for healing.

Elizabeth Eley, Public Scholar and doctoral candidate in the Department of Management at the John Molson School of Business, engages in meaningful discussions with an expert panel as they explore how to create a more inclusive work environment in a rapidly changing employment climate.

Artist, illustrator, and visionary, Solomon Enos talks about his incredible work imagining the future of his people, the Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiians) –and all of us.

Author and activist Ashton Applewhite joins the the Forever Young podcast for this discussion to explore the roots of ageism—between our ears and in the world around us—how it divides and diminishes us, and how we can undo it.