GRETCHEN KING, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, COMMUNICATION STUDIES; CUTV https://doi.org/10.65968/NBMH7197 Beyond Twitter and Facebook, the mix of mediums wielded by strikers, protestors, and their allies on the streets of Montreal over the last four months includes CUTV. The Concordia-based community television…
Category: Essay
Fear and violence in Quebec: Why solidarity with a diversity of tactics matters
ROSALIND HAMPTON, MICHELLE HARTMAN, ADRIENNE HURLEY, TOM LAMARRE https://doi.org/10.65968/NBVD9313 Events in Quebec over the past year, particularly in and around universities, have made it clear that the State and its institutions do not act within the law as they…
Abécédaire d’une crise
(ou les mots que nous avons appris ce printemps) NICOLAS LaROSÉE https://doi.org/10.65968/JNRN4796 A assourdissante B bébé bloc C casseroles D déontologie policière E endettement F fracassées (vitrines) G gratuité scolaire H la hausse I injonction J judiciarisation K les…
Walking the Streets with a Swarm of Prismatic Specters
THIERRY BARDINI, UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL, DÉPARTEMENT DE COMMUNICATION https://doi.org/10.65968/RTUX7265 Until Edison invented the electric light, most of the world was covered in darkness. The physical darkness outside and the inner darkness of the soul were mixed together with…
On s’en câlisse, La loi spéciale: The Music Festival that Wasn’t
CARRIE RENTSCHLER, MCGILL UNIVERSITY, ART HISTORY & COMMUNICATION STUDIES; INSTITUTE FOR GENDER, SEXUALITY AND FEMINIST STUDIES https://doi.org/10.65968/BPYS3024 People produce completely different noises when the cars stop: feet and words (Henri Lefebvre Rhythmanalysis, 2004, 28). It may not be…
Quebec’s Noisy Revolution: Social Dramaturgies of the “Maple Spring”
J.B. SPIEGEL, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF FINE ARTS https://doi.org/10.65968/FCKR5992 The social movement born out of the 2012 student strikes has been firmly branded as the Printemps Erable– or Maple Spring. If the 1960s and 70s saw Quebec’s Quiet…
Multigenerational Casserole Orchestras: the New Face of Anarchist Insurgency
JOSEPH ROSEN, CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW, CENTRE FOR ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH AND EXHIBITION IN THE AFTERMATH OF VIOLENCE https://doi.org/10.65968/UDSX1660 Over the last 40 years, riot police gear has changed drastically, from billy clubs and short sleeves to fully automated…