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The Medium Is the Monster: Canadian Adaptations of Frankenstein and the Discourse of Technology
Like much of my work on Canadian popular culture, the idea for The Medium Is the Monster arose from my experience and research in raves and electronic dance music (EDM). The kernel of the book's first argument -- that technology is a word whose...
The role of scholarly associations in advancing reconciliation: What can be done?
How debate about taxation reveals social inequality
When it comes to taxes, there is a widespread popular belief that we all agree on one thing: others don’t pay their fair share of income tax. The feeling was much the same among early Canadians, as we learn from reading Tax, Order, and Good...
Crimes that tell us much about our society
What do “La Corriveau,” “Dr. l’Indienne” and the “brigands of Cap-Rouge” have in common? All were celebrated criminals who captured the popular imagination in 19th- and 20th-century Quebec. La communauté du dehors. Imaginaire social et crimes...
Getting a Life: The Social Worlds of Geek Culture
When someone asks you where the idea for a research project came from, there’s a right and a wrong answer. The right one is about debates in the field and gaps in the literature, and it presupposes what you eventually discovered. I find the wrong one...
Refus global : histoire d’une réception partielle
À l’origine de ce livre réside le questionnement suivant : qu’a fait l’histoire culturelle du Québec de Refus global ? Lorsque, dans un cours en études québécoises, j’ai souhaité m’intéresser aux polémiques qu’avait engendrées le manifeste...
We need a better understanding of ‘good’ research impacts
My starting point is to welcome the recently published Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences report, Approaches to assessing impact in the Humanities and Social Sciences as a valuable addition to a growing policy understanding of the...
Back to school 2017 – what is the media saying?
Every September, millions of Canadian students return to campus for a new academic year. In this blog you can read about a variety of conversations happening in the post-secondary education sector this fall. A big back to school announcement from the...
Présences intermittentes des Amériques
Ce livre est inspiré de ma thèse de doctorat et répond à une question bien précise : qu’est-ce que le sujet québécois peut apprendre du contact littéraire avec l’écriture chicana? J’ai commencé à m’interroger sur ce sujet alors que je voyageais moi...