BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69df0acad435f DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260325T180000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/events/technicity-artefacts-objects-a nd-images-encapsulated LOCATION:EV3 - Environment 3 200 University Avenue West\, Room: EV3 4408 Wa terloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:The Technicity of Artefacts: Objects and Images as Encapsulated\nRe lations CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Ludovic Coupaye is Associate Professor at the Department of\nAn thropology at UCL. His work explores technicity\, material practices\,\nan d the relational processes through which technical activities and\nobjects shape sociality and relations with environments. His research\nspans Mela nesian ethnography\, theories of materiality\, digital\nanthropology and t he anthropology of technics\, with a particular focus\non how technicity o f objects contributes to the stabilisation\,\ntransformation\, or emergenc e of social\, ecological\, and institutional\nworlds. He is one of the fou nders and co‑director of the Centre for\nthe Anthropology of Technics an d Technodiversity (CATT). DTSTAMP:20260415T034930Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69df0acad7a06 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260320T133000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260320T143000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/events/reading-between-lines-bioarcha eology-and-archives LOCATION:PAS - Psychology\, Anthropology\, Sociology Room: 2030 200 Univers ity Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Reading Between the Lines: Bioarchaeology and the Archives CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Dr. Madeleine Mant is an Assistant Professor in the Department of\nAnthropology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. Her research\ni ntegrates bioarchaeological\, archival\, and medical anthropological\ntech niques to investigate the health experiences of people through\ntime\, wit h a focus upon trauma and infectious disease. DTSTAMP:20260415T034930Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69df0acad892a DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260313T133000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260313T143000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/events/meet-alums LOCATION:PAS - Psychology\, Anthropology\, Sociology Room 2030 200 Universi ty Avenue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Meet the Alums CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Hear from Anthropology MA alumni as they share their career jou rneys\,\nexperiences after graduation\, and advice for current students. T his\none-hour panel will include a short talk from each alum followed by a \nQ&A session. DTSTAMP:20260415T034930Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69df0acad9656 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T170000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/events/archaeology-recruitment-event LOCATION:HH - J.G. Hagey Hall of the Humanities Room 2107 200 University Av enue West Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Archaeology Recruitment Event CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:We’re gearing up for large spring excavations and want to REC RUIT UW\nARCHAEOLOGY STUDENTS to work as field technicians. Gain hands-on\ nexperience and strong summer earnings while testing out archaeology as\na career!\n\nWSP is one of the world’s leading professional services\nfir ms—bringing together engineering\, advisory\, and science-based\nexperti se across more than 50 countries—and is home to approximately\n83\,000 p rofessionals worldwide.  In Ontario\, WSP has delivered\narchaeology serv ices since 2007 and mobilizes multidisciplinary teams\n(including seasonal field staff) to support projects across the\nprovince\, from municipal an d transportation assignments to complex\nprojects requiring close coordina tion with Indigenous Nations and\ncommunities.\n\nMichael Moloney\, Archae ologist with WSP\, will be on hand to discuss\nour 2026 field season and a nswer any questions you might have! DTSTAMP:20260415T034930Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69df0acada4d6 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260306T133000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260306T153000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/events/tales-and-lessons-userx LOCATION:PAS - room 2030 Room 2030 Waterloo ON Canada SUMMARY:Tales and Lessons from Userx CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join us for _Tales and Lessons from User Experience_\, a talk b y Velian\nPandeliev\, Coordinator of the User Experience Design (UXD)\ncon centration in the Master of Information program at the University\nof Toro nto’s Faculty of Information. Drawing on his background in\ncognition & computation and human–computer interaction\, Velian will\nshare insights on ethical design\, accessibility\, and what it means to\nunderstand and represent human experiences in technology. DTSTAMP:20260415T034930Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69df0acadb29a DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260226T161500 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260226T171500 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/events/brown-bagrock-paintings-and-an ishinaabeg-iconological LOCATION:PAS - Psychology\, Anthropology\, Sociology 200 University Avenue West Room 2030 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Brown Bag:Rock Paintings and Anishinaabeg Iconological Sovereignty CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Dr. Christopher Watts examines Anishinaabeg rock paintings of t he\nCanadian Shield\, highlighting Indigenous interpretive frameworks and\ nthe ongoing cultural\, political\, and metaphysical significance of\nthes e works. DTSTAMP:20260415T034930Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69df0acadbecb DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260302T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260302T180000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/events/silver-medal-lecture-dr-amy-sc ott LOCATION:EV3 - Environment 3\, room 4412 200 University Avenue West Room 11 02 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Silver Medal Lecture: Dr. Amy Scott CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join Dr. Amy Scott\, Associate Professor at Trent University in the\nDepartments of Anthropology and Forensic Science\, for her talk on\n \"Turning a rescue excavation of an 18th century cemetery into a unique\nv isitor experience at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic\nSite o f Canada\" DTSTAMP:20260415T034930Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69df0acadcc65 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260205T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260205T174500 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/events/brown-bag-talk LOCATION:ML - Modern Languages 200 University Avenue West Room 109 Waterloo ON N2L 3G1 Canada SUMMARY:Brown Bag Talk CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Tariq Adely is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropolog y at\nGeorge Washington University. His research focuses on the intersecti on\nof language\, technology\, and labour in the Arabic-speaking world. Hi s\ncurrent project uses ethnographic methods to examine how IT workers in\ nAmman\, Jordan transform and reconceptualize Arabic as they produce\narti ficial intelligence (AI) language models within a transnational\ntech indu stry built on inequitable divisions of labour and extractive\napproaches t o local knowledge. DTSTAMP:20260415T034930Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69df0acadd968 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260116T160000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260116T180000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/events/film-screening-and-discussion- partition LOCATION:Balsillie School of International Affairs 67 Erb Street West Room 1-42 Waterloo ON Canada SUMMARY:Film Screening and discussion: “Partition” CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Join us for a film screening of _Partition_ by Diana Allan\, fo llowed\nby a roundtable discussion with Ilana Feldman\, Nazli Akhtari\, Ja smin\nHabib\, and Diana Allan\, and then a reception. DTSTAMP:20260415T034930Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69df0acade77d DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251110T120000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251110T133000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/events/under-same-sky-everyday-politi cs-religious-difference LOCATION:Balsillie School of International Affairs 67 Erb Street West Room 142 Waterloo ON N2L 6C2 Canada SUMMARY:Under the Same Sky: Everyday Politics of Religious Difference in\nS outhern Turkey CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Seçil Dagtaș\, Associate Professor of Anthropology\, examines how\nunevenly situated minority and refugee groups at Turkey’s national \nmargins forge each other’s existence through reproducing religious\ndi fferences amid various forms of precarity\, political polarization\,\nand structural violence. DTSTAMP:20260415T034930Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR