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DESCRIPTION:We come to know and understand the world through information st
 ructures. They tell us who we are and how we fit or don’t fit\, into the w
 orld around us. In the context of the digital realm\, these structures are
  increasingly crucial as information structures can be deployed in ways th
 at can be problematic and oppressive where information is a site of power\
 , control\, and contestation. At the same time\, information structures ca
 n be restorative and connect us to love and justice.\n\n \n\nIn the first 
 section of this talk\, I will discuss my doctoral work which asserts that 
 passionate love is not a feeling\, but a process of acculturation to a com
 plete information processing system. I will put Niklas Luhmann’s work on l
 ove as a system of communication in dialogue with the psychoanalytic theor
 ies of Jacques Lacan and Slavoj Žižek to demonstrate that symbolic media s
 uch as music plays a vital role in the construction of amorous subjectivit
 y. Working through a series of case studies\, I use the music of Canadian 
 rock band Arcade Fire\, with its concern with ideas of emotion and authent
 icity\, as a vehicle for revealing the process of becoming an amorous subj
 ect. For love to exist\, subjects must seem to breach what is unbreachable
 \, to know the unknowable—the core of another’s being and structures of in
 formation create the pathways which enable this connection.\n\n \n\nIn the
  second section of the talk\, I will discuss my research on knowledge orga
 nization\, power\, and meaning\, particularly as it relates to knowledge e
 quity\, and social justice. I will discuss ongoing research using Linked O
 pen Data\, with a particular focus on current work related to Indigenous i
 ssues such as mechanisms to assert Indigenous identity and land sovereignt
 y. There is a pressing urgency to restore traditional names\, and contend 
 with colonial naming practices\, and recognize the connection between docu
 mentation and identity as cultural heritage holdings are crucial for the w
 ork of cultural revitalization. Documenting relevant materials in a cultur
 ally sensitive way creates the infrastructure to support respectful naming
  practice\, and establish hospitable environments for Indigenous communiti
 es.\n\n \n
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LOCATION:Peel 3661\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1X1\, 3661 rue Peel
SUMMARY:SIS Talk Stacy Allison-Cassin
URL:/sis/channels/event/sis-talk-stacy-allison-cassin-
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