Poleconomy night is the first in an upcoming game night series hosted by the MHRC.

Play through a game that reflects the way government, finance and industry collide when private enterprise operates under parliamentary democracy. Tycoons and politicians face face inflation, taxation and commercial disaster in a bid for political and financial power. Renowned in Canada for helping the Fraser institute survive a deep recession, Poleconomy is a wacky and stylized gamification of the ways in which our economy and government interact.

October 26 | 7 PM
MLab, Milieux EV 11.455
Sir George William Campus
Concordia University
1515 rue St. Catherine W. 

For more information, email fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca
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Darren Wershler returns with the ENGL 603: Media Archeology. The 5-day (Tuesday 23 May – Saturday 27 May), 3 credit spring course attempts to answer “What is media archaeology?”

As Jussi Parikka describes, it is a subfield of media history that scrutinizes contemporary media culture through investigations of past media technologies and creative media practices. Media archaeology takes a special interest in recondite and forgotten apparatuses, practices and inventions. At an historical moment when our own media technologies become obsolete with increasing rapidity, the study of residual forms and practices provides valuable context for analysis, and perhaps the possibility for the emergence of something new.

This course deals with the theory, current practice, and possible trajectories of media archaeology as a discipline. Our object of study will be the research collection of the new Residual Media Depot of the Media History Research Centre at the Milieux Institute. Work will consist of a mix of writing, thinking, talking, and hands-on encounters with materials from the collection, according to student skills and interests.

Dr. Philip Mirowski will be running a seminar inspired by his new book All the Knowledge We Have Lost Due to Information. The book examines the role of information in modern economics and how it influences policy and politics.

We will be reading “Information in Economics: A Fictionalist Account.” The article proposes that certain classes of economic models best be understood as “fictions.” The article will be circulated in advance.

Thursday, February 16th from 10 AM to 12 PM
EV Building, Room EV-11.705
Sir George William Campus, Concordia University,
1515 St. Catherine W.
Space is limited so please RSVP as soon as possible!
Email fenwick.mckelvey@concordia.ca with any questions.

Visit Eventbrite for more information and to register.

Dr. Philip Mirowski is Carl Koch Chair of Economics and the History and Philosophy of Science, and Fellow of the Reilly Center, University of Notre Dame. He is a critical historian of science and technology with an expertise in economics. He’s been particularly influential in tracing the development of post-War economics especially its formulate as a science.

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Department of Communication Studies
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
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