The EML supports emergent scholars. During the month-long virtual residence, students will benefit from intensive mentorship, networking, publishing their work in Heliotrope, and giving a public talk.

Theme: Extractive Media

Extraction means the action of removing something, usually using force; like the extraction of a tooth by a dentist. It can also refer to ancestry, to be of Dutch extraction. In chemistry, it might mean removing a compound from a mixture using a solvent. In terms of natural resources, we think of the consumption of natural resources without provision for their renewal. We might also think of applying pressure to obtain answers as a kind of extraction of information. When it comes to extractive media, we might think of an aesthetics of depletion, extractivist logics, or of generative AI. Extractive media can mean many things in various contexts and we offer this theme as a guide – it’s meant to be open to interpretation and inspiring!

What to expect

This is a group residency. The residency is organised by Mél Hogan, the Director of the EML. The two scholar-mentors providing you guidance this year are Théo Lepage-Richer and Susan Cahill. During the residency, you will also be in conversation with 3 other grad student-residents.

Under this mentorship, you will be supported in an intensive, online, month-long residency. You will be expected to:

• Meet 4 times over Zoom

• Provide feedback to your fellow residents

• Give a public talk (for both host and home institutions, recorded on Zoom and made public on YouTube)

• Publish a piece of writing in Heliotrope (with the help of Tessa J. Brown, editor)

For all of this, you will be supported by a team and able to network with a wider scholarly community. The stipend for this residency is $250 CAD. We realize this amount is honorary, but you will be heavily rewarded with the time, energy, ideas of your peers and mentors.

Past Residents

October 2022: Robyn Lee (Simon Fraser University)
October 2022: Tony Cho (UCSD)
March 2022: Andrew Bateman (X University, Toronto)
October 2021: Felix Loftus (Goldsmiths)
January 2021: Madeleine Mendell (NYU)