Speculative Approaches to Chimney Swift Habitats

During the Fall 2022 term, students from Professor Marcel O’Gorman’s Critical Design Methods class engaged in a value-sensitive design workshop with citizen scientists and Waterloo Region Nature members to create Continue Reading →

CML Food for Thought

Food for Thought episodes will recap details from the latest Critical Tech Talk while our host, Alexi Orchard, and special guests share some delicious snacks. The first episode in this Continue Reading →

CAFKA 21 CML Project

At this year’s CAFKA Art Exhibition, Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost, Professors Marcel O’Gorman (CML Director) and Jennifer Clary-Lemon (CML Faculty Collaborator) present Hirondelusia: A Creative Turn Towards Species Continue Reading →

Heads-Up User Group (HUUG) Research Project

The “HUUGers”, six students from the MA English and undergraduate Systems Design Engineering programs, wore Focals by North smart glasses for three weeks while blogging about their experiences with the Continue Reading →

Critical Design Methods Student Project Showcase

The pieces below were submitted as final projects for Dr. Marcel O’Gorman’s ENGL701 Critical Design Methods Fall 2020 and Fall 2021 classes. Despite the challenges imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Continue Reading →

A Program for Posthuman Fitness

By Andy Myles, MA XDM Transcending the limits of our fleshy husks: this attitude – that the fitness and wellness industry uses to target you – has a lot to Continue Reading →

Infrastructural 8-bit Games

For ENGL 799, Winter 2019: Critical Media Infrastructures, students submitted mini projects composed of several parts: they selected old pieces of media or technology that are no longer in use, Continue Reading →

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Tech for Good (T4G) Declaration

Read about the six principles presented at the TrueNorth Festival to ensure an inclusive and equitable future for all

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CAFKA: Digital Rituals

Learn about our submission for CAFKA 2019: a ritual laying to rest of your old handheld devices, complete with a machine-generated eulogy, a 3D printing ceremony, and an e-waste gravesite dedication.