“Picture This” Exhibition: Approaches to Visual Research

“Picture This” presents work produced by visual researchers from Canada, the U.S., Singapore, Portugal and Lithuania, who are mapping new territory as they explore visual approaches to knowledge production and dissemination. Photographs and videos included in the exhibition examine life in affordable housing developments, everyday lives of urban transit riders; pensioners’ community vegetable gardens; transitional moments in the lives of parents; sacred spaces and faith communities; experiences of street-involved youth; and lives and landscapes in the contemporary Canadian West. Participating researchers and research teams include: Eve Paraschuck, João Leal, Dona Schwartz, David Schalliol, Building Northern Capacity through Entrepreneurship, Valerie Stam, Jacqueline Kennelly, Lynette Schick, and Kyler Zeleny Opening reception and discussion May 31, 2016 from 2 to 4 p.m. Gallery hours: M-F 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Location:

Art Building 6th Floor – The Little Gallery

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Exhibition sponsors: Canadian Sociological Association, Department of Art, University of Calgary, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/picture-exhibition-approaches-visual-research