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  • Expedition Content

    On April 4th we will be screening Expedition Content, an award-winning film by Ernst Karel & Veronika Kusumaryati. It is described as “an immersive marvel of sonic ethnography” by Peter Kelly of…

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    Carceral Edgelands Special Issue

    In March of 2023 the journal Sociology Lens published a special issue focused on the carceral edgelands. Edited by Craig Campbell, this issue features the work of many people associated with the…

  • Carceral Edgelands Closing Event

    Call for participation: Carceral Edgelands closing event. Please join us for a special event on Saturday, January 7th at noon. This is an open call to share writing on the theme of…

  • Artisanal developing of film & the physical traces of ecological materials on emulsion

    In this workshop we will explore how to use ecological development through artisanal processes like caffenol or phytograming as alternative ways of developing film, and how these aesthetic choices bring another instance…

  • Aerial sattelite view of the Chino Mine in New Mexico

    The Land Torn Asunder: Stories from Copper Country

    Oct. 13th at 3:30pmDustin Edwards, SDSULocation: Eastwoods Room (Texas Union 2.102) Dr. Edwards’s work focuses on digital rhetoric, material infrastructures, and environmental justice; and his talk explores what archival extraction means for…

  • Carceral Edgelands Opening Event

    To inaugurate the Carceral Edgelands season of fieldwork we’ve invited anthropologists, writers, and photographers to help set the tone for the project with a set of short presentations. We’ll hear readings that…

  • Decorative image with "atmospherics" title and image of a jokey graph depicting cold, comfort, and hot.

    poetix.0.4 – atmospherics

    As part of its spring Poetix Series, the Bureau introduces the theme of atmospherics. On March 22nd we will begin this thematic focus with readings by Katie Stewart and Marina Peterson. We…

  • poetix.0.3

    folded paper, needles, waxed cord – a workshop in simple bookmaking. Monday, February 22 at 1:30pm.postponed until Monday, March 1 at 1:30pm For the third installation of the poetix series we’re holding…

  • Decorative banner for the curatorial dreaming session

    ‘Curatorial Dreaming’ Session

    Issues of representation & display in the curation of “difficult” objects in the aftermath of violence In place of our regular BEE meet, we’re sponsoring this round table discussion on Monday, November…

  • BEE meet – November 2, 2020

    1. Ghosts, Memory, History Our first cycle of films is titled Ghosts, Memory, History in response to films by Lois Patiño, Linda Paganelli, and Alan Klima. The first two documentaries expand our…