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Sharon Sliwinski is the creator of the Museum of Dreams and Professor of Information & Media Studies at Western University in Canada. She is the author of Dreaming in Dark Times (2017), Human Rights In Camera (2011), and co-editor, wit

Sharon Sliwinski is the creator of the Museum of Dreams and Professor of Information & Media Studies at Western University in Canada. She is the author of Dreaming in Dark Times (2017), Human Rights In Camera (2011), and co-editor, with Shawn Michelle Smith, of Photography and the Optical Unconscious (2017).

Soumya Sankar Bose (b. 1990, Midnapore, India) is an artist based in Kolkata, India. He reconstructs archival materials and oral history into photography, films, alternative archives, and artist books. His books and prints are in the collections o

Soumya Sankar Bose (b. 1990, Midnapore, India) is an artist based in Kolkata, India. He reconstructs archival materials and oral history into photography, films, alternative archives, and artist books. His books and prints are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Ishara Art Foundation, among others.

Nataleah Hunter-Young is a writer, film curator, and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University. Her research interests span the areas of Black Studies and Media Studies, focusing particularly on Bl

Nataleah Hunter-Young is a writer, film curator, and Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University. Her research interests span the areas of Black Studies and Media Studies, focusing particularly on Black cultural production, political economy, research-creation, integrated arts and creative practice. She is also an international programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Andrew Braun is a composer, producer, and songwriter based in Altona, Manitoba.

Andrew Braun is a composer, producer, and songwriter based in Altona, Manitoba.

Kosuke Okahara is a documentary photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. In 2004, he began pursuing stories based on ‘Ibasyo,’ which, in Japanese, refers to the physical and emotional space in which one can exist. Okahara is represented by Polka Galeri

Kosuke Okahara is a documentary photographer based in Tokyo, Japan. In 2004, he began pursuing stories based on ‘Ibasyo,’ which, in Japanese, refers to the physical and emotional space in which one can exist. Okahara is represented by Polka Galerie, Paris and Only Photography, Berlin. His work has been exhibited in various venues and he has published six books and received several awards and grants, including a World Press Photo Prize in 2022.

Gigi (Wai-Chi) Wong is a researcher and writer from Hong Kong. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Media Studies at Western University in Canada. Her research interests include moving-image arts, new media studies, gender and sexuality, affect theo

Gigi (Wai-Chi) Wong is a researcher and writer from Hong Kong. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Media Studies at Western University in Canada. Her research interests include moving-image arts, new media studies, gender and sexuality, affect theory, and diaspora and transnational studies.

Bongsu Park is a London-based Korean artist. Her recent work is founded on how our innermost thoughts may connect with other people’s and how these can be shared publicly. Bongsu has developed an ongoing practice exploring Korean dream culture s

Bongsu Park is a London-based Korean artist. Her recent work is founded on how our innermost thoughts may connect with other people’s and how these can be shared publicly. Bongsu has developed an ongoing practice exploring Korean dream culture since 2017 including Dream Ritual at The Coronet Theatre in London (2019), Dreamers’ Gathering and Dream Auction at Post Territory Ujeongguk in Seoul (2021) and Social Matters through Dream Sharing with The Tavistock Institute in London (2021).

Sethembile Msezane b. 1991 in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. She lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. Using interdisciplinary practice encompassing performance, photography, film, sculpture and drawing, Msezane creates commanding works heavy

Sethembile Msezane b. 1991 in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. She lives and works in Cape Town, South Africa. Using interdisciplinary practice encompassing performance, photography, film, sculpture and drawing, Msezane creates commanding works heavy with spiritual and political symbolism.

Cai Glover is a dancer and choreographer, currently with Cas Public , a dance company based in Montreal. Glover has danced with companies in Vancouver, Atlanta, and Kelowna and has worked with a wide variety of choreographers, including: Henry Da

Cai Glover is a dancer and choreographer, currently with Cas Public, a dance company based in Montreal. Glover has danced with companies in Vancouver, Atlanta, and Kelowna and has worked with a wide variety of choreographers, including: Henry Daniel, Paras Tarezakis, Josh Beamish, Judith Garay, Vanessa Goodman, Simone Orlando, Lauri Stallings and Gioconda Barbuto. 

Raimondo Lanza is an Italian researcher in Political Science and Sociology, currently based in Paris. After graduating from Saint Petersburg State University with a thesis on Russian humour and its political implications, he has focused his resear

Raimondo Lanza is an Italian researcher in Political Science and Sociology, currently based in Paris. After graduating from Saint Petersburg State University with a thesis on Russian humour and its political implications, he has focused his research on Russia’s popular culture. His main interests are identity, language, stereotypes, jokes and dream-life. He cooperates with think tanks such as Aspen Institute and Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI).

Erin MacIndoe Sproule is a media artist and storyteller. Her award-winning projects include Recollections (2022), The Ghost of Thomas Lacey (2019) and Providence (2018). She is the editor of the Guardians of Sleep podcast.

Erin MacIndoe Sproule is a media artist and storyteller. Her award-winning projects include Recollections (2022), The Ghost of Thomas Lacey (2019) and Providence (2018). She is the editor of the Guardians of Sleep podcast.

Nikita Kravtsov is a Ukrainian artist born in Yalta in 1988. He graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Kyiv in 2010. He lives and works in Paris. Since 2015, he collaborates with his partner Camille Sagnes under the

Nikita Kravtsov is a Ukrainian artist born in Yalta in 1988. He graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture of Kyiv in 2010. He lives and works in Paris. Since 2015, he collaborates with his partner Camille Sagnes under the name TheTooth&TheRoot. The duo has conceived numerous exhibitions in France and abroad.

Charmaine Li is a Toronto-born writer based in Berlin. She mostly covers art, design and tech, with a keen interest in investigating our relationship to uncertainty, the unknown and the mysterious interconnectedness of the world. She initiated ON

Charmaine Li is a Toronto-born writer based in Berlin. She mostly covers art, design and tech, with a keen interest in investigating our relationship to uncertainty, the unknown and the mysterious interconnectedness of the world. She initiated ONEIRIC.SPACE, a research vessel exploring how dreams intertwine with our waking lives and futures. Her writing appears in C Magazine, Newsweek, mono.kultur, DAZED and Atmos, among other publications.

Santasil Mallik is a writer and visual artist pursuing his PhD in Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. His research interests concern the political aesthetics of documentary media in conversation with narratives of political violenc

Santasil Mallik is a writer and visual artist pursuing his PhD in Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. His research interests concern the political aesthetics of documentary media in conversation with narratives of political violence in India and South Asia. As a practitioner, he works around experimental cinema and video art.

Lana Lin is an associate professor in the School of Media Studies at The New School, New York. She is the author of Freud’s Jaw and Other Lost Objects (2017) and is a filmmaker and artist who has collaborated on multi-disciplinary projects as

Lana Lin is an associate professor in the School of Media Studies at The New School, New York. She is the author of Freud’s Jaw and Other Lost Objects (2017) and is a filmmaker and artist who has collaborated on multi-disciplinary projects as Lin + Lam.

Aylin Kuryel is a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. She is an artist and has edited several books, including Cultural Activism: Practices, Dilemmas and Possibilities (Rodopi, 2010). Her documentary films include: Taboo (2009), Image Ac

Aylin Kuryel is a lecturer at the University of Amsterdam. She is an artist and has edited several books, including Cultural Activism: Practices, Dilemmas and Possibilities (Rodopi, 2010). Her documentary films include: Taboo (2009), Image Acts (2015), Welcome Lenin (2016), Heads and Tails (2018), CemileSezgin (2020), The Balcony and Our Dreams (2020), and most recently, A Defense (2021).

Martina Bacigalupo has been a member of Agence VU since 2010 and now serves as the head of photography for 6 Mois . Her work focuses on human rights issues, and on the plight of women in particular. She has collaborated with numerous organization

Martina Bacigalupo has been a member of Agence VU since 2010 and now serves as the head of photography for 6 Mois. Her work focuses on human rights issues, and on the plight of women in particular. She has collaborated with numerous organizations and her work has been published in The New York Times, Esquire, Elle, and Jeune Afrique, among others.

Aziz Güzel is an adjunct faculty member at York University and Seneca College and a psychotherapist working in Toronto. He is the co-author with Deborah Britzman of the book Mental Health for Educators (2021).

Aziz Güzel is an adjunct faculty member at York University and Seneca College and a psychotherapist working in Toronto. He is the co-author with Deborah Britzman of the book Mental Health for Educators (2021).

Constantin Houy studied Information Science and Musicology at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany. Since April 2021, he has been a researcher in the European Dream Cultures research training group at Saarland University funded by the Germa

Constantin Houy studied Information Science and Musicology at Saarland University in Saarbrücken, Germany. Since April 2021, he has been a researcher in the European Dream Cultures research training group at Saarland University funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), where he works on musicological topics in the context of dream culture research.

Amy Freier is the Inclusion Diversity Equity and Accessibility Lead at the Health Data Research Network of Canada at the University of Manitoba. Her PhD dissertation, Exhibiting Human Rights , explored the way the relational properties of mus

Amy Freier is the Inclusion Diversity Equity and Accessibility Lead at the Health Data Research Network of Canada at the University of Manitoba. Her PhD dissertation, Exhibiting Human Rights, explored the way the relational properties of museums and exhibitions reframe human dignity as founded on networks and constellations, rather than individual autonomy.

Noel Glover is an Addiction and Mental Health Worker with the City of Toronto's Shelter, Support and Housing Administration Division. He holds a PhD from the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto. His research draws from psychoan

Noel Glover is an Addiction and Mental Health Worker with the City of Toronto's Shelter, Support and Housing Administration Division. He holds a PhD from the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto. His research draws from psychoanalytic theories of human development and paradoxes of lived experience for the development of pedagogy.

Ryan Shuvera completed his PhD at the Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at Western University. His research explores sonic sites of resistance and the ways music by Indigenous artists challenges listeners to think about issues such as d

Ryan Shuvera completed his PhD at the Centre for the Study of Theory and Criticism at Western University. His research explores sonic sites of resistance and the ways music by Indigenous artists challenges listeners to think about issues such as decolonization and Indigenous resurgence.   

Stephen Mayes  is the executive director for the Tim Hetherington Trust . He has worked in the fields of photography, art, and journalism since 1987, serving at the director of several major photography organizations, including Gett

Stephen Mayes is the executive director for the Tim Hetherington Trust. He has worked in the fields of photography, art, and journalism since 1987, serving at the director of several major photography organizations, including Getty Images, Photonica, Eye Storm, VII Photo Agency, and from 2004-2012, served as the secretary to the International Jury of the World Press Photo Awards.

Astrid Jamar is a Lecturer in Development at Development Policy & Practice at The Open University. She works on the professionalisation of transitional justice from anthropological, postcolonial and feminist perspectives, with a regional focus

Astrid Jamar is a Lecturer in Development at Development Policy & Practice at The Open University. She works on the professionalisation of transitional justice from anthropological, postcolonial and feminist perspectives, with a regional focus on the African Great Lakes region.

Patricia Gherovici, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst, analytic supervisor, and recipient of the 2020 Sigourney Award for her clinical and scholarly work with Latinx and gender variant communities. She is co-founder and director of the Philadelphia Lacan G

Patricia Gherovici, Ph.D. is a psychoanalyst, analytic supervisor, and recipient of the 2020 Sigourney Award for her clinical and scholarly work with Latinx and gender variant communities. She is co-founder and director of the Philadelphia Lacan Group and Founding Member of Das Unbehagen. ​Her books include The Puerto Rican Syndrome (Other Press: 2003), Please Select Your Gender: From the Invention of Hysteria to the Democratizing of Transgenderism (Routledge: 2010), and Transgender Psychoanalysis: A Lacanian Perspective on Sexual Difference ​(Routledge: 2017).

Aparna Mishra Tarc is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto. She was formerly an elementary school teacher in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Canada. Mishra Tarc's research focuses on childhoods affected by

Aparna Mishra Tarc is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto. She was formerly an elementary school teacher in the Philippines, Vietnam, and Canada. Mishra Tarc's research focuses on childhoods affected by trauma and war, pedagogies of witness, and the existential significance of literacy. She has recently published a book on the subject Literacy of the Other: Renarrating Humanity (2015).  

Lucille Angus is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto and an early childhood educator. Her PhD thesis examined children’s perspectives of their experiences through literature, interviews, and case studie

Lucille Angus is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto and an early childhood educator. Her PhD thesis examined children’s perspectives of their experiences through literature, interviews, and case studies.

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Shawn Michelle Smith is Professor of Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of several books including At the Edge of Sight: Photography and the Unseen (2013) and Photography on the Color

Shawn Michelle Smith is Professor of Visual and Critical Studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is the author of several books including At the Edge of Sight: Photography and the Unseen (2013) and Photography on the Color Line: W. E. B. Du Bois, Race, and Visual Culture.(2004), and co-editor, with Sharon Sliwinski, of Photography and the Optical Unconscious (2017).

Ian Balfour is professor of English at York University. He is the author of Northrop Frye (1988),  The Rhetoric of Romantic Prophecy  (2002), as well as numerous essays on Romanticism and literary theory. He co-edited with Atom

Ian Balfour is professor of English at York University. He is the author of Northrop Frye (1988), The Rhetoric of Romantic Prophecy (2002), as well as numerous essays on Romanticism and literary theory. He co-edited with Atom Egoyan, Subtitles: On the Foreignness of Film, and with Eduardo Cadava, And Justice For All?: The Claims of Human Rights (SAQ) and was the sole editor of Late Derrida (SAQ). 

Melissa Adler is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University in Canada. Her  research concerns the history of library classifications as they intersect with state and cultural discourses abou

Melissa Adler is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Information & Media Studies at Western University in Canada. Her  research concerns the history of library classifications as they intersect with state and cultural discourses about race and sexuality. She is the author of Cruising the Library: Perversities in the Organization of Knowledge (2017).

Karyn Sandlos  is the Head of Art Education Program in the School of Art & Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is also a practicing artist and curator. Her work focuses on teacher education, curriculum and pedagogy, p

Karyn Sandlos is the Head of Art Education Program in the School of Art & Art History at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is also a practicing artist and curator. Her work focuses on teacher education, curriculum and pedagogy, psychoanalysis and human development, sexuality education and youth media. Together with Scenarios USA, a New York-based youth literacy and film organization, Sandlos developed a visual-arts project for Chicago students. 

Chris Vanderwees Ph.D., R.P. is a psychoanalyst and registered psychotherapist in private practice and at St. John the Compassionate Mission in Toronto. He is also the reviews editor for the Canadian Review of American Studies, an affiliate and re

Chris Vanderwees Ph.D., R.P. is a psychoanalyst and registered psychotherapist in private practice and at St. John the Compassionate Mission in Toronto. He is also the reviews editor for the Canadian Review of American Studies, an affiliate and research guest of the Toronto Psychoanalytic Society, a member of Lacan Toronto, a member of the San Francisco Bay Area Lacanian School of Psychoanalysis, and the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.

Stephen Frosh is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of several books, including Hauntings: Psychoanalysis and Ghostly Transmissions (2013),&nbsp

Stephen Frosh is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Centre for Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of several books, including Hauntings: Psychoanalysis and Ghostly Transmissions (2013), For and Against Psychoanalysis (2nd ed. 2006), and The Politics of Psychoanalysis: An Introduction to Freudian and Post-Freudian Theory (2nd ed. 1999).