On April 29 and 30, the Disinformation: Creation, Dissemination and Pedagogical Responses conference was held at Concordia’s 4th Space where participants engaged with critical methods to combat disinformation, with a special focus on education and the role teachers and professors can play in preparing students to better deal with an increasingly complex and confusing media and information landscape.
The brainchild of Brad Nelson (Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics, Concordia University), the conference brought together several members of the CSLP with colleagues from around Canada to discuss this hot button issue.
In addition to a series of panel discussions and workshops that featured both educators and journalists, the conference also sought to come at the issue of disinformation through additional creative means, featuring a film screening of Where in the Hell is the Lavender House? The Longmont Potion Castle Story, a documentary about an anonymous phone work artist (prank caller) who goes by the moniker of Longmont Potion Castle (LPC) from a suburb of Denver, Colorado, as well as a dance workshop and live performance by the group Gypsy Kumbia.
Additional information about the conference, along with the full programme, is available through the CSLP website.
This conference was made possible thanks to the support and funding of the CSLP, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture (CISSC), Concordia Office of the VP, Research & Graduate Studies, Concordia Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia Department of Classics, Modern Languages, and Linguistics, Concordia Department of Journalism, and thanks to a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Connection grant.