My research and writing relies on participatory action research (PAR) and research through design (RtD)—methods that centre experience and social history, and emphasize collective inquiry, experimentation, knowledge-creation, and social change.
1. gentrifier, i.
poetry and sound as methods to research gentrification and materiality.
2. A Performative Response to Sites of Surveillance: The Gorilla Park Project.
a multi-media paper on sound, artificial intelligence, community organizing and gentrification for the Journal for Artistic Research.
3. Co-design Handbook.
a community planning study case and action-toolkit on how to redesign green spaces with kids. (spanish only)
4. Playful Urbanism: Reimagining Community Planning in Montreal.
on how play can become a method of urban design, for the SHIFT Centre for Social Transformation.
5. Masters in Sociology Research Paper.
on how urban social movements use creativity and innovation through DIY-urbanism.
6. Missed Connections: urban space-time engagement through games.
a literature review on social encounter, connection, and engagement through time- and location-sensitive technology.
7. Determinants of social protest in Mexico.
a quantitative study that explores why do people take to the streets?
8. Covidcene Journals.
explorations on socially engaged art and public pedagogies—using a typewriter.
9. Guerilla Gardening Zine.
a colourful guide on how to plant food in urban spaces.
10. Fire Emojis: Queerness and Online (sexual) Harrassment.
an article for the National Sexual Violence Resource Center exploring online flirting and consent.
11. Vida Nomada.
pre-Airbnb era handbook on how to travel consciously on a budget, illustrated by Edgar Seis.
12. Ecologies of Dramaturgy in Dance Creation: a Conversation.
a conversation-based article on dance, bodies, and creation for Brazil-based magazine Repertório.
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