{"id":4226,"date":"2023-09-13T09:20:58","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T13:20:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/?page_id=4226"},"modified":"2026-03-10T09:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T13:56:06","slug":"the-confluency-mobile-art-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/the-confluency-mobile-art-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Confluency Mobile Art Exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/Comic-corner-interactive-tablecloth-photo-by-Kamva-768x336.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        The Confluency Mobile Art Exhibition\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1065\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/1b-Nina-Manzi-mini-WASH-bus-2000px.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibit photo\" class=\"wp-image-4237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/1b-Nina-Manzi-mini-WASH-bus-2000px.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/1b-Nina-Manzi-mini-WASH-bus-2000px-160x85.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/1b-Nina-Manzi-mini-WASH-bus-2000px-240x128.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/1b-Nina-Manzi-mini-WASH-bus-2000px-768x409.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/1b-Nina-Manzi-mini-WASH-bus-2000px-400x213.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/1b-Nina-Manzi-mini-WASH-bus-2000px-1536x818.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/1b-Nina-Manzi-mini-WASH-bus-2000px-360x192.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\"> Photo credit: Kamvelihle Netjies<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"confluency-a-mobile-art-exhibit-on-water-justice\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Confluency: A Mobile Art Exhibit on Water Justice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(51, 51, 51)\" data-ogsb=\"white\">The Confluency is a brainchild of a water justice-focused colloquium showcasing Sub Saharan Africa thought leadership and best practices while fostering multi-disciplinary exchanges, resulting in an interactive, mobile art exhibit, linking Canada and South Africa.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the confluency visit the <a style=\"color: red;\" href=\"https:\/\/futurewater.uct.ac.za\/confluency-colloquium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Future Water Confluency colloquium<\/a> web site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"date-october-10-to-october-20-2023\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: red;\">Date:<\/span> October 10 to October 20, 2023<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"time-800-am-to-1000-pm\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: red;\">Time:<\/span> 8:00 am to 10:00 pm<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"location-carleton-university-macodrum-library-second-floor\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"color: red;\">Location:<\/span> Carleton University, <a href=\"https:\/\/library.carleton.ca\/building\/floor-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MacOdrum Library<\/a> second floor<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Confluency Mobile Art Exhibit 2023 at the MacOdrum Library\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TOsGOlAtKKk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em>Video by FPA Communications<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"xcontentpasted2\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(51, 51, 51)\" data-ogsb=\"white\">The Confluency colloquium and art exhibit,&nbsp;led by the University of Toronto&#8217;s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work Prof. Carmen Logie (as the Principal Investigator) and Dr Sarah Van Borek, postdoctoral fellow and Confluency Coordinator,&nbsp;are supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Co-applicants on the grant include:&nbsp;Dr. Lina Taing, the&nbsp;United Nations University\u2019s Institute for Water, Environment and Health&nbsp;(UNU-INWEH)&nbsp;at McMaster University (Hamilton, Canada); Professor Caetano Dorea,&nbsp;University of Victoria&nbsp;(Victoria, Canada); Professor Peter Newman (UofT FIFSW); and&nbsp;Dr. Lesley Gittings,&nbsp;Western University&nbsp;(London, Canada). Collaborators include: Dr. Kirsty Carden, the University of Cape Town\u2019s&nbsp;Future Water&nbsp;research institute (Cape Town, South Africa);&nbsp;Dr. Gill Black, the&nbsp;Sustainable Livelihoods<b> <\/b>Foundation<b>&nbsp;<\/b>(Cape Town , South Africa); and Distinguished Professor Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Rhodes University\u2019s&nbsp;Environmental Learning Research Centre&nbsp;(Makhanda, South Africa).&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An awestriking array of media will be displayed, from murals and photography, to fibre art sculptures, comics, songs, poetry, audio-visual installations, and more. Works speak to intersecting water justice issues such as gender and health inequity and the experiences of different affected groups including Indigenous peoples, traditional healers, and refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    <div class=\"grid gap-6 mx-auto my-6 cu-column md:gap-10 md:grid-cols-2 md:my-10 first:mt-0\">\n        \n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<p>Visitors are encouraged to interact with the exhibit in fun and diverse ways: adding to the blanks in a comic, stitching a textile mosaic with materials from beach cleanups, and grooving on a dancefloor made of QR codes linking to songs created and performed by Kenyan youth, and more \u2013 all while learning about an urgent issue linked to climate change and equity.<em>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"cu-column-content\">\n    \n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"264\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/Nina-Manzi-photo-669x735-1-240x264.png\" alt=\"An exhibition photo\" class=\"wp-image-4230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/Nina-Manzi-photo-669x735-1-240x264.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/Nina-Manzi-photo-669x735-1-160x176.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/Nina-Manzi-photo-669x735-1-400x439.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/Nina-Manzi-photo-669x735-1-360x396.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/Nina-Manzi-photo-669x735-1.png 669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><em style=\"font-size: revert;\">Photo credit: Dona van Eeden.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"host\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Host:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Carleton University, School of Social Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"principal-investigator\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Principal Investigator:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Carmen Logie, University of Toronto Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"contact-person-at-carleton\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Person at Carleton:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:TsitsiMpofuMketwa@cunet.carleton.ca\">Dr Tsitsi Mpofu-Mketwa<\/a>, Assistant Professor, Carleton University, School of Social Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"confluency-coordinator\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Confluency Coordinator:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:s.vanborek@utoronto.ca\">Dr Sarah Van Borek<\/a>, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"confluency-research-team\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Confluency<span data-ogsc=\"black\"> Research Team:<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Principal Investigator: Professor Carmen Logie, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work (FISFW), University of Toronto (UofT). Co-applicants: Dr. Lina Taing, the United Nations University\u2019s Institute for Water, Environment and Health at McMaster&nbsp;University; Professor Caetano Dorea, University of Victoria; Professor Peter Newman (UofT FIFSW); and Dr. Lesley Gittings, Western University. Collaborators: Dr. Kirsty Carden, the University of Cape Town\u2019s Future Water research institute; Dr. Gill Black, the Sustainable Livelihoods Foundation; and Distinguished Professor Heila Lotz-Sisitka, Rhodes University\u2019s Environmental Learning Research Centre. Supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"art-workshop-facilitators\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Art Workshop Facilitators:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"rgb(69, 69, 69)\">Soeraya Davids, Bulelwa Somlota, Lutfiyah Tities, Chevon Smit, Amanda Leo, Gracia Fortuin, Siwaphiwe Rodolo, Xolelwa (Nomtha) Mkhetho, Nolufefe Tubeni<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2343\" height=\"1339\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/PaWS-Stormwater-muralphotomontage-photobyDonavanEeden.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a mural\" class=\"wp-image-4246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/PaWS-Stormwater-muralphotomontage-photobyDonavanEeden.jpg 2343w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/PaWS-Stormwater-muralphotomontage-photobyDonavanEeden-160x91.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/PaWS-Stormwater-muralphotomontage-photobyDonavanEeden-240x137.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/PaWS-Stormwater-muralphotomontage-photobyDonavanEeden-768x439.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/PaWS-Stormwater-muralphotomontage-photobyDonavanEeden-400x229.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/PaWS-Stormwater-muralphotomontage-photobyDonavanEeden-1536x878.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/PaWS-Stormwater-muralphotomontage-photobyDonavanEeden-2048x1170.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/socialwork\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/224\/PaWS-Stormwater-muralphotomontage-photobyDonavanEeden-360x206.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2343px) 100vw, 2343px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em class=\"myprefix-text-italic\">Photomontage of&nbsp; Pathways to Water Resilient South African Cities (PaWS) Stormwater Pond Mural, mural&nbsp;artist team Handcontrol 360. 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