Sarah E K Smith
Biographic Data
| ID | 5021048 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah E K Smith |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah E K |
| FAMILY NAME | Smith |
| SIGNATURE | SMITH S E K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3405-0079 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Revising the narrative
We argue that in the last decade diaspora museums have emerged as a significant institutional formation. Mobilized by communities, within these institutions storytelling is deployed to complicate discussions of identity and migration. These museums are particularly prominent in Chicago, a city known for its diversity, as well as a place where migration is contested and politicized. Our study examines how storytelling functions within three Chicag…
Platform super user
Current scholarship on platforms does not fully account for how platforms produce content. To demonstrate this limitation, we examine the platform Google Arts and Culture (GAC) revealing distinct forms of cultural production. While GAC functions as a repository, allowing users access to objects, sites, and exhibitions, it is more than a digitization project. GAC is a content producer providing narrativized content, as well as games, and opportuni…
Québec on the World Stage
Cultural diplomacy is typically viewed as a state activity; however, substate actors shape the practice in significant ways. This article employs a neo-institutional policy analysis to explore how the provincial government of Québec advanced its cultural diplomacy, while engaging with the Canadian federal government, as well as international actors. Acknowledging overlapping claims on the cultural sector in Canada, we provide a chronological asse…
Interrogating nonsuicidal self-injury disorder through a feminist psychiatric disability theory framework
This article explores the proposed psychiatric diagnostic category of nonsuicidal self-injury disorder (NSSID) through the lens of feminist psychiatric disability theory. Mobilising insights from labelling theory's accounts of stigma and recovery, in conjunction with critical and feminist disability theory's attention to emotional and physical pain, we suggest that a feminist psychiatric disability approach to NSSID can illuminate the limits of a…
Neoliberalism and Mental Health Care in Ontario
In this paper, I offer a critical analysis of Ontario’s mental health strategy, “Roadmap to Wellness,” and the government’s investment in internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) programs as a frontline strategy to address the province’s mental health crisis. Though I acknowledge that publicly funded mental health care is a step in the right direction, I argue that the choice to provide cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as the only f…
The Imagined Globe
The Permeable Border
In this essay, I suggest that artistic production provides valuable insights into the nature of the Canada-US border during the late-twentieth century when significant changes were occurring to dominant understandings of Canada in relation to North America. Focusing on the medium of video art, I trace the sustained engagement of Canadian contemporary artists to respond to and comment on the move towards continental integration through free trade.…
The Little Black School House
Segregated schools are a widely documented component of American history. Conversely, in Canada, provincially legislated segregation of Black Canadians has not been fully acknowledged. This historical amnesia raises numerous questions about the construction of Black experiences in both states. This interview examines Sylvia Hamilton's documentary The Little Black School House (2007), which explores the past as a means to contribute to the ongoing…
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The Little Black School House
Segregated schools are a widely documented component of American history. Conversely, in Canada, provincially legislated segregation of Black Canadians has not been fully acknowledged. This historical amnesia raises numerous questions about the construction of Black experiences in both states. This interview examines Sylvia Hamilton's documentary The Little Black School House (2007), which explores the past as a means to contribute to the ongoing…
The Permeable Border
In this essay, I suggest that artistic production provides valuable insights into the nature of the Canada-US border during the late-twentieth century when significant changes were occurring to dominant understandings of Canada in relation to North America. Focusing on the medium of video art, I trace the sustained engagement of Canadian contemporary artists to respond to and comment on the move towards continental integration through free trade.…
The Imagined Globe
Neoliberalism and Mental Health Care in Ontario
In this paper, I offer a critical analysis of Ontario’s mental health strategy, “Roadmap to Wellness,” and the government’s investment in internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy (iCBT) programs as a frontline strategy to address the province’s mental health crisis. Though I acknowledge that publicly funded mental health care is a step in the right direction, I argue that the choice to provide cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) as the only f…
Interrogating nonsuicidal self-injury disorder through a feminist psychiatric disability theory framework
This article explores the proposed psychiatric diagnostic category of nonsuicidal self-injury disorder (NSSID) through the lens of feminist psychiatric disability theory. Mobilising insights from labelling theory's accounts of stigma and recovery, in conjunction with critical and feminist disability theory's attention to emotional and physical pain, we suggest that a feminist psychiatric disability approach to NSSID can illuminate the limits of a…
Québec on the World Stage
Cultural diplomacy is typically viewed as a state activity; however, substate actors shape the practice in significant ways. This article employs a neo-institutional policy analysis to explore how the provincial government of Québec advanced its cultural diplomacy, while engaging with the Canadian federal government, as well as international actors. Acknowledging overlapping claims on the cultural sector in Canada, we provide a chronological asse…
Revising the narrative
We argue that in the last decade diaspora museums have emerged as a significant institutional formation. Mobilized by communities, within these institutions storytelling is deployed to complicate discussions of identity and migration. These museums are particularly prominent in Chicago, a city known for its diversity, as well as a place where migration is contested and politicized. Our study examines how storytelling functions within three Chicag…
Platform super user
Current scholarship on platforms does not fully account for how platforms produce content. To demonstrate this limitation, we examine the platform Google Arts and Culture (GAC) revealing distinct forms of cultural production. While GAC functions as a repository, allowing users access to objects, sites, and exhibitions, it is more than a digitization project. GAC is a content producer providing narrativized content, as well as games, and opportuni…
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Canadian Identity and History (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Conversation (2 works) · Diplomacy (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)