Rhythm lies at the heart of our lives. With this fact top of mind, the five laureates of the 2018 Killam Prize have boldly crossed the boundaries of their disciplines by initiating an innovative interdisciplinary project on rhythm in an attempt to bring together all its facets and to deploy its full wealth as a topic of study.
Understanding rhythm, viewed at one and the same time organically, mechanically, artistically and technologically, generates a profound need and desire to join perspectives, as seen in the group of researchers involved in the Killam Initiative on Rhythm, which devoted to this unifying, innovative and demanding topic.
Roundtable – “The importance of the improbable”
André Gaudreault, Vladimir Hachinski, Walter Herzog and Janet Werker recount the unlikely origin of the collaboration that led them to win the Killam Prize in 2018. Amongst other things, they talk about their interest in rhythm, the place held by improbability in their profession and the advice they received throughout their careers. Then, this roundtable focuses on the laureates’ personal experiences with funding agencies and academic institutions as these organizations are facing challenges such as over-specialization in knowledge production and overemphasis on dominant paradigms in many fields. The laureates highlight that a good way to create environments of “comfortable improbability” for the next generation of students would be by allowing researchers to move across disciplines.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
André Gaudreault
Vladimir Hachinski
Walter Herzog
Janet Werker
Marie-Josée Hébert (moderator)
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
André Gaudreault
Vladimir Hachinski
Walter Herzog
Janet Werker
Marie-Josée Hébert (moderator)
Poster session – Sylvain Caron & Caroline Traube
Sylvain Caron and Caroline Traube are respectively director of the Groupe de recherche en interprétation musicale, analyse et expression (GRIMAE) and professor of acoustics and psychoacoustics at Université de Montréal. Together, they talk about their projects on the production of rhythm perception in interpretation, and on the way emotion is conveyed through music interpretation.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Sylvain Caron
Caroline Traube
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Sylvain Caron
Caroline Traube
Poster session – Julie Carrier
Julie Carrier is the Associate Vice-Rector of Research and Studies at Université de Montréal. Here, she talks about her expectations towards the First Intersectoral Meetings by the Université de Montréal on rhythm and the place of intersectorality in academia.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Julie Carrier
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Julie Carrier
Roundtable – “The challenges of intersectorality”
This roundtable centres back on intersectorality and its many challenges. Four participants from various fields discuss their approach to this theme and what motivated them to undertake intersectoral projects. They point to the pivotal role of academic institutions in the promotion of intersectoral studies, whether through the creation of events encouraging intersectoral collaborations or the education of intercessors to help disseminate knowledge. However, the participants recognize the limitations of intersectorality in an academic world divided “in silos” and in which all disciplines are not equally valued.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Louise Béliveau
Denis Ribouillault
Ouanessa Younsi
François-Joseph Lapointe
Simone Dalla Bella (moderator)
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Louise Béliveau
Denis Ribouillault
Ouanessa Younsi
François-Joseph Lapointe
Simone Dalla Bella (moderator)
Closing Roundtable Discussion
The Killam laureates reflect on their project and what it means for their future research. They outline certain avenues for further reflection on rhythm and look at some ways this research can be implemented in society. Furthermore, the participants stress the importance of thinking about a project in relation to several fields —they specifically underline the unique potential of connectivity for topics such as rhythm. This roundtable ends with a discussion about rhythm in connection to newer generations and how students can go forward with researching this topic.
DATE: December 6th, 2019
Participants
André Gaudreault
Vladimir Hachinski
Walter Herzog
Janet Werker
Julie Carrier (moderator)
DATE: December 6th, 2019
Participants
André Gaudreault
Vladimir Hachinski
Walter Herzog
Janet Werker
Julie Carrier (moderator)
Poster session – Yann Harel
Yann Harel is a doctoral student at Université de Montréal and member of the CoCo Lab. Here, he explains the objectives of the CoCo Lab: to apply computational sciences to the understanding of the human brain and more specifically to the understanding of brain oscillations. He also talks about his research in brain sonification and looks back on the lecture given by Vladimir Hachinski, winner of the 2018 Killam Prize in Health Science.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Yann Harel
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Yann Harel
Poster session – Ming Ruo Zhang
Ming Ruo Zhang, a master’s student in psychology, talks about her research project where she is trying to train the rhythmic ability in people suffering from rhythmic amusement -i.e. people unable to detect rhythm.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Ming Ruo Zhang
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Ming Ruo Zhang
Poster session – Cloé Blanchette-Carrière
Cloé Blanchette-Carrière is a Master’s graduate in Biomedical Sciences at Université de Montréal and a member of CÉAMS. Here, she talks about her research project aimed at raising awareness in people during their sleep by means of Transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation. She also offers her thoughts on intersectorality in academia.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Cloé Blanchette-Carrière
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Cloé Blanchette-Carrière
Opening Remarks – Perceived Rhythm / Not Perceived Rhythm
Santiago Hidalgo, Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Film Studies at Université de Montréal, welcomes us to Université de Montréal’s First Intersectoral Meeting of on rhythm called “Perceived Rhythm / Non-Perceived Rhythm” . He also explains how his laboratory -Laboratoire CinéMédias- is intrinsically linked to the two main issues of this meeting: rhythm and intersectorality.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Santiago Hidalgo
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Santiago Hidalgo
Janet Werker – “Thoughts on how rhythm might help babies break into language”
In this conference, Killam laureate Janet Werker underlines the crucial role of humans’ ability to synchronize to a variety of aspects of the external world and to entrain to constructions and representations that we create and to information that we learn. She focuses on topics such as rhythm and human interactions, rhythm and child development, and rhythm and language development. She also addresses the correlation between language and music. A question period open to the public closes this conference.
DATE: December 6th, 2019
Participants
Janet Werker
Isabelle Peretz (moderator)
DATE: December 6th, 2019
Participants
Janet Werker
Isabelle Peretz (moderator)
Poster session – Caroline Martin
Caroline Martin is a collaborator at the Laboratoire CinéMédias. Here, she talks about her research project on the impact of accelerated audiovisual content on young children in collaboration with the NED Laboratory at Sainte-Justine Hospital.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Caroline Martin
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Caroline Martin
Roundtable – “À chacun son rythme!”
In this round table, various speakers talk about the issue of intersectorality in academia regarding the challenges related to its application, whether in the implementation, financing or realization of intersectoral projects. They also mention the place of intersectorality in their personal lives and professional careers, and present their recent research, projects and collaborations. Finally, they ponder on the place of intersectorality in different disciplines and answer questions from the audience.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Simone Dalla Bella
Santiago Hidalgo
Isabelle Raynauld
Bruno Poellhuber
Bonnie Swaine
Thomas Carrier-Lafleur (moderator)
Julie Carrier (moderator)
André Gaudreault (moderator)
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Simone Dalla Bella
Santiago Hidalgo
Isabelle Raynauld
Bruno Poellhuber
Bonnie Swaine
Thomas Carrier-Lafleur (moderator)
Julie Carrier (moderator)
André Gaudreault (moderator)
Poster session – André Gaudreault
André Gaudreault, winner of the 2018 Killam Prize in humanities, talks about the challenges and organization of this First Intersectoral Meeting of the Université de Montréal on Rhythm. He also highlights the intersectoral nature of this research project and the importance of intersectoral research in academia.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
André Gaudreault
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
André Gaudreault
Poster session – Caroline Martin
Caroline Martin, research coordinator of Laboratoire Cinémédias, talks about her laboratory’s current project: measuring the impact of accelerated rhythm in narrative audiovisual content on young viewers’ brains.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Caroline Martin
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Caroline Martin
Vladimir Hachinski – “Brains, arts and sciences: We got rhythm!”
In this conference, Killam laureate Vladimir Hachinski looks at the brain to understand some of the relationships between science and the arts. Amongst other things, he explores how learning music and languages demonstrates the power of the brain to shape cultures and vice versa. He also highlights the important role of REM sleep and brain synchronicity in human health. A question period open to the public closes the conference.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Vladimir Hachinski
Karim Jerbi (moderator)
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Vladimir Hachinski
Karim Jerbi (moderator)
Roundtable – “Manifesto for intersectoral collaboration”
The speakers address the problem raised in a previous roundtable on intersectorality, namely that universities and financing institutions are not adapted to intersectoral research and that their support of disciplinary “silos” attests a preference for individual achievement. In other words, they wonder if intersectorality is the future of academia and research. The participants mention several challenges they are currently facing, such as a lack of awareness from evaluation committees and experts regarding the many realities of academic research; the distance between disciplines and the limits they impose on science and knowledge; and the importance to break free of constraints that stand in the way of progress.
DATE: December 6th, 2019
Participants
Frédéric Bouchard
Marie-Josée Hébert
Roseann Ô’Reilly Runte
Louise Poissant
Remi Quirion
Tara Lapointe (moderator)
DATE: December 6th, 2019
Participants
Frédéric Bouchard
Marie-Josée Hébert
Roseann Ô’Reilly Runte
Louise Poissant
Remi Quirion
Tara Lapointe (moderator)
Poster session – Hugo Laflamme
Hugo Laflamme is doctoral student in psychology and research assistant at BRAMS. Here, he talks about the presentation of his laboratory on the evaluation and training of perceptual rhythmic abilities and sensory-motor skills.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Hugo Laflamme
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Hugo Laflamme
Opening Remarks – Sources of Rhythm
In these opening remarks, several speakers from Université de Montréal take turns promoting the originality of intersectorality in research and the universality of rhythm as a theme. They explain the uniqueness of the 2018 Killam Prizes and underline the laureates’ audacity to have succeeded in advancing science while going beyond their respective comfort zones. Finally, they discuss the relation between the arts and sciences as well as the organization of these intersectoral meetings on rhythm.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Julie Carrier
Guy Breton
Marie-Josée Hébert
André Gaudreault
Santiago Hidalgo
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Julie Carrier
Guy Breton
Marie-Josée Hébert
André Gaudreault
Santiago Hidalgo
Closing Remarks – Sources of Rhythm
To conclude these second Intersectoral Meetings on Rhythm hosted by the University of Montreal, Santiago Hidalgo -associate professor in the Department of Art History and Film Studies at the University of Montreal- tells us what he learned from this event.
DATE: December 6th, 2019
Participants
Santiago Hidalgo
DATE: December 6th, 2019
Participants
Santiago Hidalgo
Vladimir Hachinski – “Neurognosis : Unifying Arts and Science Through Knowledge of the Brain”
In this lecture, Vladimir Hachinski explores the theme of rhythm and how it relates to each discipline of the 2018 Killam Prize winners. He then explains the importance of rhythm to the human brain and the connection between rhythm, music and visual symptoms. This includes issues such as migraines, arrhythmias leading to sudden death and strokes. He then highlights how the environment shapes the brain, and vice versa, and how this led him to create the term neurognosis to try to better understand our behaviours, feelings and what we produce. Finally, the researcher mentions the importance of intersectorality to integrate theoretical principles into practice. A question period open to the public closes the conference.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Vladimir Hachinski
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Vladimir Hachinski
Teaser – “Sources of Rhythm”
December 5th and 6th, 2019 – Second Intersectoral Meetings on Rhythm Hosted by Université de Montréal : “Sources of Rhythm”
Walter Herzog – “Molecular and Whole Body Rhythms in Human Movement”
This conference brings forward a reflection on randomness at a molecular level in living beings in relation to the control exercised over muscles and movements. Among other things, Killam Prize laureate Walter Herzog emphasizes the intrinsic quality of rhythm in our pattern generators and its healing power for certain related brain diseases. A question period open to the public closes the conference.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Walter Herzog
Natalia Nuño (moderator)
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Walter Herzog
Natalia Nuño (moderator)
James Pinfold – “Unheard Melodies”
During this pre-recorded lecture, Killam Prize laureate James Pinfold presents the first part of his short film Hidden Melodies. More specifically, he explains how the discoveries made by several renowned scientists throughout history have been inspired by hidden melodies that are only perceptible in an abstract way. Afterwards, a discussion with the researcher informs us about his relationship with the arts and sciences, and our understanding of classical and modern physics.
DATE: December 6th, 2019
Participants
James Pinfold
Santiago Hidalgo (moderator)
DATE: December 6th, 2019
Participants
James Pinfold
Santiago Hidalgo (moderator)
Teaser – “Perceived Rhythm / Not Perceived Rhythm”
May 2nd, 2019 – First Intersectoral Meetings on Rhythm Hosted by Université de Montréal : Perceived Rhythm / Not Perceived Rhythm
Poster session – Santiago Hidalgo
Santiago Hidalgo is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Film Studies at Université de Montréal. Here, he looks back on this First Intersectoral Meeting on Rhythm, talks about the future of the Laboratoire CinéMédias in terms of intersectorality and highlights the place of film studies within it.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Santiago Hidalgo
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Santiago Hidalgo
Poster session – Maria Isabel Carreno Munoz
Maria Isabel Carreno Munoz, a postdoctoral researcher at the Université de Montréal and the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine, talks about her research project where she focuses on the importance of brain development in relation to people’s ability to perceive as they grow up.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Maria Isabel Carreno Munoz
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Maria Isabel Carreno Munoz
Poster session – Ola Choukair
Ola Choukair is a Master’s student in neuroscience at Université de Montréal. Here, she talks about her research on fractals in the brain and underlines the place of intersectorality in academia.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Ola Choukair
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Ola Choukair
André Gaudreault – “Film and paradoxical sleep: an intersectoral paradox?”
At the core of this conference is the notion of the paradoxical and the desire to bridge the gap between the fields of arts and neuroscience, and cinema and psychoanalysis. Killam laureate André Gaudreault is particularly interested in the correlation between the REM (Rapid Eye Movements) of film viewers and the REM of dreamers. He also addresses his personal relation to the topic of rhythm and how it became a turning point in his research. A question period open to the public closes this conference.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
André Gaudreault
Julie Carrier (Moderator)
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
André Gaudreault
Julie Carrier (Moderator)
Poster session – Karim Jerbi
Karim Jerbi is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Université de Montréal and Canada Research Chair in Computational Neuroscience and Cognitive Neuroimaging. Here, he talks about the aim of his laboratory: to understand the dynamics of brain networks.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Karim Jerbi
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Karim Jerbi
Poster session – Victoria Duda
Victoria Duda, a postdoctoral researcher at the Université de Montréal, talks about her research project where she focuses on gaps in noise and temporal resolution.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Victoria Duda
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Victoria Duda
Poster session – Solenne Van der Maren
Solenne Van der Maren is a doctoral student in clinical neuropsychology at Université de Montréal and a member of CÉAMS. Here, she talks about her research project on sleep and circadian rhythms after moderate to severe craniocerebral trauma. She mentions the importance of rhythm in her project and the relevance of intersectoral events in academia for people to gain a greater perspective on their research.
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Solenne Van der Maren
DATE: May 2nd, 2019
Participants
Solenne Van der Maren
Poster session – Camille Gaillard
Camille Gaillard, research assistant at the BRAMS laboratory, explains her laboratory’s project: to measure perceptual and sensorimotor norms in adults in order to determine normal thresholds.
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Camille Gaillard
DATE: December 5th, 2019
Participants
Camille Gaillard
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