Dialogues of Curatorial Practice 2026

Over 12 weeks, a transnational film curation programme was developed through a collaboration between The Education University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong), Almaty Management University (Kazakhstan), Queen’s University (Canada), and the University of Glasgow (Scotland). Led by Dr. Justine Atkinson, the program engaged student curators from the four universities, dispersed across the globe, to explore how film curation operates in different social, cultural, and political contexts, culminating in public film events in May 2026.

Coalasense for Care: Topologies of Care

Six programs were curated, both collaboratively and independently, responding to the overarching concept, 'a landscape of change.' My curatorial process drew from tensions between local and global dialogues around the root word of 'curare,' programmed to engage a global audience with the concept that emerges from the Latin word for 'care.' The screenings curated for the 'Topologies of Care' included short films, music videos, and video art, challenging the short-film genre through works by artists and directors from India, Canada, Pakistan, Scotland, and Palestine. Each of the selected "short films" examined the literal and metaphorical landscapes of change through the notions of care extended to the colonial, ecological, archival, personal, and political.