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Erin Manning is a Professor in the Department of Studio Arts within Concordia University's Faculty of Fine Arts, holding a research chair in Speculative Pragmatism, Art and Pedagogy. Her work bridges philosophy, aesthetics, and politics through alter-pedagogical and alter-economic practices, with deep engagement in participatory art and theoretical inquiry.
Manning's research centers on process philosophy, neurodiversity, research-creation, and the ProTactile movement for DeafBlind culture. She explores material complexity through textile-based relational art, emphasizing sideways perception and textural engagement with life. Her practice investigates Black Studies, ecology, radical pedagogy, and choreographic experimentation, often manifesting in tactile propositions using tufting, hooking, and weaving techniques that challenge conventional sensory hierarchies.
Her recent publications and exhibitions reveal a trajectory toward the transversality of three ecologies—social, environmental, and conceptual—through the 3Ecologies Project. This work trends toward interdisciplinary collaborations that dissolve boundaries between art, philosophy, and activism, with increasing focus on more-than-human encounters and collective fabulation in social dreaming.
Manning leads the 3Ecologies Project (3e), which includes a land-based initiative north of Montreal for experimenting with living and learning. Legacies of SenseLab inform her approach to crafting collectivity through experimental pedagogy. She co-edits the Inflexions journal and the 3E Books imprint, fostering platforms for research-creation that integrate theoretical and artistic practices.
