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Mary Elizabeth Luka is an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts, Culture and Media at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), with a cross-appointment at the Faculty of Information. She is also a Visiting Scholar at Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Management and a Research Associate at York University’s Sensorium Centre for Digital Arts & Technology. Her research focuses on creativity, cultural memory, and collaborative practices in the digital age, emphasizing ethical frameworks and feminist methodologies.
Education: PhD in Communications and Culture, with postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Alberta’s Just Powers and Future Energy Systems initiatives. She teaches at UTSC, York University, and Mount Saint Vincent University, emphasizing part-time faculty roles alongside her primary position.
Research Interests
Explores intersections of art, media, and civic sectors through lenses of digital humanities, feminist science and technology studies (STS), and urban development. Key areas include:
- Co-creative production in arts and cultural sectors
- Ethics in data management and social media research
- Creative hubs and cultural policy
Grants & Collaborations
Co-investigator on a $2.5M SSHRC partnership grant (2018–2024) for Archive/Counter Archive, examining moving image archives. Involved in projects like the intermedia documentary on climate change and the Narratives in Space + Time Society since 2012.
Leadership
Former Chair of Arts Nova Scotia, member of Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council, and NSCAD University Board of Governors. Active in boards related to cultural funding and arts education.
Labs/Teams
Founder of Narratives in Space & Time Society, a research-creation collective. Collaborates with Sensorium Centre and the Fembot Collective on interdisciplinary projects.
