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Dr. Miranda Smitheram is an Associate Professor in the Department of Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University. She holds academic roles as Co-director of the Textile and Materiality Research Cluster (Milieux Institute), Director of the MaSH Lab (Milieux Institute), and Co-investigator at Hexagram-Concordia. Her work integrates design, material science, and interdisciplinary collaboration, emphasizing sustainable practices and decolonial methodologies.
- Education: PhD, MPhil, MDes, Dip Fash/Tex (degrees awarded by institutions such as Auckland University of Technology).
- Affiliations: Milieux Institute, Hexagram-Concordia, Concordia University.
Her research focuses on material futures, hybrid matter, and the intersection of digital and physical materiality. Central themes include Indigenous methodologies, posthumanism, and collaborative ecosystem design. She explores how material practices can address ecological and social challenges through interdisciplinary approaches, such as motion capture in textile design and participatory eco-design frameworks.
Her publications reflect a trajectory from early explorations of wearable technologies and digital fabrication (e.g., 2015–2017) to later studies on kinship assemblages and decolonizing material practices (2022–2024). These works emphasize the ethical and ontological dimensions of material engagement.
As a thesis supervisor, she mentors students in Design (MDes), Individualized Programs (MA/MSc/PhD), and Humanities PhD programs. She actively fosters research-creation practices and lab-based innovation through her leadership in the MaSH Lab and Textile and Materiality Research Cluster.
Her work bridges academic research with creative practice, advocating for relationality between humans and non-human entities through material dialogues. Current projects investigate sustainable biocomposites and the remediation of industrial material cycles.
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