About The Lab

Raah is a media research lab based in the Film and Moving Image Studies Department at Concordia. It aims to examine the intersection of migratory processes and media practices. Taking our cue from the evocations offered by the Persian word raah – which can mean ways or passage, and its underlying resonances of fellow-traveler, or companion, Raah aims to investigate the many methodological pathways open to researchers in migration and media studies.

Raah's project is a community-driven model, which hopes to bring together scholars, activists and community partners in a single space, becoming the first institutional hub in Canada for the study of media and migration. Raah aims to host both theoretical and practice-based research, as well as community-facing projects, in order to investigate the questions of immigration, hospitality, marginalization and their mediatized forms.

• Palestine Everywhere Screening #3: A Collection of Shorts

  upcoming: Thursday, April 10 ⟡ The screening series 'Palestine Everywhere- Looking at Palestinian Migration through Concordia’s Film Collection' is born from a desire to activate the vast collection of film about Palestine present in the film collections house within Concordia University. These films are often used as teaching material in a variety of courses offered by the […]

  2025-04-02
• The Hour of the Furnaces: Part 1 (1968) Screening

  upcoming: Tuesday, March 25 ⟡ Come join us as we watch Colectivo Cine Liberación's film at the center of Latin America's revolutionary cinemas, The Hour of the Furnaces: Part 1 - Neocolonialism and Dominance (1968), in 16mm print on Tuesday, March 25! ⟡ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀: 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝟭 - 𝗡𝗲𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟴) 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼 […]

  2025-03-11
• Palestine Everywhere Screening Series #2 (cur. Marco Meneghin)

  upcoming: Friday, March 28 ⟡ The screening series 'Palestine Everywhere- Looking at Palestinian Migration through Concordia’s Film Collection' is born from a desire to activate the vast collection of film about Palestine present in the film collections house within Concordia University. These films are often used as teaching material in a variety of courses offered by the […]

  2025-02-20
• South Asian Media Technologies Roundtable

  Monday, March 17 ⟡ We are excited to be hosting a roundtable session featuring scholars focusing on media and technology studies in a South Asian context. The featured scholars' work focus on screenwriting histories, data justice, critical information studies, ecology and infrastructure and feminist technologies. ⟡ 5:30 PM EST at the Raah Lab (FB 630.17) […]

  2025-02-20