Research interests
I hold a MA degree in political science from Goldsmiths, University of London and I'm completing my PhD in cultural studies at Tallinn University. My research interests include humanitarian communication, social media activism, trauma & memory. I write regularly for feminist portals and magazines.
I hold a MA degree in political science from Goldsmiths, University of London and I'm completing my PhD in cultural studies at Tallinn University. My research interests include humanitarian communication, social media activism, trauma & memory. I write regularly for feminist portals and magazines.
Selected articles
- 2022 ‘Witnessing in Participatory Journalism: Siege of Aleppo and Narratives of Authenticity’. BSMR 10, 30–45.
- 2021 ‘Activist memory narration on social media: Armenian genocide on Instagram’. New Media & Society, 1−16. With Katrin Tiidenberg
- 2021 ‘Armeenlaste ajalootraumad elavad edasi ka sotsiaalmeedias’, Postimees
2021 ‘Ühismeedia mütologiseerib ajaloosündmusi ja põlistab eelhoiakuid’, Novaator
2020 ‘Uurides sõjakoldeid - välitöö võlud ja valud’, Forte teadus
2020 ‘Femvertising ehk feministlikus T-särgis klaaslae vastu’, Müürileht - 2020 ‘Aktivistlik jutuloome Instagramis: Emoji sõjad hashtag’i #Artsakhstrong näitel’, Vikerkaar, 64−74.
- 2018 ‘Hüvastijätutviidid Aleppost’, Vikerkaar, 4-5, 60−66.
- 2017 ‘Kersti Kaljulaid: Es ist eine Sie’, 39NULL Magazin für Gesellschaft & Kultur
- 2017 ‘Trouble with Polyamory’, Feministeerium
Teaching
When Susan Sontag (2003) famously noted in her “Regarding the Pain of Others” that images of disaster and conflict have become “living room sights and sounds”, she probably did not imagine the ubiquity of visuals of suffering we will be seeing daily. Today, next to billboards, magazines and news, we are faced with images of far-away disasters on social media, which has brought the distant suffering closer than ever. This seminar that, in a wider sense, is about images and power, aims to encourage students to think about a range of issues related to humanitarian communication, more specifically regarding the representation of distant vulnerable others to (Western) audiences. (Estonian Arts Academy)
When Susan Sontag (2003) famously noted in her “Regarding the Pain of Others” that images of disaster and conflict have become “living room sights and sounds”, she probably did not imagine the ubiquity of visuals of suffering we will be seeing daily. Today, next to billboards, magazines and news, we are faced with images of far-away disasters on social media, which has brought the distant suffering closer than ever. This seminar that, in a wider sense, is about images and power, aims to encourage students to think about a range of issues related to humanitarian communication, more specifically regarding the representation of distant vulnerable others to (Western) audiences. (Estonian Arts Academy)
Selected events & conferences
- 2022 November ‘AoIR2022: Decolonising the internet’ in Dublin by Association of Internet Researchers
- 2021 August: ‘Radical Film Network Meeting’ two days of talks, screenings and performances in Berlin, Berliner Union Film Ateliers (BUFA)
- 2019 June: ‘Regarding the Pain of Others—What emotions have to do in the History of Humanitarian Images?’, workshop about humanitarian communication in Geneva by CERAH, University of Geneva/Graduate Institute; iEH2
- 2019 November: ‘Dissolving Boundaries of Hybrid Journalism’ in Lugano by Università della Svizzera italiana
- 2018 January: ‘Alterity and the Research Imagination Conference’ in Lisbon by Universidade Católica Portuguesa