Lectures
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Interview: Conspiracy Theory Expert, French Docu-Series “La Fabrique du mensonge” (The Factory of Lies)
The French docu-series “La Fabrique du mensonge” (The Factory of Lies) tackles themes of conspiracy, radicalization, and disinformation, and is produced by award-winning companies Babel Doc and Together. I was interviewed as a scholarly expert for their episode on the Flat Earth conspiracy theory and other space-related conspiracy theories circulating online. The docu-series will be Read more
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Guest Lecture: Intersectional Feminism & Palestinian Depictions in Media
Guest lecture at Sarah Ohmer’s “Intersectional Feminisms” course at Barnard College (November 2023, 70 minutes). The lecture connected the ongoing genocide in Gaza (and its various media representations) to theories of intersectional feminism by prominent philosophers and theorists such as Judith Butler, Angela Davis, and Patricia Hill Collins, and to Black and indigenous liberationist struggles Read more
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Guest Lecture: Public Humanities, Ethnography, and Oral History: The Case Study of the Zip Code Memory Project
Guest Lecture at Arden Hegele’s “Climate and Pandemic” course, Columbia University (February 2023, 50 minutes). The lecture outlined the ethics and responsibilities involved in community-based oral history and ethnography projects, and used the Zip Code Memory Project as a case-study to explore the generative dimensions and the limitations of this type of work. It also Read more
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Guest Lecture: On the Ethics of Public Humanities
Guest lecture at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative practicum (August 2022, 45 minutes). Outlined the various roles, responsibilities, and limitations of this type of work, especially when engaging with communities who are not your own (as a foreigner, outsider, or non-participant researcher). How to build trust with community partners and how to produce Read more