Şirin presented the initial findings and observations of her fieldwork for VIDEOACT at the international online conference “Activating Attention: Political Videos on Social Media”, which took place on 20-21 January 2022. Şirin’s panel titled “Videos in Current Protests Movements” included scholars and activists working on protests movements in Syria, Belarus and Palestine. ...
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The schedule for the Activating Attention – Political Videos on Social Media International Online Conference to be held 20-21 January 2022 has been announced! The conference is organized by the research project “Attention Strategies of Video Activism on the Social Web,” Germany, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation: Jens Eder (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF), Tobias...
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Image Credits: Tom Hilton (licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en); Original File: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SFO_Protest_(31755404714). Speakers: Tina Askanius, Marcus Bösch, Yves Citton, Tom Divon, Şirin Erensoy, Aslı Kotaman, Sandra Ristovska, Sophija Savtchouk, Kerstin Schankweiler, Josepha Wessels, and others. The conference is organized by the research project “Attention Strategies of Video Activism on...
...READ MORETwo Fellows from Turkey at the Film University
Two Fellows from Turkey at the Film University (in German)......
...READ MORE2021 European Researchers’ Night
Şirin participated in the 2021 European Researchers’ Night, held Europe-wide on November 24, 2021. The European Researchers’ Night is a Europe-wide public event, which displays the diversity of science and its impact on citizens’ daily lives in fun, inspiring ways. Şirin was part of a speed searching event which entailed meeting different groups of...
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