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Biography
I am a doctoral researcher in Art History.
My doctoral thesis was part of a multidisciplinary project called "Comics and Migration. Belonging, Narration, Activism" (2018-2021) funded by Kone Foundation. Find out more about the project here: migrationcomics.fi
Research
In my doctoral thesis I analyse representations of migration in contemporary comics, main focus being on the role of photography in these narratives.
Photographs are commonly considered as direct documentation of lived reality, wheres comics are primarily seen as subjective expression of the comics artist(s). The juxtaposition between comics and photographs constitutes an intriguing question when these two forms of expression come together. Main research questions of my thesis are: How do photographs fuction as part of the narrative in comics? And what kind of meanings are photographs given in comics that deal with migration?