Russian Media Lab at the Aleksanteri Conference – 25-27 October 2017, University of Helsinki

The Russian Media Lab is well-represented at this year’s Aleksanteri Conference. The project is hosting two panels and one round table, featuring presentations by our researchers, network partners and invited guests. Further details on our panels can be found below. Please consult the Conference website for the latest version of the programme. We look forward …

Political Art in the Age of Post-Truth Propaganda

The Russian Media Lab has initiated a collaboration with the international art project “States of Control” curated by the St. Petersburg-based Creative Association of Curators (TOK). Upon invitation by TOK’s Anna Bitkina and Maria Veits, project researcher Saara Ratilainen took part in the performative talk show “I’ve Got the Power!” on 19 August 2017. States …

Reminder: CfP special issue ‘Women and Tech in Post-Soviet Contexts’

Some two weeks remain to submit your abstract for the special issue ‘Women and Tech in Post-Soviet Contexts: Intelligence, Creativity, Transgression.’ For this special issue of Digital Icons: Studies in Russian, Eurasian and Central European New Media we invite contributions on themes, including: Female coders  Women in software developer communities  Gender representation of hacktivism  Women …