Description
Through audiovisual storytelling, theories of mediatization can be illustrated for analysis of fiction as vehicle for amplification of emotions in contemporary society. The project will relate to an overarching topic of how a public may apprehend Islam/Muslims in a stereotypical manner but also how fiction could be used to increase more nuanced imagery of Muslim positions.
Key words: film, fiction, islam, secularity, meaning-making, conflict
Financiers
Selected publications
- . Pious protagonists : Using the screen to expand images of Muslim faith beyond the dichotomy of "good" and "bad" Media kultura komunikacja spolecna, 2023. No. 19, article-journal.
- . Baghdad in my Shadow (2019) : A political thriller in a multireligious Europe. Gender Emancipation and Fundamentalism in a Fictive Iraqi Diaspora Community in London Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, 2022. Vol. 11, No. 2, article-journal.
- . Perceived ambivalence of Muslims in public space through a cinematic lens 2022. paper-conference.
- . Religions and Emotions : Religious identities in fiction and emotional engagement 2022. paper-conference.