Election statement 2017: I am the current head of curriculum of the Social Anthropology programme at Tallinn University. As an elected member of the EASA’s Executive, I would be interested in expanding the presence of audiovisual ethnographies in its conferences, networks, and outreach programmes. I am particularly interested in raising the public profile of anthropologists that work with films, performances, sound recordings, interactive media, museums, urban interventions, and other mediums. I served as Co-Chair of the Local Committee of the 2014 EASA Conference in Tallinn. During that experience I developed insights that would be useful in organising the next conference in Stockholm. The 2014 conference featured innovative formats, specifically the Laboratories and a professional Film Programme, of which I played a direct role in conceptualising and organising. I am interested in exploring ways to expand these formats for the upcoming Stockholm conference and promote them throughout the EASA networks. See my profile here.
Nominated and supported by Sarah Green (University of Helsinki) and Jeanette Edwards (University of Manchester).
Election statement 2015: I am based in the Social & Cultural Anthropology Department of Tallinn University where I currently hold the post of Head of Department. As a member of the Executive of the EASA I am particularly interested in contributing to develop the EASA’s capacity to feature non-textual ways of presenting anthropological knowledge. For example, I am interested in looking into ways in which ethnographic museum exhibitions, films, sound recordings, interactive media, and other mediums could be featured through the EASA.
I served as Co-Chair of the Local Committee of the 2014 EASA Conference and I developed insights and skills that would be useful in organising the next conference. The 2014 conference featured innovative formats, such as the Laboratories and a professional Film Programme, of which I played a direct role in conceptualising and organising. I would gladly offer my experience in organising events like these for the upcoming conference in Milan.
Nominated and supported by Abdullahi El-Tom (Maynooth University) and Thomas Fillitz (University of Vienna)