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Sandra Ponzanesi

@gimko.bsky.social

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Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. NWO project: VR as Empathy Machine: Media, Migration and the Humanitarian Predicament. Latest book: Doing Digital Migration Studies: https://tinyurl.com/5257448k .. more

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Sandra Ponzanesi @gimko.bsky.social · Mar 20

Join my team: Postdoc: VR and Immersive Technologies - Postcolonial and Creative Approaches. Utrecht Universities, Department of Media and Culture Studies
DEADLINE: 23 April 2025

Part of the NWO project “VR As Empathy Machine led by Prof Sandra Ponzanesi
vrmigration.sites.uu.nl
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Postdoc: VR and Immersive Technologies - Postcolonial and Creative Approaches

Do you want to critically investigate the role of VR as an immersive technology and its relation to emotions and embodiment and knowledge production? Join us!

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Sandra Ponzanesi @gimko.bsky.social · Mar 20

Come join us at Movies that Matter festival The Hague where we will be showing the unique VR installation Phoenix of Gaza XR.

For exact opening hours, check the programme schedule:
moviesthatmatter.nl/en/festival/...
In collaboration with NWO project: vrmigration.sites.uu.nl/news-and-eve...

Sandra Ponzanesi @gimko.bsky.social · Dec 7

Presenting our Virtual Reality Project on VR as Empathy Machine at the Immersive Tech Week in Rotterdam with Moe Suzuki (LSE) Tim van Deursen (Hack the Planet), Laurence Herfs and Lisa Burghardt (Utrecht University) www.immersivetechweek.co/programme/#/

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Sandra Ponzanesi @gimko.bsky.social · Nov 26

Premium Erasmianum 2024 to Amitav Ghosh. @amitav.bsky.social

Sandra Ponzanesi @gimko.bsky.social · Nov 25

Protesting in The Hague against government draconian budgets cut to education. Don’t do it!

Sandra Ponzanesi @gimko.bsky.social · Nov 21

Achille Mbembe has been awarded the Spinoza Lens 2025, a prize for thinkers who deal with ethics and society. The theme of the Spinozalens 2025 is future-proof solidarity in times of climate change, migration and digitalization.
More info: www.spinozalens.nl/en/news/achi...

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