ALT 2024 RTP round - Youth sociality in the era of visual social media: intersectional feminist approaches Status: Open Applications open: 7/07/23 Applications close: 25/08/23 View printable version [.pdf] About this scholarship Description/Applicant information As part of the Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT) programs of research on Digital Intimacies and Digital Disability, this project is concerned with explorations of youth sociality, communication, and representation on digital platforms, particularly around vectors of gender and dis/ability. Young people in their teens and 20s are in the unique position of having grown up with visual social media platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, and Tik Tok, as well as mobile phones with high-quality cameras as normalized technologies. New norms around visual and image-based forms of sociality, communication, and representation present new opportunities and well as new pressures and issues, particularly for young people marginalis

ALT A screenshot of an online video call of the BAD project team. Kathryn Napier, author of the blog post referenced in this tweet, has her thumb up. Everyone else is smiling (but looking a little awkward)

ALT A group photo of Ronald Snijder, Laura Wilkinson, Lucy Montgomery and Cameron Neylon standing on a bridge in The Hague, the Netherlands. The photo is taken in 'selfie' style - with Laura holding the camera. Everyone is smiling, except for Cameron, who is leaning towards the camera trying to get in shot.