Author: Nichole Fernández

Nichole Fernández is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh specializing in visual sociology. Her research explores the way national identity is visualized and the consequences of nation branding. Nichole works as a freelance graphic designer, which influences her research interests in design, branding, identity, and images.

Nichole Fernández

Nichole Fernández is a PhD candidate in Sociology at the University of Edinburgh specializing in visual sociology. Her research explores the way national identity is visualized and the consequences of nation branding. Nichole works as a freelance graphic designer, which influences her research interests in design, branding, identity, and images.

Thinking Visually Threads

Images Matter

May, 2017 / By Nichole Fernández

Though the visual is well established in areas of study like anthropology, many other social science disciplines have been slow […]

Thinking Visually Threads

How can we talk about our relationship with images?

May, 2017 / By Arek Dakessian, Nichole Fernández and Aglaja Kempinski

Why do images matter? How is it that these assemblages of pixels and ink come to shape not only our