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Niina Oisalo

Niina Oisalo is a Doctoral researcher at the University of Turku. Her PhD research in Media studies is situated between documentary film studies and cultural memory studies – it deals with aesthetics and politics involved in acts of remembering in contemporary Nordic documentary film. Oisalo has published in several academic journals such as Journal of Aesthetics & Culture and Journal of Scandinavian Cinema. Her artistic work includes videos, poetry and prose.

Niina Oisalo

Niina Oisalo is a Doctoral researcher at the University of Turku. Her PhD research in Media studies is situated between documentary film studies and cultural memory studies – it deals with aesthetics and politics involved in acts of remembering in contemporary Nordic documentary film. Oisalo has published in several academic journals such as Journal of Aesthetics & Culture and Journal of Scandinavian Cinema. Her artistic work includes videos, poetry and prose.

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October, 2024 / By Niina Oisalo, Meri Kytö and Nina Grønlykke Mollerup

Niina Oisalo Weather, diary of the body Meri Kytö Weather walking In Venice, there is a habit of “andar sconte”

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Electricity

October, 2024 / By Sanne Krogh Groth, Niina Oisalo, Meri Kytö and Robert Willim

Sanne Krogh Groth Fragility of voltage Needless to say, electronic music has something to do with electricity. As a genre,

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