Visual Studies Lab

Hello Twitter! We're an interdisciplinary group of researchers interested in all things visual. We'll be posting about our latest findings, events and publications. When something interesting happens in the world or on the news, we might comment on that too!

We continue introducing our ongoing projects! Visions of the City investigates how images are used to advance particular visions of the city, and how they sway public opinion about development projects. Read mote on our website visualstudieslab.fi #urbanplanning #visuality

One more week until Helsinki Photomedia 2024! We are looking forward to all the interesting panels, keynotes, and presentations @AaltoUniversity Hope to see you there! #photography #visualculture #conference #research

And while we're at it, also a reminder for the amazing summer school: this is your last call, DL on Friday the 15th!

Before heading for holidays, a friendly reminder for all who are interested in research on photographies: there is still ONE WEEK to send your abstracts for Helsinki Photomedia, held April 11-13 2024. Go, do it! DL Dec 20th. helsinkiphotomedia.aalto.fi

Happy monday! Such a cool opportunity for PhD students interested in visual cultures still open for couple of weeks: Visuality, Culture, and Methods school in Tallin! Some of the instructors are also part of VSL😎 Apply latest Dec 15th.

What a lovely and lively event we had! VSL organised its very first movie night @TampereUni as we screened Nobody meets your eyes by @JesseJalonen ! Warm thanks also to actor Ida-Maria Olva 💛💚❤

We're introducing our ongoing projects! One of them is Visual Storytelling, Kuva edellä, in which @Jennikmaenpaa and @SMKallio investigate Finnish news media outlets on Instagram, visual storytelling strategies, and motivations for journalistic content on Insta. #visualstudies

We're excited for the teaching demonstrations and research presentations held today as part of the recruitment of Tenure track position in Visual Information at the The Communication Sciences Unit! Good luck to all the candidates! #teaching #tenure #tampereuniversity

Looking forward to the start of #Geomedia2023 @TampereUni ! Today's Keynote speaker is Professor Sarah Elwood, who will talk about hope, digital geographies, and the city!

Thank you so much for the @ecrea Contested Visibilities -conference, organizers, and participants, the past few days in Lisbon were amazing! Here, @kkatot is sharing thoughts and ideas about researching bodies on social media.

Rahoittajina @EUCHANSE @SuomenAkatemia Åkerlundin mediasäätiö, konsortiopartnerien yliopistot ovat @TallinnUni @PLUS_1622 @UniofOxford @TampereUni Kuvien merkitys yhteiskunnassa on yhä merkittävämpää, niin päätöksentekoon kuin tulevaisuuksien kuvitelmiin liittyen. 2/2

Miten kuvat, visuaaliset teknologiat ja niihin liitetyt ideat vaikuttavat yhteiskuntaan? #MinäTutkin näitä kysymyksiä liittyen visuaaliseen luottamukseen, kuvan ja tiedon välisiin kysymyksiin sekä kuvien merkitykseen päätöksenteossa. @TAUComet @studies_visual 1/2

Greetings from Lisbon @ECREA_eu Contested Visibilities -conference @ulusofona Our members and project partners are excited for the opening day! If you're not here, check keynotes and roundtables live from youtube: @dccecrea/streams" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@dccecrea/stre… <@dccecrea/streams" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube.com/@dccecrea/stre…

Very interesting contribution on passports mediating movement by @studies_visual researchers @PaulaHaara and @verlook !

Happy Valburg's Day! Tommorw we celebrate laborers, students, and spring, so put your hat on, and head to town (corona-safely, of course) like they did in the 1960's in Tampere! Photo credit: @Museovirasto / History collection/ Matti Poutvaara 1962 #vappu #LabourDay2021

Already early mass-produced cameras were advertised for widespread use. Read more about the topic on @verlook 's latest article that discusses about the ubiquitous camera use and early Kodak advertisements: brill.com/view/title/536… #cameras #photography #Kodak #advertisements

One of our researchers has recently published new work! @Jennikmaenpaa writes about global, national, and local photo editors' ethical descision-making on news images that depict death. Read more on: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14… #journalism #photojournalism #news

Julkaisi juuri kuvan instagram.com/p/CN_9H6ohVBo/…

Kirjamme Suomen passin historiasta on ehdolla Vuoden 2020 historiateokseksi 🙏 Kiitos kunniasta. Kts. myös muut ehdokkaat ja valitse mieleinen lukukokemus. epressi.com/tiedotteet/val… @PaulaHaara @TAUComet @valokuvamuseo @SuomenAkatemia

On Instagram or Facebook, starting now, guided tours @valokuvamuseo First Harri Pälviranta on #Vivianmaier two hours later @verlook on #VisualStudiesLab project on the history of the passport.