Personal profile
Overview
Dr Jolynna Sinanan is a Lecturer in Social and Digital Anthropology at the University of Manchester. She has conducted extensive fieldwork in Trinidad, Nepal, Australia and Cambodia and has published widely on digital and data practices, digital visual communication, intergenerational mobilities, work and gender in journals including New Media and Society, Convergence and the International Journal of Communication. Her books include Social Media in Trinidad (2017, UCL Press), Visualising Facebook (with D. Miller, 2017, UCL Press) and Digital Media Practices in Households (with L. Hjorth et al. 2021, Amsterdam University Press). Jolynna's current research focuses on mobile media and mobile livelihoods in the Everest tourism industry.
Keywords
- digital anthropology
- digital ethnography
- anthropology of development
- regionally comparative mobilities
- family relationships
- work
- gender
- migration
- political engagement
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 1 No Poverty -
SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Grand strategy and public diplomacy: A case study on China's Belt and Road Initiative and its reception in the Australian press.
Hobbs, M., Sinanan, J. & Li, M., 1 Dec 2023, In: Public Relations Review. 49, 5Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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#Everest: Visual economies of leisure and labour in the tourist encounter
Sinanan, J., 2022, The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology. Costa, E., Lange, P. G., Haynes, N. & Sinanan, J. (eds.).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Communications technologies and transnational networks
Sinanan, J. & Horst, H., 2022, Handbook on Transnationalism. S.A. Yeoh, B. & L. Collins, F. (eds.).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Digital Infrastructure
Sinanan, J., 16 Dec 2022, The International Encyclopedia of Anthropology. Callan, H. & Coleman, S. (eds.). John Wiley & Sons Ltd, p. 1-8 8 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary › peer-review
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Everest, Everestland, #Everest: A case for a composite visual ethnographic approach
Sinanan, J., Sept 2022, In: Visual Anthropology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review