Linnéa Saaranen

About me

I am a Ph.D. student in Gender Studies at the Graduate School GENHDI (The Graduate School in Gender, Humanities and Digital Cultures) since autumn 2023. My Ph.D. project will focus on contemporary Japanese female film directors and artists, mainly by analysing their cinematic/visual work.

Before starting my Ph.D., I obtained a Bachelor's in Cultural Studies (University of Gothenburg), a Bachelor's in Film Studies (University of Gothenburg), and a Master's in Film Studies (University of Gothenburg). In my previous research, the main focus has often been the representation of the body in visual culture. As an example, I have written about the figuration of artificial women in science fiction films.

My academic interests include Feminist Film Theory, Cultural Analysis, Japanese Film and Art, and Posthumanist Theory.

Supervisors are Lisa Käll (Stockholm University) and Malena Gustavsson (Stockholm University).

Research projects

Ongoing

Completed

The Research School Gender, Humanities and Digital Culture

The Research School Gender, Humanities and Digital Culture, which is partly funded by the Swedish Research Council, is a collaboration between the gender studies units at Stockholm University, Uppsala University and Södertörn University. A total of nine doctoral students are included, all of whom were admitted in the fall of 2023.

Body and Space in Japanese Visual Cultures During the New Digital Age

The new digital age that took off in the 1990s has created more opportunities for Japanese female filmmakers and artists where film, photography, and digital art are used as artistic tools to challenge the norms of society.