Elisa Andrea Viteri MarquezDoktorand

Om mig

I am a PhD student at the Department for Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. In my project, I aim to explore contemporary works of speculative fiction in Arabic, in particular dystopian and science fiction novels. My project approaches these novels from a post-humanist perspective, focusing in the relationship between humans and non-humans, the planetary scale of existance, and the mediation of technology.

I have a professional and academic background as a translator and interpreter (Spanish -  English - Arabic), political science & conflict, and disaster management. I have several years of experience as a humanitarian worker in Israel, Palestine, Lebanon and Sudan.

 

Previous works:

Viteri Marquez, E. A. (2020). Literary masculinities in contemporary Egyptian dystopian fiction. MA thesis. Stockholm University. Available at Diva website.

Viteri Marquez, E. A. (2022). Protecting the Nile: Egypt’s crisis exploitation of the GERD crisis (2011-2021). BA thesis. Swedish Defence University. Available at Diva website.

 

Other projects:

• Co-organizer of the Environmental Humanities and Speculative Fiction Reading Group at Stockholm University, together Andrew Jones, Professor of Archaeology at SU. This reading group is open to anyone interested. We meet once a month to comment on the reationship between speculative fiction and our life in planet Earth. Link to the Environmental Humanities and Speculative Fiction Reading Group at SU.
   
• Collaborator at the EArtH project, an collaborative initiative that draws upon rigorous IPCC findings to reimagine artworks, aiming to foster a deeper public understanding and engagement with climate change’s impacts. Link to the EArtH project blog.

Full profile in LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisaviteri