Piia Varis

Forthcoming publications: 

Varis, Piia. Ethnography. In The Routledge Handbook of English Language and Digital Humanities (eds. Svenja Adolphs & Dawn Knight). Abingdon: Routledge.

Varis, Piia. Digital ethnography in the study of language, gender and sexuality. In The Routledge Handbook of Language, Gender and Sexuality (eds. Judith Baxter & Jo Angouri). Abingdon: Routledge.

Varis, Piia & Mingyi Hou. Digital approaches in linguistic ethnography. In The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Ethnography (ed. Karin Tusting). Abingdon: Routledge.

Varis, Piia. Digital culture and ethnography. A beginner's guide. New York: Routledge.

In the autumn semester 2018 I teach the following courses: Digital Culture and Society (BA Online Culture: Art, Media and Society), Digital Culture and Society for LAS (Liberal Arts and Sciences), and New Forms of Knowledge Online (MA Online Culture: Art, Media and Society)

In the spring semester 2019 I teach the following courses: The Private Life in a Digital World, and Doing Research: Practice (BA Online Culture: Art, Media and Society)

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PhD supervision:

Du, Caixia. The birth of social class online. The Chinese precariat on the internet. (Defence September 12, 2016)

Hou, Mingyi. Social media celebrity. An investigation into the latest metamorphosis of fame. (Defence May 23, 2018)

Leri, Alice. Who is Turkish American? Investigating contemporary discourses on Turkish Americanness. (Defence September 9, 2014)

Nie, Ted. Memes, communities and continuous change: Chinese internet vernacular explained. (Defence June 18, 2018)

Oudenampsen, Merijn. The conservative embrace of progressive values. On the intellectual origins of the swing to the right in Dutch politics. (Defence January 12, 2018)

van Nuenen, Tom. Scripted journeys. A study on interfaced travel writing. (Defence December 21, 2016) 

Velghe, Fie. 'This is almost like writing'. Mobile phones, learning and literacy in a South African township. (Defence December 3, 2014. Awarded Cum Laude)