Research Output per year
Personal profile
Research interests
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.
Teaching
In the autumn semester 2019 I teach the following courses: Digital Culture and Society (BA Online Culture: Art, Media and Society + Liberal Arts and Sciences), Digital Ethnography (MA Online Culture), New Forms of Knowledge Online (MA Online Culture), and Online Health Practices (MA Health Humanities)
Current courses
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PhD supervision
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)
Keywords
- Digital Culture
- Digital Media
- Digital Ethnography
- Social Media
- Discourse Studies
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Research Output
Conspiracy theorising online: Memes as a conspiracy theory genre
Varis, P., 2019, (Tilburg Papers in Culture Studies; no. 238).Research output: Working paper › Scientific
Open Access
Digital approaches in linguistic ethnography
Varis, P. & Hou, M., 2019, The Routledge Handbook of Linguistic Ethnography. Tusting, K. (ed.). 1 ed. Abingdon: Routledge, p. 229-240Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
Greta Thunberg and the #climatestrike are shaping the climate debate
Varis, P., 7 Feb 2019, In : Diggit Magazine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Popular
Caught between autonomy and control? An analysis of online discourses on child location tracking technologies
Boelhouwers, M., Vanden Abeele, M., Varis, P. & Backus, A., 2018.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Other research output
Conspiracy theorising online
Varis, P., 21 May 2018, In : Diggit Magazine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Popular
Activities
Digital culture and privacy
Piia Varis (Speaker)4 Feb 2020
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Interview: Conspiracy theories and climate change denial
Piia Varis (Participant)15 Dec 2019
Activity: Other activity types › Other › Scientific
What do you meme? Academic Forum.
Piia Varis (Speaker)3 Dec 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Instagram influencers
Piia Varis (Speaker)3 Oct 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Popular
Digital ethnography
Piia Varis (Speaker)13 Sep 2019
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific