A brief interim report on a research that Lev Manovich and I began a few years back.
Read moreThe art of debate in the age of the Internet: Computational text analysis resources at the Riga Stradins University
“The Art of Debate in the Age of the Internet: Computational Text Analysis Resources at the Riga Stradins University.” Short presentation at the 78th International Scientific Conference of the University of Latvia, March 5, 2020.
Read moreNew job: Researcher at the Communication Studies Department, RSU, Riga, Latvia
My first full-time academic job after getting my PhD (at the Graduate Center, City University of New York): Researcher at the Communication Studies Department at the Riga Stradins University (RSU) in Riga, Latvia.
Read moreDissertation defended!
Successfully defended my PhD dissertation, The “Olympiad of Photography:” FIAP and the Global Photo-Club Culture, 1950–1965, on November 13, 2019.
Read moreJust published: "FIAP Biennial in Photokina 1956: A Revolt Against the Universal Language of Photography"
My article is included in a special thematic issue "The Medium of the Exhibition" of the journal The Notebook for Art, Theory and Related Zones published by The Academic Research Centre of the Academy of Fine Arts (VVP AVU) in Prague, Czech Republic.
Read moreSummarizing my research on the selfie and photography in social media
During the last few years, one of my areas of expertise was the selfie and photography in social media. It is time to briefly summarize my published work in the area.
Read moreSizzling hot off the press: my article in ARTMargins
My "Introduction to José Oiticica Filho's 'Setting the Record Straighter'," in ARTMargins 8, no. 2 (2019): 105-115, accompanies the first translation of Oiticica Filho’s 1951 article from Portuguese by Luisa Valle.
Read moreThrilled to participate in photography seminar in São Paulo
I’m thrilled to participate in the seminar Fotografia moderna? Fragmentos de uma história (Brasil, 1900-1960) at the Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS Paulista), São Paulo, Brazil, August 13-15, 2019.
Read moreArticle archive update! 1998-2019
I’ve just updated the article archive on my website with a wide range of my articles about contemporary art and photography published between 1998 and 2019. Most articles are in English and available for you to download and read.
Read moreHot off the press: "The Role of Photo Clubs, Magazines, Exhibitions, and Curators in Latvian Photography, 1960–2000”
A new book chapter published in a volume about the twentieth-century art in Latvia.
Read moreNew book chapter on photo history: "Fifty Year Eclipse"
"Fifty Year Eclipse: Illuminating the Forgotten Legacy of Photographer Vilis Rīdzenieks" is a book chapter commissioned for an edited volume dedicated to the legacy of Latvian photographer Vilis Rīdzenieks (1884–1962).
Read moreWhat did I do in 2018?
As a somewhat belated attempt to keep in touch with everybody who haven’t seen me for a while, here’s a brief look back at 2018.
Read moreHot off the press: new article "Machines, Methods, and Humans: On the Production Line of Contemporary Photography"
My article "Machines, Methods, and Humans: On the Production Line of Contemporary Photography" just published in Fotografija 35, no. 1 (2018). This is a special edition of the magazine, edited by Paul Paper.
Read moreJust published: new article "Seeing a Century Through the Lens of Sovetskoe Foto"
I'm thrilled to let you know about the recently published article, "Seeing a Century Through the Lens of Sovetskoe Foto," where I discuss some of the findings of my research of the history of the leading Soviet photography magazine, Sovetskoe Foto, which was published in Moscow, Russia, from 1926 to 1991.
Read moreI'm honored to speak at a social media research panel at the City University of New York
Earlier this spring I had the honor to present my research in a talk "The Networked Camera: Mapping the Universe of Instagram Photography" at the panel Social Media in Theory & Praxis: What Is at Stake Now? at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, on April 18, 2018.
Read moreExcited to speak at the international symposium Now Memories
I’m excited to present my latest research in the talk “The Family of Man (1955) and the Family of Photographers: Insiders and Outsiders of the Most Famous Photography Exhibition" at the international symposium "Now Memories" in Riga, Latvia, on April 13, 2018.
Read moreNew book chapter "The Selfie: More and Less than a Self-Portrait"
Just published! New book chapter is out: Alise Tifentale, “The Selfie: More and Less than a Self-Portrait,” in Moritz Neumüller, ed., Routledge Companion to Photography and Visual Culture (London, New York: Routledge, 2018), 44–58.
Read moreNew book chapter "Competitive Photography and the Presentation of the Self"
Hot off the press! New book chapter: Alise Tifentale and Lev Manovich, "Competitive Photography and the Presentation of the Self" in Jens Ruchatz, Sabine Wirth, and Julia Eckel, eds., Exploring the Selfie: Historical, Analytical, and Theoretical Approaches to Digital Self-Photography (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018), 167-187.
Read moreWhat did I do in 2017?
"What you're working on these days?" people often ask, adding "I haven't heard from your for a while." To answer this question at least partly, here I quickly summarize some of my work from 2017 and outline some projects that are coming up in 2018. Happy and productive New Year!
Read moreMy novel included in a Latvian literature anthology in German
I am thrilled to see that a fragment of the German translation of my novel, Riga Warmth (2003), is included in an anthology of Latvian literature, published in Austria. The novel was published first in Latvian, as Rigas Siltums, in 2003. It was translated into German and published in Switzerland as Im Sog von Riga ten years later, in 2013.
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