Natalia Espinel-Quintero

Natalia Espinel-Quintero holds a master’s degree in Latin American Cultural Studies from Universidad Javeriana (Colombia) and a BA in Liberal Arts from Concordia University. She is a now a recent graduate of the Media Studies MA program.

Her research explored the mediation of violence and resistance in the context of the Colombian 2021 National Strike (Paro Nacional) to understand how the interplay between material and digital spaces contributed to the emergence of a new structure of feeling. Natalia’s research was supported by SSHRC and FRQSC.

Thesis title: Behing the Awakening: Tracing the Visual and Affective Reverberations of the 2021 Colombian National Strike