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.

Her research explores 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 is supported by SSHRC and FRQSC.

Thesis title or subject: Digital Resistance in Colombia: Tracing the Visual and Affective Reverberations of the 2021 National Strike