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Fanny Gravel-Patry
Thesis supervisor: Krista Lynes
Thesis title: Depressive Affects, Aesthetics of Repair: (Re)thinking the Felt Experience of Mental Illness Through Instagram
Fanny Gravel-Patry (elle/she/her) is a Concordia University Public Scholar and Ph.D. candidate in communication studies. She studies mental illness, media practices of care, and digital visual culture. Fanny's dissertation looks at the Instagram practices of women living with mental illness and their use of the app as a tool for care. Her work was recently published in The Conversation and Les Presses de l’Université de Montréal. In addition to her research, Fanny has been the communications officer of the Communication Doctoral Student Association since 2019 and she is an active member of the Feminist Media Studio. Her doctoral research is supported by Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et Culture (FRQSC) and Concordia University.
Scholarly writing
- Gravel-Patry, Fanny (2021). "Instagram therapy” and how women use social media for mental health support, solidarity." The Conversation, July 27, 2021.
- Gravel-Patry, Fanny (2020). "Je partage donc j'agis? La massification des images de la 'crise' de l'accueil des réfugiés syriens" in L'agir en condition hyperconnectée: art et images à l'œuvre, Collection Parcours numériques, Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal.
- Gravel-Patry, Fanny (2020). “Meaning, Feeling, Doing: Affective Image Operations and Feminist Literatures of Care on Instagram,” Electronic Book Review, May 3, 2020.
- Gravel-Patry, Fanny (2019). "Fabrice Bourlez (2018) Queer Psychanalyse : Clinique mineure et déconstruction du genre," Book review, Sens Public.
- Gravel-Patry, Fanny (2018). "Les pratiques transformatrices des espaces socionumériques de Maude Bonenfant, Fabien Dumais et Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin, (Ed)," Book review, Canadian Journal of Communication.
- Gravel-Patry, Fanny (2016). “Sur l’existence d’un lieu à soi à l’ère d’Internet. Les HTMlles au Studio XX,” Artichaut Magazine.
- Gravel-Patry, Fanny (2015). "Orientalisme 2.0 : La Révolution verte iranienne en images," M.A Thesis.
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