Distinguished Lecture Registration Open: "The Mourning After: Mobile Media Mourning and Affective Witnessing”

The RMIT Professorial Academy proudly presents the next Distinguished Lecture in the series.

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“The Mourning After: Mobile Media Mourning and Affective Witnessing”

Presented by Distinguished Professor Larissa Hjorth, digital ethnographer, socially engaged artist and (ARC) Future Fellow in the School of Media & Communication.
After the lecture, there will be a Q&A opportunity and light refreshments. This lecture is open to RMIT staff and students.

We look forward to you joining us for this Distinguished Lecture by one of our eminent researchers here at RMIT.

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