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Media and communication researcher focused on Poland, University of Helsinki, Finland

Joined November 2021
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Democracy and Contrarian Epistemologies – new post by Kinga Polynczuk-Alenius (@kpolynczuk) and Tero Toivanen (@TToivanen) on the HCAS Blog #FreedomToThink! blogs.helsinki.fi/hcasblog/2… @helsinkiuni
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Seriously, one of the best days of my academic life thus far ❤️
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Coming this Friday!
How do people get hooked on #ᴄᴏɴꜱᴘɪʀᴀᴄʏ theories? 🤔 Keynote Prof. Jan-Willem van Prooijen (@VUamsterdam) & Juha Räikkä, @KValaskivi @johannakaakinen @npyrhone @fasceangelo @kpolynczuk & @PasiKivioja. 📝Register by 15 Nov: bit.ly/3z9R3f0 ℹ️finsci.fi/conspiracy
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Kinga Polynczuk-Alenius retweeted
Finally our article on memes and liberalism under Viktor Orbán's illiberal regime is out! Three years in the making, it has aged well and captures a moment of liberal decline that is relevant for contexts far beyond #Hungary. Open access. #anthrotwitter journal.culanth.org/index.ph…
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Coming soon: My ultimate pet project! #HCASconspiracy
HCAS Symposium "Conspiracy Theories, Denialism and Scepticism – Contrarian Epistemologies between Epistemic Fringe and Democratic Core" 1–2 Dec at HCAS! Program and registration: blogs.helsinki.fi/contrarian… Organized by @kpolynczuk & @TTToivanen #HCASconspiracy @helsinkiuni
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🎉NEW #PUBLICATION OUT In Polish, to 'foul one's own nest' refers to damaging one's own community, rather than self-interest, and is supposedly a bad thing. Well, I disagree because exposing dirt to critical scrutiny is oftentimes the only way for the 'fouled' community to... 1/3
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truly move forward. So, here I am again fouling my nest, this time by tarnishing the reputation of my hometown in History & Memory of @iupress: muse.jhu.edu/article/864834 Luckily, I am in an excellent company, because the whole issue is dedicated to 're-membering' #Poland. 2/3
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In my piece, I walk and think with Foucault to illuminate the ongoing struggle in contemporary #Poland between two memory regimes: the declarative "multiculturalism" and the submerged racism. 3/3
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