Anna Kalinina

Anna Kalinina is a PhD candidate and scholarship holder at the Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization. Her ongoing dissertation titled "Beyond the Protest: Self-Organization in Russian Anti-War Ecology of Resistance, Solidarity, and Aid” focuses on the contentious practices, infrapolitics, secrecy, affinity, precarious organizing, self-organizing, and platform agency.

In 2022, Anna graduated from the master's program "Kulturwissenschaften: Medien und Digitale Kulturen" at Leuphana University, where she completed her master's thesis "Future-Proofing the New Soviet Subjects: Fostering Technical Creativity in the Cases of Andrei Ershov's Algorithmic Thinking and the Radio Enthusiasts Movement." Anna is affiliated with the independent collective of researchers of the Hannah Arendt Research Center and Centre for Digital Cultures.