University of British Columbia
PhD Candidate (ABD), Anthropology
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About
Jennifer Wolowic is a PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia. She received her Masters from the same university and graduated from San Francisco State University with a BA in Film Production and a BA in Anthropology. Originally from Northern California, her research explores the affective nature of First Nation youths’ social networks and how film can be used to create new representations of those usually only represented through a criminalizing gaze.
She’s twice received the American Anthropological Association’s Society For Visual Anthropology Award for Best Student Work. Most recently for her film “For Our Street Family” made with the Prince Rupert Friendship House and the youth who attend its teen drop in center. She returns to Prince Rupert in 2011 to continue her PhD work following a cohort of First Nations teens as they transition into adulthood. A project currently titled Sumaxs Affect.
When she’s not elbow deep in books or keeping her eye behind a camera, she’s also an avid road cyclist and triathlete, having successfully made a swimming escape from Alcatraz.
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