Katerina Strani
Biographic Data
| ID | 199021 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katerina Strani |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katerina |
| FAMILY NAME | Strani |
| SIGNATURE | STRANI K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Heriot-Watt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5791-0465 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Automatic hate speech detection
This study investigates the correlation of hate speech and self-victimisation by focusing on below-the-line (BTL) comments on Ukrainians in Polish news articles and blogs. The comments analysed were posted between 20/04/2020 and 19/04/2021 and therefore before the Russian invasion in February 2022. The analysis was based on two corpora, one representative and one tailored corpus, and a two-tier methodology with a quantitative and a qualitative ph…
The Border Within
This paper argues for a reconceptualisation of migrant work as a critical site for negotiating borders and belonging, focusing on highly skilled Syrian migrants in the UK, a group often overlooked in migration scholarship. Through 17 narrative conversations, the study examines how borders are embodied, negotiated, carried and crossed in the everyday professional lives of this group. Grounded in affect and bordering theories and guided by a decolo…
Pausing in the city
How does it feel? Space and text as affective affordances in the multimodal museum
Museums are multimodal environments where semiotic resources including objects, space, sound, light, movement, language and the body converge. Our case study of a Taiwanese ceramics exhibition draws on the concept of ‘affective affordances’, meaning the socially and contextually informed ways that semiotic resources invite felt and embodied responses. We use this concept to investigate the ways in which texts and space co-construct affective mean…
“God is my vaccine”
Religious and conspiracy beliefs are based on the assumption that a potent force exists which is capable of affecting people’s destinies. According to compensatory control theory, the belief in such a potent external agent may serve to alleviate feelings of uncertainty and help restore a sense of control. This is of particular relevance and importance to attitudes and behaviour of religious individuals towards vaccinations during the Covid-19 pan…
Resilience, smartphone use and language among urban refugees in the Global south
The formidable challenges faced by urban refugees in the Global South have received considerable attention, calling for new approaches to support their resilience. Although critical interest in resilience and the role of digital technology in enabling refugees to navigate their new surroundings has been growing, little attention has been paid to the influence of language and literacy in processes of resilience-building and the use of such technol…
Public space, collective memory and intercultural dialogue in a (UK) city of culture
Using the case study of Derry~Londonderry and its designation as ‘UK City of Culture 2013’, the primary objective of this research paper is to critically analyse the challenges associated with the production of a year-long cultural programme in a culturally and politically divided place. Given that Northern Ireland’s second largest city has been understood in terms of a conflict between ‘two traditions’, Irish/Catholic and British/Protestant, we …
Resilience, smartphone use and language among urban refugees in the Global south
The formidable challenges faced by urban refugees in the Global South have received considerable attention, calling for new approaches to support their resilience. Although critical interest in resilience and the role of digital technology in enabling refugees to navigate their new surroundings has been growing, little attention has been paid to the influence of language and literacy in processes of resilience-building and the use of such technol…
Public space, collective memory and intercultural dialogue in a (UK) city of culture
Using the case study of Derry~Londonderry and its designation as ‘UK City of Culture 2013’, the primary objective of this research paper is to critically analyse the challenges associated with the production of a year-long cultural programme in a culturally and politically divided place. Given that Northern Ireland’s second largest city has been understood in terms of a conflict between ‘two traditions’, Irish/Catholic and British/Protestant, we …
Resilience, smartphone use and language among urban refugees in the Global south
The formidable challenges faced by urban refugees in the Global South have received considerable attention, calling for new approaches to support their resilience. Although critical interest in resilience and the role of digital technology in enabling refugees to navigate their new surroundings has been growing, little attention has been paid to the influence of language and literacy in processes of resilience-building and the use of such technol…
How does it feel? Space and text as affective affordances in the multimodal museum
Museums are multimodal environments where semiotic resources including objects, space, sound, light, movement, language and the body converge. Our case study of a Taiwanese ceramics exhibition draws on the concept of ‘affective affordances’, meaning the socially and contextually informed ways that semiotic resources invite felt and embodied responses. We use this concept to investigate the ways in which texts and space co-construct affective mean…
“God is my vaccine”
Religious and conspiracy beliefs are based on the assumption that a potent force exists which is capable of affecting people’s destinies. According to compensatory control theory, the belief in such a potent external agent may serve to alleviate feelings of uncertainty and help restore a sense of control. This is of particular relevance and importance to attitudes and behaviour of religious individuals towards vaccinations during the Covid-19 pan…
The Border Within
This paper argues for a reconceptualisation of migrant work as a critical site for negotiating borders and belonging, focusing on highly skilled Syrian migrants in the UK, a group often overlooked in migration scholarship. Through 17 narrative conversations, the study examines how borders are embodied, negotiated, carried and crossed in the everyday professional lives of this group. Grounded in affect and bordering theories and guided by a decolo…
Pausing in the city
Automatic hate speech detection
This study investigates the correlation of hate speech and self-victimisation by focusing on below-the-line (BTL) comments on Ukrainians in Polish news articles and blogs. The comments analysed were posted between 20/04/2020 and 19/04/2021 and therefore before the Russian invasion in February 2022. The analysis was based on two corpora, one representative and one tailored corpus, and a two-tier methodology with a quantitative and a qualitative ph…
Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Migration, Refugees, and Integration (2 works) · Misinformation and Its Impacts (2 works) · Negotiation (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Qualitative research (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)