Research interests / activities
Currently, Katya is working on her PhD thesis "More-than-human Tongues: Talking Animals and Their Agencies in Technocultural Networks." Her research focuses on the ethical issues related to the representation of animals on social media. As a part of this project, Katya is researching specific vocabularies used to voice companion animals on Instagram to speculate on how this practice may influence human-animal relationships and animal wellbeing. Her research interests also include critical studies of cuteness and representation of animals in contemporary art, film and video games.