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Alaina Lemon is a socio-cultural, linguistic, and historical anthropologist whose work focuses on the intersections of communication and material struggles in the context of political and social change, particularly in relation to the experiences of people in Russia. Her research has included extensive fieldwork within the Romani diaspora, exploring communication practices in diverse settings including film sets, markets, and domestic spaces. Lemon's scholarly contributions also examine broader themes such as access to media infrastructures, the ideologies surrounding media representations, and the emotional dimensions of human-animal relations. She has authored several significant works, including the book 'Fires' (2000) and 'Technologies of Intuition' (2017), and has produced films such as 'T’an Bakhtale!: Roma in Russia' (1996). Additionally, she is affiliated with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the Center for World Performance Studies at the University of Michigan.
University of Michigan • Ann Arbor, MI
Professor of Anthropology specializing in socio-cultural, linguistic, and historical anthropology.
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science