Dr. Johannes Sjoberg

Biography

Johannes Sjoberg is a Lecturer in Screen Studies at the University of Manchester, appointed in 2008. He specializes in screen practice research, with a focus on the boundaries between artistic and academic forms of representation. His approach is rooted in critical qualitative research methods, extended fieldwork, and participant observation, utilizing collaborative improvisational art forms to mediate complex cultural understandings for popular audiences. Sjoberg has developed his research interests through work in film, theatre education, and as a freelance actor and director in Sweden, Guatemala, and Brazil, as well as his experience as a documentary filmmaker in the UK and as a guest lecturer at various universities. He graduated in Social Anthropology from the University of Stockholm in 1997 and obtained his MA in Visual Anthropology from the University of Manchester in 2001, followed by a PhD in Drama in 2009, focusing on practice-based research in ethnofictions. His teaching and research interests include the development of the documentary film genre, authenticity in documentary films, ethnographic film, and the interplay between fact and fiction in screen practices. Sjoberg is committed to integrating his research initiatives with external contacts in screen and theatre practice.

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