Visit of the guest researcher Dr. Karen Genschow, 26.07.21 - 06.08.2021

Dr. Karen Genschow is a literature and cultural studies scholar with a regional focus on Latin America (with a thematic emphasis on cultural memory, trauma, gender) in literature, film, and popular cultural objects such as comics and series. She is an expert on Chilean series about the military dictatorship such as Mary y Mike, Ecos del desierto and Argentine telenovelas with a historical reference such as Montecristo. During her research stay at GUMELAB, several working meetings and internal workshops were held on decoding the genre and narrative elements of Latin American telenovelas and series.