Emmanuel Ramos-Barajas

Emmanuel Ramos-Barajas (he/him) is a doctoral student in Screen Cultures at Northwestern University. His work focuses on 19th-century painting and print culture and 20th-century cinema that center Mexico and the United States. He examines how this visual culture shapes our understanding of national identifications, un/belonging, and history. Moreover, his creative endeavors bridge the realms of academia, remix culture, and the digital humanities. As a research-based image maker, he navigates the intricate connections between cultural production, visual technologies and landscape representation, underlining the pivotal role images play in shaping collective perceptions of nature and the past.