My dissertation project is a comparative study of documentary film and literature that utilize different editing techniques of documentary sources in the exploration of the body and vulnerable states of existence. My research studies how narratives techniques of editing can be used to portray corporeal experiences of vulnerability, by bringing awareness to the medium’s own material qualities and evoking embodied reading and viewing experiences. 

In my research I explore the relations between two of my favorite things - literature and cinema, and the function of editing in the creation of new narratives. I have been working as a film editor for several years, and have found the work of editing to be the most fascinating process.