Nina Sosna

born in Moscow

Education

Degrees

Candidate of Philosophical Sciences (Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences); dissertation topic: "Philosophical analysis of the concepts of R. Krauss, M.-J. Mondzen, and V. Flusser"

Research interests

Professional activity

Senior researcher at the Analytical Anthropology Sector of the Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Publications

• Media Between Magic and Technology. Ed. by N. Sosna and K. Fedorova. Moscow, Yekaterinburg: Cabinet Scholar, 2014. 
• Image and Photography: Visual, Opaque, Ghostly. Moscow: NLO, 2011. 

Selected Articles:

• An Outgrown Metaphor // Art Magazine, 2024. No. 127. pp. 137–143. ISSN 0869-4397. 
• From the Edge to the World: Toward a Redefinition of the Anthropological Horizon // Philosophy and Practice / ed. A.A. Guseinov, compiled by N.B. Afanasov. Moscow; St. Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2024. pp. 339–352 
• Practices of “Retaining Oneself” in Post-Anthropological Conditions: J. Bennett’s Project // Practical and Applied Philosophy / ed. A.A. Guseinov. Moscow; St. Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2024. pp. 261–271. ISBN 978-5-98712-377-5 
• Deep Media // The Great Russian Encyclopedia: A Scientific and Educational Portal – URL: https://bigenc.ru/c/glubokie-media-ddd3cc/?v=7610224 
• Jane Bennett // Western Philosophy of the 20th–21st Centuries. Intellectual Biographies. Moscow, St. Petersburg: Center for Humanitarian Initiatives, 2022. pp. 263–276. ISBN 978-5-98712-353-9. Edition of 500 copies. 
• From No Place to No Image: Iconic Migration // Motion: Migrations. Ed. C.M. Avolese. São Paulo, 2023. pp. 502–516. “Endless Humanism”, “Natural” Cosmpolitism // Philosophy Journal. 2023. Vol. 16. No. 3. Pp. 118–131).
• "Elements of Anthropocosmism" // Russian Studies in Philosophy. 2022. Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 244–263. DOI: 10.1080/10611967.2022.2110794. 
• "The Era of Posthumanism" // Russian Studies in Philosophy. 2022. Vol. 60, No. 3, pp. 179–185. DOI: 10.1080/10611967.2022.2111150. 
• The Poetics of Quiet Cosmism // Philosophy Journal. 2022. Vol. 15. No. 3. pp. 70–83. DOI: 10.21146/2072-0726-2022-15-3-70-83. 
• Media Theories: Normalization and Variantology // History of Philosophy. 2022. Vol. 27. No. 2. pp. 64–73. DOI: 10.21146/2074-5869-2022-27-2-64-73. 
• The Real, Elements, and "Stardust" // Philosophy Journal. 2020. Vol. 13. No. 1. Pp. 158‒172 (co-authors: D. Bulatov, I. Markelov). 
• Micro-ecologies of sound: Elemental dialog at work // Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC), British Computer Society’s Journal. URL: https://www.scienceopen.com/document?vid=31cdbf90‒95a8‒49a1-a3d9‒9ca93cfd041f. DOI: 10.14236/ewic/RESOUND19.23. 
• Sound image "In the landscape": immediate and immersive // PARAHEMA. Problems of visual semiotics. 2020. Issue 1 (23). Pp. 47‒57. DOI: 10.23951/2312-7899-2020-1-47-57. 
• Stubborn Accident. The Hegelian Moment of Some Current Theories // Philosophy Journal. 2020. Vol. 13. No. 3. pp. 139–149. 
• Alexander Galloway, Eugene Tucker. "Bits and Atoms" // Blue Sofa. Philosophical and Theoretical Journal. Issue 23 / Ed. E. Petrovskaya. Moscow: Tri Kvadrata, 2019. pp. 7–18. 
• "Irritation with Theory Means Intolerance of Thought." Interview with R. Mirelli // Philosophy Journal. 2017. Vol. 10. No. 4. Pp. 181–187. DOI: 10.21146/2072-0726-2017-10-4-181-187.
  
• Drawing, Map, Route. Visual Intervals on the Path of Anthropology. Polit. Conceptology. 2016. No. 3. Pp. 203–209. 
• Mineral Man // Art Magazine. 2016. Issue 96. Pp. 66–71. On the Aesthetics of Technical Mediation // Yearbook of Phenomenological Philosophy. Moscow, 2015. Pp. 146–164. 
• Photography Beyond the Visual: Views on Multiplicity // Studia Culturae. 2015. No. 24. Pp. 132–140. 
• Image and the Material: Towards a Transformation of Connections // Art Magazine, 2015, No. 94, pp. 41–45. 
• "Scientifically" Beautiful: From the "Zero-Dimensional" to the Physics of the Senses // Philosophical Magazine, 2014, No. 2(13), pp. 146–157 
• Is Man the Mediator: A Draft Response // Media between Magic and Technology / Ed. by N. Sosna, K. Fedorova. Moscow; Yekaterinburg, 2014, pp. 313–324. 
• Introduction // Media between Magic and Technology / Ed. by N. Sosna, K. Fedorova. Moscow; Yekaterinburg, 2014, pp. 7–18. 
• Ambiguous Community // Sociological Review, 2013, No. 2, pp. 172–176. 
• Means without a Place // Dialogue of Arts. 2013. No. 5 
• No World, No History, No City. How is a New Theory of Photography Possible? // Blue Sofa. 2013. No. 18 
• Potentially "Human": Virno and the Media // Philosophical Journal. 2013. No. 1(10) 
• After-life Photography // "The Final Piece of Paper or Alienated Testimony? A Collection of Articles / Edited by I.M. Kaspe. Moscow: New Literary Observer, 2013 
• Interview with Brian Massumi // Theory and Practice website Introduction to the Ethics of Life // Blue Sofa. 2011. No. 16. 
• Unasked: Intellectuals and the Media // Morebook. October 2012. 
• Clytemnestra's Network // Morebook. November 2012. 
• Photography of the 1920s–1930s: An Attempt at Philosophical-Anthropological Analysis // Culture and Revolution: Fragments of the Soviet Experience of the 1920s–1930s. Chapter IV. Moscow, 2012. 
• Vague: Context "Figurative" in the Development of the Phenomenological Theory of the Visual // Intellectual Language of the Era. History of Ideas, History of Words. Ed. by S. Zenkin. Moscow: New Literary Review, 2011 
• Sound Reserves of a Technological Society // Man in the World of Culture: Consumption and Culture. Ryazan, 2010 
• Vibrations of the Flesh // Blue Sofa, No. 15. Moscow: 2010 "The Medial" as an Alternative to Post-Research on Modernity // "Medialization III". St. Petersburg, 2010 Technical a Priori // New Literary Review, No. 103, Moscow: 2010 
• Theoretical Avant-garde // Philosophical Journal, No. 1(2). Moscow: Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2009. 
• J. Butler. Yu. Kristeva // Modern Western Philosophy. Encyclopedic Dictionary. Moscow: Cultural Revolution, Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2009 Mondzen, Neira. 
• Stiegler // Philosophers of France. Dictionary. Generally edited by I. Blauberg. Moscow: Gardariki, 2008 
• The Invisible Face of the Other: Phenomenological Studies of J.-L. Marion // Collage-5. Moscow: Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2005 
• The Transhistoricity of Photography: R. Krauss and V. Flusser // Experience and the Sensuous in Contemporary Culture: Philosophical and Anthropological Aspects. Moscow: Institute of Philosophy, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2004. 
• Monumentality Ephemerated // Widok. Theorie i praktyki kultury wizualnej. 2015. No. 9. 
• The Ghost of the Universal Spectator // Criticism. 2014: Vol. 56: Iss. 1, Article 6. Images, Between Documentary and Fiction // Politics and Culture. 2008. No. 9.2

Teaching activities

• Visuality in Contemporary Culture, a course for master's students at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (2013-2017) 
• Introduction to Visual and Cultural Studies, a course for master's students at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (2013-2015) 
• Introduction to the History and Theory of Media, a course for master's students at the Russian State University for the Humanities (2011) 
• Literary Imagination and the Theory of New Media, a course for postgraduate students at the Faculty of Philology, Moscow State University, Department of Discourse and Communication (2009-2010)

Scientific and organizational work

Participation in international projects

• Joint Polish-Russian project "Alterations in Progress. Academia in Public Discourse Poland — Russia: Expanding the Breathing Space" (Warsaw, April–December 2014, head of the Russian group) 
• Research fellowship at the Institute for Theater, Film, and Medieval Wissenschaft, Goethe University (Frankfurt am Main, 2005–2006) 
• Research project "Alternative Culture Beyond Borders: Past and Present of the Arts and Media in the Context of Globalization" (2007–2010), HESP-ReSet at the Central European University in Budapest