Shirin Abu Shaqra

Historian | Filmmaker & XR Developer | Cultural Worker & Community Builder

About

PhD Candidate in Digital Creativity (Augmented Museology & Decolonial Narratives) | Historian | Filmmaker & XR Developer | Cultural Worker & Community Builder

Treasures grow richer when shared. Whenever possible, I will put my archives, references, and work available online. 

Based in Tiohtiá:ke (Montreal), I was Born in Doha, Qatar, to a Syrian mother and Lebanese father, I spent my childhood in Beirut, high school in Montreal, and from university onwards between Paris and Beirut, with years in Alexandria, Istanbul, Tourcoing, and Cannes.

I hold an MFA from le Fresnoy (France, 2010), a Master’s in History and International Relations, and a DEA in Political Science from Saint Joseph University (Beirut), where I also worked as a librarian, archivist, and research associate for eight years.

In my work I use history for its collective memory, music for its Dionysian effect, and animation for its distanced wit. Thematically, exile and disembodiment are omnipresent elements, love a constant direction.

Currently a PhD candidate at NAD-UQAC exploring augmented museography and decolonial narratives. Co-founder of SAWA Collective.

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