Research interests
Thematic: visual anthropology, decolonisation, the anthropology of the future
Background
Education:
- Master of Arts, Visual and Media Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin, 2018
- Certificate of Higher Education, Practical Film Making, Met Film School Berlin, 2016
- Bachelor of Arts, New Media Communications, Assumption University of Thailand, 2014
Work:
Lecturer, Visual and Media Anthropology Program, HMKW Hochschule für Medien, Kommunikation und Wirtschaft, Berlin, 2020–2021
Awards
Ethnographic Film Projects
Emails to My Little Sister (2018): Researcher, director, cinematographer and editor
- Winner of Student Film, ethnographic film festival Vizanthrop, Belgrade, Serbia, 2019
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Short Film Audience Choice, San Diego State University’s Africa World Documentary Film Festival, Trinidad Venue, 2019
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Best Student Film, the 29th International Festival of Ethnological Film, Belgrade, Serbia, 2020
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Audience Award for Best Short Film, Afrika Film Festival Köln, Cologne, Germany, 2021
- Honourable mention for a special look at civilisational dialogue of cultures, OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival, Bolhrad, Ukraine, 2021
- Honourable MentionTokyo International Short Film Festival, Japan, 2022
Publication
- Mekonen, Solomon (2021). I Am Black Now: A Phenomenologically Grounded Autoethnography of Becoming Black in Berlin. In Kohl, Marie-Anne (Ed.), Under Construction: Performing Critical Identity. MDPI Books. doi: 10.3390/books978-3-03897-500-7-1.