Ethnography of Joy Collective

In the winter of 2026, I was honoured to be selected for a collaborative open-ended project with Allegra Lab, which aims to rework scholarly anthropological concepts through unruly, collective creativity rather than "canon-encased" definitions. Using ethnographic vignettes and sensory materials in both virtual and in-person workshops, the collective will work together over the spring months to foster a more relatable, public-facing anthropology that prioritizes shared discovery and transformative thinking over professional ego.


2026: Conducting Fieldwork

I am currently conducting fieldwork for an auto-ethnographic study on digital piece work and the development of large language models (LLMs)

Stay tuned…


Diana Szpotowicz AAN Certificate

2024: Mentorship

I was honoured to be selected for the Fall 2024 cohort of mentees for the European Association of Social Anthropologist’s (EASA) Applied Anthropology Network’s mentorship scheme. For 3 months, I was mentored on my AI research project (see above) by Louise Pasteur de Faria, PhD - a Senior Cultural Strategist based in London.


TikTok Ethnography Collective

In 2023, I took part in a research collective of students, lecturers, researchers, anthropologists and artists based at University College London, who use ethnographic methods to explore the digital world.

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