Silvia Almenara Niebla works as postdoctoral researcher at Communication Studies Department (Vrije Universiteit Brussel). She works on the ERC project Reel Borders lead by prof. Kevin Smets. She obtained her PhD in gender and migration studies (Universidad de La Laguna, 2020, extraordinary doctoral prize) with a study on transnational belonging and media practices among Sahrawi refugees from a gender perspective. She is vice-chair of the Diaspora, Migration and the Media section of ECREA.

Roles

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    University, Brussels, Belgium
    Postdoc

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Other, Brussels, Belgium

  • Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Other, Brussel, Belgium
    Postdoc

  • University of La Laguna

    University, La Laguna, Spain
    PhD Candidate

  • University Autonomous of Madrid

    University, Madrid, Spain
    Research Assistant

Research

Revealing activist experiences through film-viewing: emotional geographies at the border of Ceuta and Melilla

Authors Silvia Almenara-Niebla
Year 2024
Journal Name Social & Cultural Geography
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1 Journal Article

Bordering cinematic experiences: Emotional narratives in the Irish borderland

Authors Silvia Almenara-Niebla, Kevin Smets
Year 2024
Journal Name Emotion, Space and Society
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2 Journal Article

“You have raised me between two worlds”: Mothers, daughters, and emotions in the Sahrawi digital diaspora in Spain

Authors Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Silvia Almenara-Niebla
Year 2023
Journal Name Feminismo/s
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3 Journal Article

Mediating exiles: Saharan and Sahelian Diasporas in Europe

Authors Silvia Almenara-Niebla, Pierre Peraldi-Mittelette
Year 2023
Journal Name L’Ouest Saharien
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4 Journal Article

Redes sociales y agencia digital

Authors Silvia Almenara-Niebla
Year 2023
Journal Name L’Ouest Saharien
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5 Journal Article

Digital emotivescapes: Everyday media practices of Sahrawi refugee diasporic women in Spain and Mauritania

Authors Silvia Almenara-Niebla
Year 2022
Journal Name Migration Studies
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7 Journal Article

The Sage Handbook of media and migration

Authors Silvia Almenara-Niebla
Year 2020
Journal Name Information, Communication & Society
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8 Journal Article

Making digital ‘home-camps’: Mediating emotions among the Sahrawi refugee diaspora

Authors Silvia Almenara Niebla
Year 2020
Journal Name International Journal of Cultural Studies
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9 Journal Article

Identidades en desastres prolongados. Escenarios transnacionales desde los campamentos de refugiados Saharauis

Authors Silvia Almenara Niebla, Carmen Ascanio Sánchez
Year 2018
Journal Name Papeles del CEIC
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10 Journal Article

Connected Sahrawi refugee diaspora in Spain: Gender, social media and digital transnational gossip

Authors Silvia Almenara-Niebla, Carmen Ascanio-Sánchez
Year 2019
Journal Name European Journal of Cultural Studies
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11 Journal Article

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