Dear Colleagues, Our programme for the ECREA pre-conference on “Visual Politics & Protest – Current Methodological Challenges” is now out! The full programme can be found here <https://visualculturesecrea.wordpress.com/ecrea-preconference-2022/> on the ECREA Visual Cultures section webpages (also attached as PDF). The pre-conference workshop is taking place online on 6th & 7th October 2022 and consists of a keynote by Dr. Jing Zeng (University of Zürich), a series of lightning talks, and a panel discussion with Dr. Shana MacDonald (University of Waterloo), Dr. Stefania Vicari (University of Sheffield), and Dr. Jing Zeng. Registration is free and can be done via this form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0SQtSW55TCJsoVaosTTIG_OxIkMlOhmonbFB5aIggL7eCFw/viewform>. Zoom links will be sent out to all registered participants a few days before the start of the pre-conference. We are looking forward to seeing many of you there! Pre-conference team: Maria Schreiber, University of Salzburg Suay Melisa Özkula, University of Trento Tom Divon, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Danka Ninković Slavnić, University of Belgrade Doron Altaratz, The Hadassah Academic College Hadas Schlussel, Hebrew University of Jerusalem -- [I support fair work & do not expect colleagues to read or respond to emails after-hours, during weekends, outside of their part-time allocation, or during strike periods] *Suay Melisa **Ö**zkula/**Oezkula* Marie Sklodowska-Curie Research Fellow "DIGI-EMP" <https://www.sis.unitn.it/2753/international-experiences-of-digital-empowerment-in-a-climate-justice-frame> - University of Trento Visiting Research Fellow - International Telecommunications Union www.itu.int ECREA pre-conference Visual Politics & Protest <https://visualculturesecrea.wordpress.com/ecrea-preconference-2022/> Recent work: *Özkula, S. M., Lompe, M., Vespa, M., Sørensen, E., & Zhao, T. (2022). When URLs on social networks become invisible: Bias and social media logics in a cross-platform hyperlink study. First Monday, 27(6). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i6.12568 <https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v27i6.12568>* *Özkula, S. M., Reilly, P. J., & Hayes, J. (2022). Easy data, same old platforms? A systematic review of digital activism methodologies. Information, Communication & Society. **https://doi.org/* *10.1080/1369118X.2021.2013918* <https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.2013918> *Özkula**, S. M. (2021). What is digital activism anyway? Social constructions of the “digital” in contemporary activism. Journal of Digital Social Research, 3(3), 60-84. https://doi.org/10.33621/jdsr.v3i3.44 <https://doi.org/10.33621/jdsr.v3i3.44> * *Özkula, S. M. (2021). The problem of history in digital activism: Ideological narratives in digital activism literature. First Monday, 26(8). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v26i8.10597 <https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v26i8.10597>* Office: Room 318 SIS - School of International Studies via Tommaso Gar, 14 I-38122 Trento University of Trento, Italy