Dr Irida Ntalla

Biography

Irida is a Senior Lecturer in Communications and Media and Digital Storytelling, and Knowledge Exchange (KE) Coordinator for the Media School at London College of Communication. She teaches and researches in the fields of media and communications, intangible heritage and cultural industries, digital intimacies and motherhood studies.

Irida’s research is grounded in cultural studies and sociological approaches to explore how technological mediation, through cultural displays, interactive exhibits, and social platforms, shapes collective and personal experience across cultural and intimate spheres. This is developed through interconnected strands, the study of play and affect, and participatory engagement as part of the immersive economy within museums, galleries and the heritage sector. More recently, her research considers how publics, such as single mothers navigate social platforms as spaces of identity, resilience, and social narratives. Recent publications have been published in peer reviewed journals including Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies, Culture, Theory and Critique and Social Media and Society.

Irida is committed to research and knowledge exchange that actively informs her pedagogy and curriculum development. A recent example includes student knowledge exchange (SKE) approaches, partnering with the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) sector to set final-year students with real world challenges for the industry, This has resulted in annual contributions to industry magazine for the heritage sector, as well as pedagogical research. Her research informs KE activities, fostering of collaborations that bridge research and creative practice with charities, cultural institutions and creative industries.

Before joining LCC in 2022, Irida was a Senior Lecturer in Media, and Programme Leader for the MA Media Management at Middlesex University. Irida holds a PhD is in Creative Industries and Cultural Management from City, University of London.

Irida welcomes doctoral proposals on critical studies of immersive technologies and participatory audience engagement in museum and heritage studies, platformed storytelling, archives and digital heritage, feminist and intersectional approaches to digital cultures, platforms and intimate economies.