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Welcome to this website. My name is Ellen Rutten, and I coordinate a research project at the University of Bergen on what I call "web wars": discussions of the Soviet past in post-socialist social media. At the same university, I work as a postdoctoral researcher in a team that explores the impact of new media on Russian literature & language. My research interests include social media, post-Soviet culture, literature and art, and memory discourse. At the moment I study a trend to embrace imperfection in contemporary (Russian) culture and I am writing a book on post-Soviet sincerity rhetoric. Together with my Web Wars colleagues, I am preparing both an edited volume and a film on online commemorations of the socialist experience. For more information on my work, feel free to browse this site—or to contact me in person.

click PRESS to read or hear my recent interviews on social media, Russian politics, and creative imperfections

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