Assistant Professor of International Studies , Macalester College
Research Interests
Digital Anthropology | Ethnography of science and technology | Infrastructure |
About Alix
I am a cultural anthropologist whose research examines technological infrastructures (like data centers, fiber-optic cables, and sonar surveillance networks) as a lens on questions of sovereignty, emerging spatial politics, and enduring formations of imperial power – especially in Iceland and the broader Arctic. My first book, Where Cloud is Ground: Placing Data and Making Place in Iceland, was published in 2023 as part of the Atelier Series at the University of California Press. My research has also appeared in American Anthropologist, American Ethnologist, Surveillance & Society, City & Society, Culture Machine, and the Journal of Environmental Media, where I am incoming co-Editor in Chief.