Natalie Dixon Email & Phone Number

Amsterdam, Nh, Nl

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

affect lab is an award winning research practice and creative studio. In collaboration with an international artistic network, we use design research, experimental field work and immersive storytelling to inspire a more inclusive future. Currently working on Bloody Beautiful, a creative movement to normalise conversations about menstruation and menopause.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

As part of the affect lab's project Good Neighbours I was an invited Research Fellow at the Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam) to develop critical theory on intimate surveillance practices in communities.

Amsterdam

I collaborated with non-profits and cultural organisations on digital storytelling and research projects.

Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

I was awarded the prestigious annual research fellowship at Het Nieuwe Institute (the Dutch national institute for architecture, design and digital culture). My research explored the Portuguese diaspora to South Africa in the late 1940s from a gender perspective. The project shed light on feminist issues of migration and burn-out using vernacular photography and looking-for-love newspaper advertisements as research data. The research culminated in performance lectures at the Dutch pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale (2018) and at Het Nieuwe Instituut (2019) in Rotterdam.

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands

I worked on Next Nature's book (Next Nature: Nature Changes Along with Us) which explored the co-evolution of people and technology. Next Nature is a design and technology collective that publishes nextnature.net and various books.

Cape Town Area, South Africa

Responsible for overall web and mobile strategy and development for National Geographic brands (National Geographic Kids, National Geographic Traveller), seventeen and Real Simple magazines in South Africa. Managed team of approximately 15 people including digital content editors, interactive production managers and sales members.

Johannesburg Area, South Africa

Responsible for overall content strategy and positioning of music and youth culture magazine SL. I managed approximately 15 people including fashion editors, writers, art directors, production staff and the sales team. Appointed as launch Associate Publisher for South Africa's first hip-hop magazine HYPE.

Responsible for first-of-its-kind interactive projects and digital storytelling.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Communication And Media Studies

Masters In Media & Culture (New Media Track), New Media & Culture

Bachelor Of Journalism