Biography

Rugun Sirait (she/her) is an Indonesian researcher living and studying in Vienna. Works around digital ethnography, documentary films, and exploring sounds. Previously, she was a programmer for the Festival Film Dokumenter; now, she works freelance for film programming and producing, alongside her PhD research. Trained mostly in media and digital anthropology, she is now joining the Vienna Visual Anthropology Lab, has been a member of the TikTok Ethnography Collective, and selected as a participant at Ethnocineca 2025’s Filmwerkstatt (Filmworkshop). Interested in the intersection of digital media, anthropology, and the publicness the field af...Read More