About

PhD in Applied Linguistics    |   CV
Current affiliation: Université Paris Nanterre – Multimodal Research Group on Language and its Interfaces (GREMLIN)/ Board member at La Fabrique Écologique
pauline.bureau18@gmail.com

Fig. 1: Sample of the subject's handwriting
Fig. 2: Self-portrait
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Through research, I study the terms and neologisms that shape discourses on socio-ecological challenges. I consider their implications regarding climate action and transition expectations.

Through art, I explore neological forms of interactions between humans and a hybridized milieu woven from organisms, minerals, spirits, technologies, words and symbols. I seek a visual language to represent them.

I rely on tools from corpus linguistics, natural language processing and discourse analysis to identifies the terms at stake, account for variation phenomena, and for the social representations associated with them across different types of discourses.              

I use watercolor, color pencils, and digital paint to create an ethereal atmosphere, where humans’ footprint is erased, smoothed off. Acrylic is also mobilized in places, to increase saturation and plasticity on specific focal points.