Andrea Reyes Elizondo
Reyes Elizondo researches the history of reading under the supervision of Prof. Paul Hoftijzer and Prof. Adriaan van der Weel. Her dissertation focuses on reconstructing the possibilities of reading for various groups in a society by looking into the context of this cultural technique and the elements that influence it: education, occupation, sociality of consumption, culture, and the legal and political system that regulated the access to texts.
Her geographical area of research is New Spain during the eighteenth century. She has written several blog posts about the different aspects of reading: sonority, imagery, speed, approved texts, and distance. She has also written about the ethical considerations for differentiating textual from media interpretation when studying past periods.
Reyes Elizondo is also a researcher at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University where she works on projects related to scientific integrity, citizen science, open science, and academic research systems.
Reyes Elizondo holds a BA in Communication Science, a BA in Dutch Studies, and a MA in Book and Digital Media Studies. On a previous life, she worked on several new media installations: Blender (2007), One vs 20,000 (2008-2010), and All You Ever Wanted to Know (2010).
