Sana Akram
Sana Akram is a Pakistani urbanist, media maker and a Fulbright alum. Currently, she is an Elia Scholar at York University where her doctoral research-creation focuses on reimagining the Indo-Persian Qissah and Dastan storytelling tradtions with emergent media technologies in the 21st century. In 2020, she graduated with a MS in Design and Urban Ecologies from Parsons School of Design, The New School, where she diversified her research-practice by implementing an interdisciplinary design approach. Her debut project, Little Pakistan – Future Histories, is an award-winning interactive documentary which has showcased at several international festivals including Slamdance Film Festival, Open City Documentary Festival, Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival and Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival. For her, it marked the beginning of a progressive research-creation exploring emergent media for civic engagement.