Nada Zraidi

Nada Zraidi is a visual anthropologist and filmmaker specializing in audiovisual and media anthropology. Her work critically examines colonial archives, representation politics, and the affective power of images in shaping North African identities. Through film, photography, and archival reinterpretation, she challenges mainstream narratives and seeks to reclaim marginalized stories.

Her master’s thesis, Visual Representation of the Colonized Body in North Africa, explored how colonial audiovisual narratives have shaped perceptions of North African bodies and how decolonial aesthetics can serve as a form of resistance.

For the past three years, Nada has been teaching Audiovisual Anthropology and Collaborative Storytelling Seminar at Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg and has previously taught at Universität Kassel, Moving School, and KennenLernLaden Waldau.

In 2018, her co-directed Mdaifin’IN which is a web documentary serie, created with women laborers in rural Morocco, gained national and international recognition. 

[TV5MONDE Feature] #MOE : connexion avec Aouatef Khelloqi et Nada Zraidi
[Medi1TV Afrique Feature] Mdaif’in: Dans l’intimité du monde rural au féminin

Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang

• Since 2022: Teaching the seminar “Audiovisual Anthropology and Collaborative Storytelling” alongside Thomas John and Arjunraj Natarajan at Albert Ludwigs Universität Freiburg.

• 2019: Teaching member at Moving School, leading workshops on documentary filmmaking, collaborative storytelling, and audiovisual media.
  
• 2024: Conducted a workshop on “Storytelling and Photography” at KennenLernLaden Waldau.
  
• 2019 – 2023: Master’s degree in Visual Anthropology from the University of Münster. Thesis: “Visual Representation of the Colonized Body in North Africa”.
  
• 2022 – 2024: Directed and produced an audiovisual installation juxtaposing mixed media, including photographs, postcards, colonial audiovisual archives, and personal family archives. This work, part of her master’s thesis, reinterprets colonial-era imagery to create alternative narratives.
  
• 2019: Taught the workshop “Audiovisual Storytelling” at the University of Kassel in collaboration with Moving School. The course aimed to integrate university and non-university students in collaborative film projects exploring migration.
  
• 2016 – 2018: Co-directed and produced Mdaifin’IN, a web documentary series created in collaboration with women laborers in rural Morocco. The series gained national and international recognition, featuring in multiple media outlets and festivals.
  
• 2012 – 2016: Bachelor’s degree in Communication Design with a minor in Film Production from Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul. Awarded a scholarship from the Bahçeşehir Foundation. 

• Sensory Anthropology
• Media Anthropology
• Audiovisual Anthropology
• Media and Mediation
• Affect and the Anthropology of Emotion
• Anthropology of Religion
• Embodiment
• Anthropology of Art and Aesthetics
• Visual Culture and Artistic Practices