Beyond the City Walls: Addressing Socio-Spatial Divides at the Festival OFF d’Avignon

Hanna Huber defended her doctoral thesis Performing on the Fringe. Examining the Neoliberalism of the Festival OFF d’Avignon at the University of Vienna (Austria) in 2024, with research stays in Avignon, London, and Edinburgh. Huber successfully completed Theatre, Film, and Media Studies, English and American Studies, as well as Romance Studies at the Universities in Vienna, Malta, and Avignon. Employed as postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Education of the University of Vienna since September 2024, Huber currently conducts a mixed methods study examining organisational structures and work practices in self-organised video projects by young people presented at the video&filmtage festival in Vienna.