Antti Lindfors

Dr. Antti Lindfors is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki's Department of Cultures, specializing in the interdisciplinary field of environmental and elemental media. His work critically examines thermal communications, infrastructures, and their sociopolitical implications.

His research interests focus on:

• Emerging cultures of cold exposure as therapeutic techniques
• Thermal metaphors and violence in media (e.g., 'coldsploitation cinema')
• Stand-up comedy as a thermodynamic social interaction
• Scientific reframing of alternative medicine practices
• Power dynamics in temperature management systems

Lindfors actively engages with contemporary media theory, as demonstrated by his detailed analysis of Nicole Starosielski's Media Hot and Cold (2022), where he explores thermal subjectification and elemental media's role in reinforcing racialized/gendered hierarchies. His approach integrates anthropological perspectives with media studies to investigate how thermal environments shape human experiences and social structures.