Benjamin Kidder Hodges is an artist and anthropologist originally from Richmond, Virginia whose research based art and writing draw on folklore, mythology and media archaeology to call attention to overlooked histories. This involves building links between material culture and lived affects from boredom to shock.

While completing his Ph.D. in Anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin he received a Fulbright grant to conduct his dissertation research on media in Bulgaria in the early 2000s. This led to his dissertation “Special Affect: Special Effects, Sensation, and Futures in Post-Socialist Bulgaria.” In addition to his writing and exhibitions, he has taught in Europe, Asia and the U.S. Since 2008, he has been an Assistant Professor at the University of Macau where he teaches filmmaking, media studies, and cultural studies within the Department of Communication. He also helped establish the Creative Media Lab at the University of Macau.

Education

Ph.D. (2006) Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies, University of Texas at Austin, United States.

M.A. (2003) Américo Paredes Center for Cultural Studies, University of Texas at Austin, United States.

B.A. (1999) New College of Florida, United States.