神戸大学 大学院 人文学研究科　KOIASフェロー
KOIAS Fellow Graduate School of Humanities, Kobe University

マヌエラ・サラザル さんManuela SALAZAR

Manuela de Mattos Salazar is a Brazilian researcher working at the intersection of media studies, aesthetics, and Atmospheric Studies. She is currently the inaugural Research Fellow at KOIAS, Kobe University, and a Research Associate at the University of Sussex. Her research explores how images, objects, and everyday environments shape the way we feel. Her doctoral project, Cosy Vibes, investigated how social media has transformed cosiness into a shared visual language, showing how carefully arranged domestic scenes can communicate warmth, comfort, and belonging. Bringing together visual culture, philosophy, and everyday experience, her work examines atmospheres not as abstract ideas but as something we encounter in homes, cafés, cities, photographs, and digital media. She is the author of Mundo-Mosaico: a estetização da vida cotidiana no Instagram and is currently developing new research on the idea of "vibe" as a contemporary way of describing shared feelings and atmospheres. Alongside her academic work, she is interested in making research on everyday life accessible to wider audiences through public talks and interdisciplinary collaborations. In 2026, she also serves as a Kobe PR Ambassador, promoting the city through cultural and international exchange initiatives.

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