Sana Akram

Sana Akram is a Pakistani urbanist, new media documentary maker and a Fulbright alum. Her research-practice interests lie at the convergence of urban narrative, collective memory & place, the future imaginary, new media, emerging technologies and cocreation. In 2020, she graduated with a MS in Design & Urban Ecologies from Parsons School of Design, The New School, where she diversified her practice by implementing an interdisciplinary design approach. Her debut project, Little Pakistan - Future Histories, is an award-winning interactive documentary which has showcased at several international festivals including Slamdance Film Festival, Open City Documentary Festival, ETHNOFEST - Athens Ethnographic Film Festival and Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival. For her, it marks the beginning of a progressive research-practice exploring emergent media for civic engagement.