Alette Schoon

Alette Schoon is a senior lecturer at Rhodes University's School of Journalism and Media Studies. Her research focuses on how marginalised less-connected South Africans use digital devices. Alette is the convener of the DigiMethods Africa Winter School, which trains academics in computational and data research tools and methods. She is a fellow of the Open Seeds mentorship project and an advocate for Digital Humanities. Alette teaches documentary filmmaking and also still produces her own documentary films. Her most recent film focuses on the legacy of the 19th century amaXhosa intellectuals of the Eastern Cape. She is also a collaborator on in a cross-disciplinary project about Science Communication.