Mikel Herrán Subiñas (born 1991),[2] known in social media as PutoMikel,[3] is a Spanish archaeologist, drag artist, writer, popularizer and YouTuber.[4]
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| Born | Mikel Herrán Subiñas 1991 Zaragoza, Spain | ||||||
| Nationality | Spanish | ||||||
| Education | Complutense University of Madrid (archaeology) University College London (master) University of Leicester (PhD) | ||||||
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| Website | www.putomikel.com | ||||||
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| Genre | Commentary | ||||||
| Subscribers | 233,000[1] | ||||||
| Total views | 12,06 million[1] | ||||||
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Last updated: August 10, 2024 | |||||||
Career
editMikel Herrán is an archaeologist from the Complutense University of Madrid, Master in Archaeology of the Arab and Islamic World from University College London - Qatar[5] and PhD in archaeology[6] from the University of Leicester.[7] His research focuses on domestic environments and practices as spaces for social transformation in the early Andalusian period.[8]
He became known in 2018 through his videos of historical content on the YouTube platform,[2] analyzing Western history from a queer and decolonial perspective, and addressing topics such as the perception that gender was held in Viking society[9] or expressions of sex-gendered dissidence in history.[2] Through the use of social networks he seeks to bring historical studies out of academia and closer to a general audience.[10]
In 2022 he launched his first work, La historia no es la que es, es la que te cuentan, published by Editorial Planeta,[11] in which he treats history as a subjective narration and the way in which it is constructed.[12]
In June 2023, he was a guest on the Movidas Varias podcast, hosted by comic book artist Quan Zhou Wu.[13]
In 2024 he published his second book, Sodomitas, vagas y maleantes: Historia de la España desviada de Atapuerca a Chueca,[2] which narrates the history of sexual and gender dissidence and LGBT people in the Iberian Peninsula.[14] Likewise, since January of that year, she has been part of the team of the science outreach program of the fourth season of El condensador de fluzo, hosted by Raquel Martos, and broadcast by La 2 of Televisión Española.[15][16] Later, in July, he took part in the Feminist School of the Assembly Moza d'Asturies (AMA), a conference held at the Muséu del Pueblu'Asturies in Gijón.[17]
Works
edit- La historia no es la que es: Es la que te cuentan (2022)
- Sodomitas, vagas y maleantes: Historia de la España desviada de Atapuerca a Chueca (2024)
References
edit- ^ a b "About PutoMikel". YouTube.
- ^ a b c d Escobedo, Deva Mar (2024-08-03). "Mikel Herrán (PutoMikel): "Diversificar el pasado ataca el discurso de que la desviación es algo moderno"". El Salto. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "PutoMikel: "A la hora de buscar identidades con las que sentirse representado en la historia, deberíamos buscarlas en la gente corriente que ha conseguido tener vidas fascinantes"". Hiztoria XXI. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "PutoMikel, arqueólogo, drag y youtuber: "Puedo hablar de cosas serias maquillado, dando espectáculo y sin perder rigor"". El Diario. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "UCM-Proyecto de investigación. Las manufacturas textiles andalusíes: caracterización y estudio interdisciplinar". www.ucm.es. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ Subiñas, Mikel H. (2024-03-15). Beyond private: The household and the domestic assemblages of Islamisation in Early Medieval Iberia (8th-11th centuries) (Thesis). University of Leicester. doi:10.25392/leicester.data.25418236.v1. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ Castellanos, Ángeles (2024-05-19). "Mikel Herrán, doctor en Arqueología y divulgador: "La sexualidad y la disidencia sexual son tan parte de la historia como el Tratado de Versalles"". El Periódico de España (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Mikel Herrán Subiñas". Ciencia en redes (in Spanish). 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "PutoMikel: "Hay otras historias que han sido olvidadas y son igualmente importantes para entender cómo hemos llegado hasta aquí"". La Soga. 17 February 2021. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "PutoMikel: "No creo que la extrema derecha haya ganado la batalla cultural en redes"". Al Descubierto. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ Escobedo, Deva Mar (2024-08-03). "Mikel Herrán (PutoMikel): "Diversificar el pasado ataca el discurso de que la desviación es algo moderno"". elsaltodiario.com. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "La historia en clave LGTBI+ con Mikel Herrán". RTVE. 22 July 2022. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "🎙 PODCAST — La historia no es blanca ni hetera, con Putomikel". El Diario. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "Mikel Herrán nos cuenta la historia desde Atapuerca hasta Chueca: "Claro que la gente queer ha existido desde siempre"". Shangay. 2024-05-23. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "La 2 estrena la cuarta temporada de "El condensador de fluzo"". mundoplus.tv. 2024-01-10. Retrieved 2024-08-05.
- ^ "'El condensador de fluzo' repasa la historia LGTBIQ+". RTVE.es (in Spanish). 2024-03-20. Retrieved 2024-08-06.
- ^ "Clara Serra inaugura este viernes en Xixón la cumbre del "otro feminismo"". Nortes | Centradas en la periferia (in Spanish). 2024-07-11. Retrieved 2024-08-05.