Project Title: Contemporary Feminist Photography against Gender-Based Violence: Scottish Women’s Organisations in Context, 1994–Present
HEIs: University of St Andrews and University of Strathclyde
Schools: School of Art History at the University of St Andrews and the School of Humanities at the University of Strathclyde
Supervisors and HEIs:
Dr Catherine Spencer, University of St Andrews.
Professor Karen Boyle, University of Strathclyde.
About Camila’s Research
This research builds on interdisciplinary literature to further the analysis of feminist representations of gender-based violence (GBV), connecting it to photography and visual activism. Focusing on photographic projects created by women’s organisations in Scotland since 1994, my research analyses how photography can be used to create resistance and challenge rape culture. The methodology includes interviews with photographers, activists, and commissioners, as well as a combination of visual methodologies that provide a holistic understanding of photographic projects: discourse analysis, semiology, and social semiotics. This analysis creates common ground to facilitate understanding between feminist organisations, academics, and photographers in the challenge against GBV.
CONNECT WITH CAMILA
E-mail: ccp4@st-andrews.ac.uk
Instagram:@camilacavalcante.art
Twitter: @CCvisualartist