Laura Machado

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Sociology graduate with a passion for writing, people and visual culture. Laura studied visual arts in Portugal, having moved to the UK to pursue a degree in Sociology at the University of Essex. Her main interests include gender and sexuality studies, human rights and climate and social justice. She is interested in the intricacies of the written and the visual worlds, believing in the important connection between them.

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  nurturing and preserving (re)connections

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  In the last article of this series, the focus is on reconnecting with ourselves, relearning and above all, healing. The highlighted artist is Alex King (@alexkingphotography), a Polynesian and Māori...
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  Unconscious revisions of memory and identity

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  The focus on connecting worlds explores the way in which storytelling can be personal and unique. This can happen through the use of alternative ways to the spoken, such as...
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  where one meets the other to create a story

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  In telling stories, our brains react to words and immediately think of them. Rather than arguing that storytelling is limited to the written sphere, it is perhaps interesting to see...
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  (De)constructing knowledges

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  Native American Heritage Month, as it is known today, dates back to 1915, when Dr Arthur C. Parker, an Indian of the Seneca Nation and director of the Museum of...
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  ​​TOUCH, SCREEN, IDENTIFY

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  BCAM's roots and history...
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  The memory at a distance

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  It is common in contemporary society to address the topics of international mobility, migration, travelling, displacement, or just the overall movement of people around the world. On the one hand,...
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  closed minds, closed borders

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  Dehumanisation is a thrown-around word that deserves all of our respect. To be dehumanised is something no individual should ever go through or feel. Yet, it may reflect a process...
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  From a window to the world

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  When the blinds of a window are opened in the morning, the sun rays on a sunshiny day fill the room. When a window is opened in the afternoon, the...
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  in between reality and fiction

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  "You are quite a character" is something someone would say to you if they thought you were unique, different. It is also something that we can hear quite often, and...