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Biography

Phoebe is a research associate on the Visual and Embodied Methodologies for Addressing Gender Based Violence project at King's. She is also a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of International Development.

Her research looks broadly at the intersections of art and feminist activism. Before joining King's she was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of York, working with Dr Harriet Gray on the project 'The Comfort Women and the Silence Breakers: Memorialising Sexual Violence as Feminist Politics'. Her PhD, completed in 2022 at University College London looked at feminist activism in Peru through the lens of visual and embodied politics. She is also a co-editor of the Feminist Perspectives blog at KCL.

Research

  • Feminist activism
  • Reproductive justice
  • Art and activism
  • Visual and embodied politics and methods
  • Latin American feminism

Phoebe's PhD research looked at how feminist activists in Peru use creative interventions around gender violence and reproductive justice. These actions, including art, performance, and audiovisual media create new spaces for social and cultural change in difficult political contexts. Beyond this, her research has looked at the intersections of art and feminist activism, particularly reproductive rights activism.

Further details

See Phoebe's research profile