Quoting Name: Amanda Tavares
Professional Category: Researcher [2024.12461.CEECIND]
Research Project: Food, Migration and Contemporary Art: New Perspectives on Interculturality, Hospitality and Participation in the European Context
Position within IHA: SC Member | RG Member [Contemporary Art Studies] Integrated Researcher
Thematic areas: Migration, diaspora, installation art, food studies, resistance, community
Contact: asmtavares@fcsh.unl.pt
CIÊNCIA ID: BA11-0659-60E9
ORCiD: 0000-0002-3646-3520
Biography
Amanda Tavares is a Research Fellow at IHA. Her current project, “Food, Migration and Contemporary Art: New Perspectives on Interculturality, Hospitality and Participation in the European Context”, is funded by Fundação da Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, CEEC 7ª edição).
Amanda is the author of ‘Visualising the Mediterranean: Unlearning and Imagining through Contemporary Art’ (Liverpool University Press, 2027), and the editor of two special journal issues (forthcoming) on archives and contemporary art. She has previously held postdoctoral positions in Portugal and the UK, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, the University of Sheffield, and the British Academy/Nuffield Foundation.
With experience of transdisciplinary projects, Amanda is particularly interested in how artistic practice can renegotiate tropes about migration, imperialism and interculturality. Her work also focuses on the role of installations, performance and multimedia art as spaces for political awareness and social engagement.
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Amanda Tavares é Investigadora Júnior no IHA. Seu projeto atual, “Food, Migration and Contemporary Art: New Perspectives on Interculturality, Hospitality and Participation in the European Context”, é financiado pela Fundação da Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT, CEEC 7ª edição).
Amanda é autora de “Visualising the Mediterranean: Unlearning and Imagining through Contemporary Art” (Liverpool University Press, 2027), e está a editar duas edições especiais de revistas sobre arquivos e arte contemporânea. Anteriormente, realizou pós-doutoramentos em Portugal e no Reino Unido, com financiamento da Leverhulme Trust, da University of Sheffield, e da British Academy/Nuffield Foundation.
Com experiência em projetos transdisciplinares, Amanda interessa-se pela forma como a prática artística pode ressignificar percepções sobre migração, imperialismo e interculturalidade. O seu trabalho centra-se também no papel das instalações, performances e arte multimédia como espaços de conscientização política e de engajamento social.
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Abbreviations:
SC – Scientific Council; RG – Research Group