Upcoming Event: Marcelle Trote Martins on The Visual Politics of Wounded Bodies
Please join us in person or online for our first event of the semester: a discussion with Dr Marcelle Trote Martins from the University of Manchester. She will join us this coming Wednesday via video to discuss her new book Affective Imageries: Visual Politics of Wounded Bodies in Timor-Leste (Bloomsbury 2024).
The is a fascinating book that analyses the political mobilization of images of wounded bodies in conflict and post-conflict societies. Focusing on the interaction of photography and poetry, the book explores how images of human rights violations in Timor-Leste were mobilised to gain international attention to promote the struggle for independence.
Wed 11 March 5-6pm (UTC+10)
In Person: St Lucia Campus, Building 39a, room 501
On Zoom: Please RSVP here.
Dr Marcelle Trote Martins is a Lecturer in Critical Global Politics at the University of Manchester (UoM) and a scholar of visual politics. She holds a PhD in Politics from the University of Manchester and master’s and undergraduate degrees in International Relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. Her research bridges international conflicts, security studies, and affect theory, with a particular focus on how visual and embodied experiences of war and displacement reconfigure political responses.
