IMAGES, ILLNESS, DEATH AND GRIEF

Research group in visual culture and art within the fields of the medical humanities, digital humanities and health communication

OUR RESEARCH PROJECTS

CONTEMPORARY REPRESENTATIONS OF GRIEF AND PAIN: VISIBILIZATION, AGENCY AND SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH THE IMAGE

Funded by: PROYECTOS DE GENERACIÓN DE CONOCIMIENTO 2022. Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades.

DOLIDAS: VISUAL EXPLORATIONS OF SUFFERING BETWEEN ARTISTIC PRACTICE AND MENTAL HEALTH

Funded by: Ajuts per a projectes de la Facultat de Belles Arts. Universitat de Barcelona.

VISIBILISING PAIN: VISUAL NARRATIVES OF ILLNESS AND TRANSMEDIA STORYTELLING (2019-2022)

Funded by: MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ and FEDER ‘A way to make Europe’

ETHICS OF IMAGES OF ILLNESS, DEATH
AND GRIEF IN TIMES OF COVID-19 (2020-2021).

Funded by: Víctor Grífols i Lucas Foundation grants in bioethics research

SHARING PAIN AND GRIEF ONLINE: THE SELF-REFERENTIAL DIGITAL IMAGE OF ILLNESS AND DEATH AS AN ELEMENT OF DESTIGMATISATION, CONNECTION, VISIBILITY AND CO-PRESENCE (2015-2017)

Funded by: BBVA Foundation Funded by: BBVA Foundation 2015 call for financial assistance to scientific research teams in the digital humanities

VISUAL ARTS WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE (2012-2013)

Funded by: Government of Catalonia, Ministry of Culture

Contact:

Montse Morcate
Universitat de Barcelona

Rebeca Pardo
Universidad Internacional de La Rioja