FreedomLab – Victória Ferreira, Guest author / Alumna

Victória Ferreira

Victória Ferreira interned at FreedomLab while completing her Master's in Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship at Erasmus University Rotterdam. In her research and writing, Victoria nurtures her expertise in the field she loves most: culture. She investigates how objects and art tell stories and write history, especially when it comes to fashion and heritage.

Victória Ferreira

Victória Ferreira interned at FreedomLab while completing her Master's in Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship at Erasmus University Rotterdam. In her research and writing, Victoria nurtures her expertise in the field she loves most: culture. She investigates how objects and art tell stories and write history, especially when it comes to fashion and heritage.

The latest by

Victória

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How Weirdcore and Y2K aesthetics took over TikTok in times of despair

What style reveals regarding playful nihilism, emotional spending, and dread

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External media that caught

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BrokenShips.com

Museum of Broken Relationships

The museum of broken relationships is situated in Zagreb, Croatia. It displays mundane objects accompanied by personal accounts of memories, feelings and stories associated with them; thus showing that these artefacts are far from banal.

Situated Knowledges: The Science Question in Feminism and the Privilege of Partial Perspective

Feminist thinker Donna Haraway's 1988 book Situated Knowledges is a reflection on the impossibility of neutrality. It advocates for the embracing of partial perspectives as snippets of truth, challenging widespread criteria for the validity and reliability of knowledge.

Why These Wedding Dresses Matter More Than Most

The series Style Out There, by digital content producer Refinery29, explores the meanings of clothes. This episode in particular is on the Herero Dress and brings forth poignant themes associated with clothing such as coming of age, womanhood, trauma and heritage in postcolonial contexts.