About
I'm Rio, a PhD candidate at Cardiff University's School of Journalism, Media and Culture as part of an AHRC funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership with Imperial War Museums. My project explores the role of imperialism in shaping the production and circulation of ‘official’ conflict imagery, paying close attention to the impact of accompanying text on how public knowledge was generated in postwar Britain around its so-called ‘Emergency’ wars.
I run an interdisciplinary research network, which provides a platform for PGRs & ECRs based at Cardiff University working in any area related to photography. Alongside my PhD research, I pursue projects in my capacity as a freelance curator and arts organiser, where I spotlight themes of diasporic and queer identity, displacement, survival and intergenerational memory.