Description: Website connected to the FWO research project Sketch That Story and Make It Popular. Using Graphic Narratives in Feminist Activism Against Gender Violence
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Using graphic narratives in feminist activism against gender-based violence
This research project aims at investigating the role played by graphic narratives in the popularisation of feminist stances on gendered abuse, with specific focus on Italy and the Lusophone context. The project, funded by the FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnología), is built around the hypothesis that graphic novels and comics represent a crucial resource in the area of art-activism against sexist violence, given their ability to use the cross-discursive system of words and images to convey complex nar