Mellorado explores the interconnections between family, identity, culture and heritage, the impact of migration and travel; and cultural transmission. An exploration of my personal and family history, supported by two substantial periods of field study in Montevideo, Uruguay, provided the starting points for this research. The research represents my continuing interest in the experience (and inherent politics) of hybrid identity by engaging with my mixed African, Uruguayan and European ancestry. The basis for the ideas explored in this paper and accompanying new body of work draws on links made between family narratives and significant cultural and historical events such as the Uruguayan civic-military dictatorship (1973-1985), the Atlant...
In accordance with Indigenous epistemologies, I map out the concept of what I call dream work, its t...
Esta pesquisa propõe um estudo epistemológico das representações da identidade cultural local na con...
This inquiry sheds light on the personal stories and lived experiences of a group of recent immigran...
In this thesis, I explore the journey between my worlds, the North and the South, examining the poli...
History has always been an interest of mine, whether it was that of other cultures or my own, I have...
The presence of Uruguayan immigrants in Brazil had always been a constant fact, however, there were ...
This thesis explores the symbolic place occupied by a racialized neighbourhood within the Uruguayan ...
The theme of Migration and Identity is of special concern at a time both of massive worldwide migrat...
This article revisits the issue of identity in the artistic work of the composer Elomar Mello. I inv...
This article describes the presence of cultural traits of Basque tradition in the visual arts and Ur...
This thesis explores the process of identification as a continuous articulation of culturally constr...
Neotropical migration is a project where material and conceptual research is focused on visual and i...
The writing of this essay is the result of investigations, whose objects are those in which the mean...
This thesis examines the representation of key events from the nineteenth century in five Uruguayan ...
The environment you grow up in can become a pivotal part of your existence. The sights, smells, peop...
In accordance with Indigenous epistemologies, I map out the concept of what I call dream work, its t...
Esta pesquisa propõe um estudo epistemológico das representações da identidade cultural local na con...
This inquiry sheds light on the personal stories and lived experiences of a group of recent immigran...
In this thesis, I explore the journey between my worlds, the North and the South, examining the poli...
History has always been an interest of mine, whether it was that of other cultures or my own, I have...
The presence of Uruguayan immigrants in Brazil had always been a constant fact, however, there were ...
This thesis explores the symbolic place occupied by a racialized neighbourhood within the Uruguayan ...
The theme of Migration and Identity is of special concern at a time both of massive worldwide migrat...
This article revisits the issue of identity in the artistic work of the composer Elomar Mello. I inv...
This article describes the presence of cultural traits of Basque tradition in the visual arts and Ur...
This thesis explores the process of identification as a continuous articulation of culturally constr...
Neotropical migration is a project where material and conceptual research is focused on visual and i...
The writing of this essay is the result of investigations, whose objects are those in which the mean...
This thesis examines the representation of key events from the nineteenth century in five Uruguayan ...
The environment you grow up in can become a pivotal part of your existence. The sights, smells, peop...
In accordance with Indigenous epistemologies, I map out the concept of what I call dream work, its t...
Esta pesquisa propõe um estudo epistemológico das representações da identidade cultural local na con...
This inquiry sheds light on the personal stories and lived experiences of a group of recent immigran...