From the tip of the tongue to the soles of the feet
(2025)
author(s): Laura Palau
published in: Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Thesis of the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, 2022
Master Photography & Society
'From the tip of the tongue to the soles of the feet' speaks about the processes of healing through the lived experiences of a handful of individuals, including myself. These experiences form the first stitches as we begin to care about our collectives traumas. By embodying grief, lending an ear to a healer and thinking along with nature this book addresses through photography the difficulty of distinguishing between reality and imagination when post-traumatic stress disorder and depression befalls.
Hands caring with mortars: soundscape regarding caring activities (nourishment) of Extremadura’s rurality from a gender perspective. Ajoblanco Quartett
(last edited: 2022)
author(s): Carmen García-Gil Simancas
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This research studies daily experiences of caring activities (nourishment) through sound. The aim is to reclaim their value and place within academic studies and epistemology, as well as to document those customs that are slowly fading away. Specifically, it has been chosen the elaboration of ajoblanco (typical south-Spanish food), as it is traditionally prepared with a wood mortar. This object is also used as a musical instrument in Extremadura’s traditional music, which reveals the curiosity around its sound. Furthermore, this research considers spaces and the way of thinking of them from a sound point of view. In conclusion, rural women’s individuality and subjectivity is studied through different ways of making ajoblanco and its soundcape.
Keywords: soundscape, subjectivity, caring activities, spaces
