Rachel Randall, Principal Investigator
Reader in Latin American Studies at Queen Mary University of London (previously Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol). Her research explores representations of reproductive and affective labour and childhood and adolescence in contemporary Latin American film in particular. She has just completed a book entitled Paid to Care (University of Texas Press, 2024), which examines the depiction of paid domestic workers in post-dictatorship Latin American cultural production, including in film, documentary, literary testimony (testimonio) and digital texts.
Andrea Aramburu, Research Associate
She was born and grew up by the sea and under the grey skies of Lima, Peru. Holds a Master of Arts in Contemporary Literature, Culture and Theory from King’s College London (2016-2017) and a Bachelor’s Degree in Linguistics and Literature with a major in Hispanic Literature from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (2008-2013). Andrea’s PhD research looked at Latin American autobiographical and autofictional comics published after 2010 by women and queer artists to think through the intersections of comics, relationality and affect.
Maria Santelices, Administrator
Chilean freelance researcher and project manager. She holds a BA in Sociology from Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2007-2012), a Diploma in Social Anthropology from FLACSO, Argentina and MA in Arts Management from Bath Spa University (2019-2021). With 10 years of experience working in education, mainly in action-research programs and policy development in Chile, Argentina and now in the UK, Maria is currently the development manager at The Egg, Theatre Royal Bath.
Karoline Pelikan, Research Administrator
Filmmaker and cultural manager. Her projects were awarded by the Peruvian Ministry of Culture and international cultural organisations, including the Goethe Institute and Arts Council England, and were screened at international film festivals. Often employing participatory filmmaking techniques, her films shed light on stories within a context of environmental, social, cultural, and political risks. Karoline is the founder of EmpoderArte, a collective that creates safe audiovisual spaces for women and non-binary artists across Peru. She teaches film workshops and creates distribution opportunities for underrepresented Latin American communities and filmmakers.