The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as the pen.
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Francesca's scholarly interests encompass:
- the impact health issues have on people and communities worldwide
- postcolonial studies
- intersection of journalism and contemporary art
- intersection of art and science in visual culture
- issues of representation of conflict and its commemoration in the museum space
- the city and memorial sites with special emphasis on postcolonial memory and gender as well as the possibilities of reconciliation offered through visual culture and the senses
- humanitarian photography
- representation of refugees, migrants, the stateless and politically dispossessed
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