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Lucia Barrera is a research assistant at the Big Anxiety Research Centre at UNSW, where she also serves as a Scientia PhD Scholar focused on mental health, arts-based knowledge creation, and translation. An interdisciplinary practice-based researcher, Lucia has an academic background in media arts and specializes in arts-based mental health practices. Her expertise lies in qualitative, creative, and participatory methods of research and professional practice. Her work examines intersubjective factors influencing emotional health through micro-phenomenological interviews that explore subjective experiences in a structured manner. Lucia often utilizes immersive media and Virtual Reality systems to investigate embodied interactions. In her video works, she emphasizes the intersubjective dimensions of felt experiences, highlighting the relationships between sensations in the body. Her research interests include phenomenology, the dynamics of absence and presence, and the nuances of intersubjective engagement.
Big Anxiety Research Centre • Sydney, Australia
Manages projects and events at the Big Anxiety Research Centre, involved in research activities focusing on mental health and arts-based practices.
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