Biography
Sofia Bourantoni is a PhD candidate at the Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge.
She holds a bachelor's degree in International and European Economic Studies, Athens University of Economics and Business, and a master's degree in Art History and Theory, University of Essex. During the master's thesis, she explored how artistic interventions can be instrumental in re-framing disease narratives. The focus of the master's thesis was on the dissonances identified on the tangible and intangible heritage of the leper community of Spinalonga, located in Greece.
As a PhD candidate, she will investigate the role that responsibility can play in negotiating heritage formation.
Research
- Socio-politics of the Past
- Ethics in Cultural Heritage
- Museums and Visual Representation
- Medical Humanities.
Teaching and Supervisions
Research supervision:
PhD Supervisor: Dr. Andreas Pantazatos
