manon klein
art worker & researcher





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Currently
PhD Candidate in Culture Studies
Lisbon Consortium
with a scholarship from FCT  (Foundation for Science and Technology)

Member of the group “Culture, Art and Conflict” within the Research Centre for Communication and Culture (CECC).
Universidade Catolica Portuguesa 
Lisboa, Portugal
2020-Expected Dec. 2024

 Topic: ‘Call-out culture: art workers challenging British visual arts institutions, from the mid 2010s to the early 2020s’
Supervisor: Dr. Luísa Santos


This research investigates art workers' struggles and disillusions, as well as their goals and visions, focusing on their confrontations with artistic institutions through the lens of 'call-out culture.' Drawing on recent cases unfolding in London (UK), it addresses issues of discrimination, precarity, and value conflicts within museums and art centers.

Additional activities:  
Member of Diffractions journal;
Participation in Conferences & Summer Schools

x The 11th Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture “Convivial Cultures”
2021 | Conference paper
CONTRIBUTORS: Manon Klein

x European Summer School for Cultural Studies (ESSCS) - Thinking (with) Care - Leiden & Amsterdam 5-8 July 2022
2022 | Conference paper
CONTRIBUTORS: Manon Klein

x XIII Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture - FUTURE/FUTURES - Lisbon, July 3 – July 8, 2023
2023 | Conference paper
CONTRIBUTORS: Manon Klein

x Mediated Reality - II congress of the Rede Nacional de Estudos Culturais - Digital Citizenship and Contemporary Cultures - April 27-28 2023. Universidade do Algarve
2023 | Conference paper
CONTRIBUTORS: Manon Klein

x 2023-07 | Best Paper Award for a Lisbon Consortium student (XIII Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture) (School of Human Sciences - The Lisbon Consortium)

x 2022-09 to 2024-01 | Member of the Editorial Team - Diffractions Journal (Faculty of Human Sciences - The Lisbon Consortium)

x 2021-12 to present | Respondent for the XI Graduate Conference in Culture Studies - THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF HOPE (School of Human Sciences - The Lisbon Consortium)

x 2023-12 to present | Member of the Scientific Committee of the Graduate Conference "Space Oddity: On Spatial Narratives" (School of Human Sciences - The Lisbon Consortium)



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