Biography

Joana da Palma Monbaron is an educator, researcher, and cultural organizer with a multidisciplinary academic background in art history and Russian studies (BA and MA, University of Geneva; MA, University of Manchester/Sotheby's Institute of Art). Her professional trajectory spans teaching and organizing educational programs in institutional and self-organized contexts, including secondary schools in Switzerland (Geneva) and contemporary art institutions in Russia (St. Petersburg), Latvia (Riga), and France (Marseille). Alongside her institutional work, she has co-initiated and developed collaborative pedagogical projects that critically engage with cultural and political categories, such as Tracings Out of Thin Air (2015-2018), Invisible Archives Marseille (2018-2020), and Educational U-turn: Who Else Is Producing Knowledge in Culture? (2021). Currently, she is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, supported by a Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) scholarship.