Raquel Figueira’s writing engages with the intersections of aesthetics and politics, drawing on feminist, decolonial and queer approaches to social and ecological thought. Her work investigates how visual culture can be used to think through sensory, social and environmental crises.

Recent texts include:

One Thousand Suns: Solar Entanglements in Extractive, Indigenous, and Aesthetic Imaginaries 

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Breathing Otherwise: The Coloniality of Air and Indigenous Air Conditioning

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Anthropocene Aesthetics: A Revaluation of Values

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Aesthetics and Anaesthetics: Contemporary Directions After Susan Buck-MorssRead Essay