Academic Field Trip to Mexico

I am currently entering my final year of my PhD: Doctor of Philosophy in Visual and Material Culture. I have set up this fund for family, friends, and colleagues who would be happy to contribute towards the activities I have planned for the last stages of my research.

Please note that although there is an open goal it closes on 31 January.

In 2011, I was awarded first-class honours for my MPhil: Master of Philosophy on the fashion-based Japanese Lolita subcultural movement. Since completion of that thesis, my research has developed towards an investigation of the globalising effects of the subculture and so, for my PhD, I have been carrying out surveys with Lolita participants outside Japan.

In 2017, it is my wish to travel to Puebla, Mexico, for a Lolita convention in order to meet with many of my correspondents, in person, and interview them further. This visit would coincide with the IGA (International Gothic Association) conference, also being held in Puebla, which I hope to attend in order to present a paper.

These days, I am a full-time student, no longer supported by employment. This assistance would, therefore, be invaluable to me.

My research profile: https://massey.academia.edu/khardybernal