Cristina Ferreira, born in Porto (Portugal), holds a Bachelor’s degree in Communication Design, a Master’s degree in Art and Multimedia, and a PhD in Art and Design from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Porto. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Design at FBAUP, specializing in Communication Design and Photography. Previously, Cristina Ferreira worked for several years as a textbook illustrator at one of the country’s leading publishers. She has participated in various congresses in the fields of Communication Design, Education/School Textbooks, and Photography. Her research focuses on the epistemological field of images and how they can serve as a way of thinking and understanding the world, particularly through the analysis of the interaction between images and the technological artifacts responsible for their production. Crisitna Ferreira also explores the visual intersections between communication design, visual literacy, and photography. Currently, she is the director of the Centro de Formação em Educação e Investigação Artística (Oficina FEIA/i2ADS) and an integrated researcher at Institute of Research in Art, Design, and Society (i2ADS).

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