C.V.
Education
2023–present
PhD Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King's College London
Fully funded by LAHP
2022
Diploma in Aesthetics,
Feminism and Critique,
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2020–2021
MA in Cultural and Creative Industries,
King's College London
Fully funded by CONICYT
(National Commission for Scientific and Technological Research of Chile)
Pass with distinction
2015–2016
Art History, Student Exchange Programme, Freie Universität Berlin
2011–2017
Design
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Pass with distinction
Teaching experience 2026
Graduate Teaching Assistant.
Gender & Media module – Culture, Media and Creative Industries Department, King's College London
2025
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Culture & Identity module – Culture, Media and Creative Industries Department, King's College London
2023–2022
Lecturer, Ideation and Formalisation workshop – School of Design, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
2023–2022
Lecturer, Publish as a Project module – School of Architecture, Universidad Andrés Bello, Viña del Mar, Chile
2022–2021
Lecturer, History and Culture of Design and Theory and Critique of Design modules – School of Design, Universidad de Chile, Santiago
2022
Lecturer, Development of a Graphic Brand for a Recognisable Identity – Digital Leaders Network for the Refugee and Migrant Community, organised by Fundación Mapocho and The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2021–2020
Guest Lecturer, From Plain to Textile Volume module – School of Design, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
2017
Teaching Assistant, History of Design module – School of Design, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
2016
Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Design module – School of Design, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
Research2022-2025
Head of Research, Biografías de artesanías: mujeres creando en prisión (Biographies of Crafts: Women Creating in Prison), funded by National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts in Chile (Fondart)
2019–2018
Head of Research, Moda al paso: Historia de las boutiques y pequeñas tiendas de vestuario de la zona Oriente de Santiago 1967–1987, funded by National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts (Fondart)
2018–2017
Research Assistant, Diseño Nacional, funded by National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts (Fondart)
Books &
Book chaptersBooks
2025
Biografías de artesanías: Mujeres creando en prisión y exilio 1973-1990
Self-published
2022
Encontrar el ella: Codiseñando una memoria feminista del diseño
PUBLICAR.
ISBN 978-956-410-398-3
Book Chapters
2025
"They weave and I remember"
in Making Kin II
Cthulhu Books
Madrid
Peer Reviewed
Articles &
Chapters
Vidal, J., García, M., and Álvarez, P. (2020). "Boutiques and prêt-à-porter in Santiago de Chile: A Formula for Women's Modernity (1967–1973)". Journal of Design History, 33/4
Vidal, J. (2023). "Moda autóctona: una mirada despatriarcalizadora". RChD: Creación Y Pensamiento, 8(15), 21–31
Vidal, J. (2018). "Paisaje y Dinámicas de Interacción Social en Providencia: Moda y Prêt-à-porter Chileno 1967–1987". Revista Chilena de Diseño (RChD), 3/5
Vidal, J., and Álvarez, P. (2018). "The Prêt-à-porter Phenomenon and the boutiques in the downtown area of Santiago, Chile" in Broega et al., Reverse Design: A current scientific vision from the international fashion and design congress. Taylor & Francis Group: London
Conference Papers2025
"Writing with Baskets: Translating the Basketry Gestures into Writing" in Weaving, Language, Writing, University of Angers
2023
"Cuadernos de reflexiones y objetos feministas: subvertir el mandato en la historia del diseño" (Reflections Journals and Feminist Objects: Subverting the Mandate in Design History), Intersecciones Congress, Santiago, Chile
2022
"Remembering from the Material: Unveiling Affections in Prison", 3rd EUI Conference in Visual and Material Culture Studies (Virtual)
2019
"Laura Rivas: Weaver of Coincidences", II Colloquium of Researchers in Textile and Fashion, Museum of Design, Barcelona, Spain
2019
"Boutiques and Prêt-à-porter in SCL: a Formula for Feminine Modernity", Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, School of Design, Santiago de Chile
2018
"The arrival of Ready-to-wear in Chile: The Visual Imagination of National Fashion", VIII Seminar of Research in Design, Biobío, Chile
2018
"From Carnaby Street to Providencia: Distance as identity in Chilean Ready-to-wear", IV Conference on Objects and Material Culture, National Historical Museum of Chile, Santiago
2018
"The phenomenon of Ready-to-wear and Boutiques in Santiago de Chile", IV International Congress on Fashion and Design (CIMODE), Madrid, Spain
Grants
&
AwardsLAHP Impact, Engagement and Entrepreneurship Fund (2025)
Craft Research Fund for Dissemination – Chilean National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts (2024)
AHRC London Arts and Humanities Partnership Research Studentship (2023)
Craft Research Fund for Research – Chilean National Fund for Cultural Development and the Arts (2022)
Best Arts-Based Research Project – King's College London (2021)
Best Overall Student on Taught Components in MA Cultural and Creative Industries – King's College London (2021)
CONICYT Full Scholarship for MA studies at King's College London (2019)
Award in Recognition of the Best Degree Projects with Maximum Distinction – Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2017)
Academic Service
Committee Member – LARC (Latin American Research Community of PhDs in London) (2023–present)
Last Updated 22.01.26