Maria Laura Flores Barba

Maria Laura Flores Barba

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I am an art historian and digital humanist whose research bridges visual culture, material studies, and community-based memory work. My postdoctoral project, Rebuilding Memory, Shaping Futures, explores how testimony, mapping, and digital tools can foster historical justice, intergenerational dialogue, and collective healing in postwar El Salvador.

La luz como proyecto: vitrales y modernidad en Guadalajara

Published in 100 años de la Comisión de Arte Sacro de Guadalajara, 2024

This chapter argues that studying stained glass in Guadalajara through a combination of mapping, case study analysis, and participatory cataloguing offers a valuable approach to rethinking the history of modern religious architecture in the city and bringing visibility to an artistic field that has remained largely on the margins of art historiography.

Recommended citation: Flores Barba, María Laura. (2026). "La luz como proyecto: vitrales y modernidad en Guadalajara." In Ricardo Cruzaley (coord.), 100 años de la Comisión de Arte Sacro de Guadalajara. (Forthcoming).