Karina Patfield

My Techne AHRC-funded research asks how blackout poetry can interact with archives to ethically remember the Holocaust, mitigating sensationalisation and aestheticisation while protecting and preserving the silences in the archive. My practice-led research is grounded in autoethnographic methodology, intersecting with feminist inquiry to explore my own fragmented Jewish ancestry.

I am a member of the Centre for Arts and Wellbeing, Lapidus, and National Association of Writers in Education. 

I achieved a Distinction in my Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Brighton in 2024. My dissertation, How Can Blackout Poetry be Used to Portray the Intersection of Antisemitic Propaganda and Autoethnographic Holocaust Exploration Through an Ethical Lens?, was awarded the 2024 Holly Raber Award for Most Innovative Dissertation.