Her interests lie in the potential role of architecture as an instrument for social reconstruction. Specific themes investigated to date include identity and estrangement in the context of post-war reconstruction and exile; architecture and justice; memory in the scarred body and the voicing of political experiences in public space. These topics are explored through her teaching, drawing, and writing. Hamel’s current research explores the repercussions of objects made in their ability to activate space and its inhabitants towards a more just society. What agitates her is not the sides people take, but the lines they draw in order to be able to take them. She loves the sound of laughter…