The Moral Value of Our Cells is a reflective and autoethnographic short documentary that
explores the often-invisible processes shaping our health. How do the toxic legacies of the
Anthropocene relate to the development of certain types of cancer—particularly those
associated, both medically and socially, with viruses? Through this experience, I question
the politics of blame underlying certain “ghostly matters,” inviting critical reflection that
seeks to reimagine sexual and reproductive health beyond reductionist and strictly causal
biomedical frameworks.
Laia Ventura Garcia
Laia Ventura Garcia is an anthropologist whose work engages with issues related to
health, risk, and social inequities, as well as participatory and arts-based methodologies.
She currently leads a study examining the lived experiences of women with early-stage
cervical cancer who have undergone fertility-sparing surgeries in the United Kingdom.
The project explores how the intersection of cancer and the cervix/vagina offers insights
into broader social and cultural processes surrounding intimacy in twenty-first-century
Britain.