Museums, bodies & ethics
I create physical and digital spaces to share and challenge narratives around material culture, bodies, ethics and inclusion.
I have spent the best of the past decade researching ways to engage the public with the ethics of bodies in museums and heritage.
I believe that emotional conversations, honest and challenging narratives, and engaging storytelling should be at the heart of public engagement in the creative sector..
I am the founder of three internationally-acclaimed projects: Mummy Stories, the first participatory project on the ethics of human remains in museums; The Lyme Museum, an online museum making invisible illnesses and disabilities visible; Museum Takeover, an award-winning relabeling of museum collections by refugees and asylum-seekers. I am also the author of the acclaimed public book, Mummified, The stories behind Egyptian mummies in museums (Manchester University Press, 2022).
