- BA, MA, MSc
- Lecturer in Conservation of Archaeological Artefacts
- Degree Programme Co-ordinator: MA in Principles of Conservation
- Course Co-ordinator: ARCLG141 Issues in Conservation: Context of Conservation
- Course Co-ordinator: ARCLG142 Issues in Conservation: Understanding Objects
- Editor in Chief: Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies
My research refers to the socio-political impacts of conservation. My main aim is explore how conservation can act as a tool of empowerment and social change.
I am the leader of Conservation and Development, a research network focused on conservation's impact in social and political arenas. I am also coordinator of the ICOM-CC Ethnographic Collections Working Group, editor in chief of the Journal of Conservation and Museum Studies (JCMS), and I run the UCL Conversations on Conservation of Cultural Heritage blog with students and colleagues from various institutions.
I have a special interest in the ethics and the socio-political impacts of conservation; public outreach; street art; and issues relating to vandalism.
I am also very interested in South American archaeology and the conservation of material originating from South American indigenous groups; investigative conservation; waxes and plant materials; representations of the human body.
Research Directory Records
I have taught different subjects to students of different ages and backgrounds. As a follower of Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy, my main purpose as an educator is to help students think critically and creatively so as to enable them to fulfil their potentials and aspirations.
- BA in Fine Arts, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 1993
- MA in Principles of Conservation, University College London, 2001
- MSc in Conservation for Archaeology and Museums, University College London, 2003
- PhD Institute of Archaeology, University College London, ongoing
- Brian Shottenkirk Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome. The Individual and Material Transformation in Conflict: The Great War (1914-18) (principal supervisor Tim Schadla-Hall)
- Kirsten Halliday Imagery by default or design?: Artisan and State in Chimu and Chimu-Inka cloth and clay (joint second supervisor with Colin Peters (BM), principal supervisor Bill Sillar)