I am a second year PhD researcher in Museum Studies, with a passion for research, creative writing and arts as part of research to explore curatorial praxis in reducing the harms of the white museum space.  

The recent drive to decolonise the museum space has largely been interpreted by museums as ‘diversifying’ the colonial museum white space. 

In light of a rapidly changing ethical landscape, where institutions are struggling with racial legacies and calls to action, my research aims to extend our understanding of what decolonial and race-conscious museum practice and visitor engagement looks like. Using action-based, original insights into whiteness as a racialised status elicited through the development of an exhibition on ‘race’, this research seeks to create a mirror onto whiteness as a highly significant contribution to museum ‘race’ literacy work.