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Erin O’Brien

Cultural and Museum Studies, University of Leicester

Thesis title:

Beyond 'diversity' initiatives: Interrogating whiteness towards a decolonisation of the museum space.

I am a Doctoral researcher, investigating whiteness, ‘diversity’ initiatives and decolonisation in white museum spaces in the UK.

I explore artistic and curatorial praxis in exhibitions that aim to address colonial history and legacy, in ways that both do not re-objectify people colonial museums have/do ‘Other’ and prompt white audiences and museums as institutions to ‘see’ and engage with white colonial identity.



Research Area

  • Cultural and Museum Studies

Other Research Interests

Critical whiteness studies

Researching racism