Global Heritage, Local History (funded by Public Engagement UoB from the Research England QR Participatory Research Fund (QR PRF) 2022-23, Duration March – July 2023, Lead: Claudia Hildebrandt)
How do we ethically decolonise a rock and mineral collection? (Funded by Brigstow Institute Ideas Exchange Fund 2023, Duration: March – July 2023, Co-leads: poet Alyson Hallett, curator Claudia Hildebrandt)
Contributions to Virtually Present and Engaged: A toolkit for a virtual museum (Funded by AHRC, Duration: March 2022 – June 2023, PI: Jo Elsworth)
This project transforms how people discover and engage with University of Bristol collections. In co-curation with young people (15-25), it will create a persistent online, virtual reality* museum (VRM) that brings together digitised content from collections in the University and collaborating arts organisations, exploring sub themes like Climate Change, Belonging and Inclusion, Wellbeing, Genders and Environment.
EarthArt (ongoing since 2015) EarthArt is a series of collaborations between contemporary artists and scientists from the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. Each collaboration consists of a six-month artist Fellowship followed by a six-month exhibition in the unique EarthArt Gallery. http://www.earthart.org.uk/
At the feet of the dinosaurs (ongoing since 2013) A summer training programme for undergraduates who are keen about palaeontology and collections, and want to develop their career skills. https://mscpalaeo.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/under-the-feet-of-the-dinosaurs/