Australian - British, Anthropologist and Social Sciences Lecturer:

working to re-establish female narratives of exploration and expedition, travel and migration. 

Invested in heritage conservation and storytelling.

Currently researching the 'living' social history of textile industries and the evolution of traditional skills, focusing on the narratives of local women.  

Available for private tutoring, workshops, talks and tours, consultation and curating, 

About me: 

I achieved my MA in the Anthropology of Travel, Tourism and Pilgrimage in 2017 at SOAS in London and had the privilege of meeting, and working with many established researchers, anthropologists and photographers, including Professor Tom Selwyn, Dr Naomi Leite and Alys Tomlinson, all who play a significant part in my journey. I was also formerly a Postgraduate Fellow of the RGS (1013-2017) and RAI member. I have long been interested in concepts of identity, belonging and inclusion (kinship), however it was not until much later that I acknowledged a discrepancy in the social side of things and began to further question diaspora and why people travel?. 

Having travelled extensively as a child, this nurtured the desire to be an explorer, which was encouraged and indulged by my family. This has been an influential factor in my career. 

My research journey started by attempting to re establish the 'underdog' accounts of exploration and expedition, travel, migration and diaspora. I researched accounts of the 'stolen generations', and the impact of colonisation. Being Australian, I was shocked that this was something I had not known much about, nor ever been taught. This encouraged my views of the lack of truth and diversity in education and propelled an interest to further research social history, and develop my career as a Social Science and Humanities lecturer.

In developing an understanding of 'peoples of discrimination', particularly seeking the female voice in historical narratives, I further researched prejudiced perceptions of gender, mental health and poverty, 

I am currently involved in the conservation of British textile industries and the evolution of traditional skills. Researching the many mills and workhouses, revisiting narratives that stemmed from the industrial revolution, and its place in social history today. Tracing accounts of the lives of women, children and the hierarchal dominance and displacement of those reliant on this employment. 

All photographs and views are my own.

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