Paul Basu

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About me

Paul Basu is a social anthropologist specialising in cultural heritage, museums, memory and landscape. He is Reader in Material Culture and Museum Studies at University College London, and convenes UCL's Museum Studies programme . In recent years his research has been based in West Africa (especially Sierra Leone), where he also works on behalf of the British Museum's Africa Programme. He is Principle Investigator on an AHRC 'Beyond Text' large grant project entitled 'Reanimating Cultural Heritage: Digital Repatriation, Knowledge Networks and Civil Society Strengthening in Sierra Leone' , which involves creating a digital heritage resource with partners including the British Museum, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Glasgow Museums, and the Sierra Leone National Museum. Recent publications include the monograph 'Highland Homecomings' (Routledge, 2007) and 'Exhibition Experiments' (Blackwell, 2007, co-edited with Sharon Macdonald). He is a managing editor of the 'Journal of Material Culture'.

Personal Website

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/profiles/basu.htm

Second Name

Basu

First Name(s)

Paul

Work

Institutional Affiliation

University College London

Address

UCL Institute of Archaeology
University College London
31-34 Gordon Square
London WC1H 0PY
UK

Position

Reader in Material Culture and Museum Studies

Research Interests

anthropology, ethnography, cultural heritage, memory, landscape, spatial history, spatial practice, sites of memory, museums, exhibition, visual anthropology, multimedia installation, digital museology, museum studies, museums and development, material culture, migration, homelands, diaspora, West Africa, Sierra Leone, Scotland

Website

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/profiles/basu.htm

History

Member for

2 years 11 months