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Biography

I am a social anthropologist with a background in applied anthropology. I like to engage students in authentic assignments such as producing ‘expert reports’, ‘policy briefs’ or ‘anti-discrimination campaigns’ in cross-cultural comparison. These are modelled on my experience as practising anthropological consultant, responding to real world challenges.

Since BU’ supported a co-creative, interdisciplinary project (Fusion Fund) in 2015, which allowed me to take 16 cross-faculty students and colleagues from Bournemouth to Kosovo, where we collaborated with our colleagues at University of Prishtina and civil society partners, I have increasingly involve participatory arts-based methodologies in my research, teaching and practice activities. All my research projects since (including AHRC-GCRF; UK government; and development industry funding) explore how young people, both at home and abroad, can be encourage and empowered to make sense of, and critically explore, sensitive pasts and difficult presents (including during lock-down at home); as well as to envisage better futures, with help of creative and innovative methods and technologies...

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