Personal profile
Overview
I am visual and urban anthropologist with a research focus in spatial and housing justice movements, the anthropology of the built environment, and creative research methodologies. I am interested in home as a material, affective and financial site of struggle and investment. Anthropological filmmaking and film curation are an integral part of my practice.
I have a PhD in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths (University of London), in which I took the demolition of a modernist housing estate in London as my object of study. As part of my thesis, I produced the interactive documentary Living Room. I am currently a Research Associate on the High Rise Landscapes project, as part of which I am researching building remediation work in post-Grenfell London.
I previously held the post of Film Officer and Film Festival Manager and Director at the Royal Anthropological Institute (2015-2023). During my tenure I programmed 4 editions of the RAI Film Festival.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctor of Philosophy, Living Room: refusing the demolition assemblage on a London housing estate, Goldsmiths College (University of London)
Master of Arts, MA Visual Anthropology, Goldsmiths College (University of London)
Keywords
- ethnographic Film
- urbanism
- London
- gentrification
- interactive documentary
- housing
- multi-modal anthropology
- visual anthropology
- activism
- social justice
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities