The research conducted for my MPhil in Archaeology at the University of Cambridge focused on intangible cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples of Oceania through artist Lisa Reihana’s contemporary filmed artwork, in Pursuit of Venus [infected]. This research ultimately explored the potential of filmmaking itself to be considered a heritage-making process. The research incorporated key interests including the complexity and convergence of tangible and intangible cultural heritage, curator methodology in using new media and artworks in museum exhibitions, and the utmost importance of decolonizing museums.

My current PhD research builds upon the interests explored in my MPhil research, specifically the theme of decolonization. This theme involves a particular interest in the role of heritage concepts and discourses in the repatriation of human remains from a supposedly extinct Indigenous group, the Beothuk. I am also interested in how Indigenous and non-Indigenous regional communities connect with this complex heritage.