Postgraduate research students

I am interested in how cultural heritage conservation can integrate anti-colonial practices and climate action through collaboration, non-formal education and land connection. Using theories of intersectional environmentalism, decolonial, post-humanism and Indigenous thinking, she proposes a new conservation framework that values diverse perspectives and deep land ties. Through ecomuseum case studies in Brazil and Scotland, I highlight participatory methods as models for aligning conservation with ecological and social justice goals through education.

Thompson, K., & Herriges, M. (2024). Embedding environmentally sustainable practices in learning and teaching: A student perspective. Open Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 3(2)https://doi.org/10.56230/osotl.99

Herriges, M. and K. Thompson. 2023. Co-creation and partnership as keys to embed environmentally sustainable practices in conservation learning, teaching and future practice. In Working Towards a Sustainable Past. ICOM-CC 20th Triennial Conference Preprints, Valencia, 18–22 September 2023, ed. J. Bridgland. Paris: International Council of Museums.

• Professor Mia Perry
• Mrs Karen Thompson

University of Glasgow CoSS PhD Scholarship within the College of Social Sciences (2024) 

Visiting lecturer for the MPhil in Textile Conservation at the University of Glasgow, since 2020 (Sustainable Development for Heritage Conservation, Ethics in Conservation module)