John Giblin

Post-doc i Kulturarvsstudier
 
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About

My background is in African archaeology and I have worked on and/or directed archaeological and anthropological projects in Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Botswana. I have also worked as an archaeologist for local government in the UK and have worked within commercial archaeology in southern England.

Areas of Interest

Current research

I have recently begun a two-year Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Heritage Studies at the School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg. My current research concerns "Post-Conflict Heritage in Western Great Lakes Africa" and will consist of a comparative study of contemporary heritage practice, and the use of heritage information within public and political spheres, in Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda. The study will consider contrasting colonial and post-colonial histories of conflict and how these may have created varying post-conflict responses to heritage. I am particularly interested in the contemporary relevance of heritage, especially archaeology, within post-colonial, post-conflict societies by accessing internal voices and contrasting these with external, often western, ones.

My PhD "Re-Constructing the Past in Post-Genocide Rwanda: An Archaeological Contribution" (2010) was undertaken at Univeristy College London, Institute of Archaeology.

Teaching and tutoring