Museum : Data : Laundry
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Statement to the Commission of Inquiry into the History of Eugenics at UCL
Earlier this year I was invited to meet with the Commission of Inquiry into the History of Eugenics at UCL as someone who might be able to assist with the understanding of the relationship between Francis Galton and UCL. Below is a slightly edited version of the statement I made to the committee based on…
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Erasure of the curatorial voice…
This is the text (without the not v. interesting images) of a short paper I gave at the Defining Curatorial Voice workshop in February 2019, which was part of James Baker and Andrew Salway’s excellent Curatorial Voice: legacy descriptions of art objects and their contemporary uses project at the Sussex Humanities Lab. Has the digitisation…
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Links and Legacy: Galton Collection at UCL
Timeline for Galton Collection research This is a link to a timeline charting the departmental, staff and location changes in the history of Francis Galton’s association and subsequent legacy at UCL. As such, it is partial, selective and far from complete; it is not intended to be a comprehensive account of Galton’s life or work,…
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BRICKS + MORTALS
BRICKS + MORTALS: A history of eugenics told through buildings Hear the story of UCL’s pioneering eugenicists through the landmark buildings and spaces named after them. Bricks+Mortals turns the buildings of the Bloomsbury campus into an exhibition, uncovering a history hidden in plain sight. I was very happy to be able to put some of…
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A Curator’s Adventures in Documentation Land
Some first thoughts on museum documentation at the Galton Collection at UCL. Reposted from the UCL’s Museums and Collections Blog , February 2016 A Curator’s Adventures in Documentation Land One of the most controversial collections at UCL is, of course, the Galton Collection. Francis Galton, with his notorious interest in improving humans by selective breeding, or…
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