In 2005 I founded a virtual resource for learning about and exploring history, identity, art and culture. Its focus is on signposting the historical representation and creative contributions of people of African descent around the world.
In 2007 I curated an exhibition and education project, in partnership with the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. The project explored the historical representation and contemporary experiences of people living with extreme skin pigmentation conditions, such as vitiligo, albinism and piebaldism. It also highlighted the varied and peculiar views on race and difference during the enlightenment. Furthermore the project also touched on the history of freakshows and human exhibitions in Britain.
Exhibition responses and editorial:
'Histories: Neither black nor white but both' by Stephanie Pain, New Scientist, 30 June 2007
'A Visible Difference: Skin, Race and Identity (1720-1820)' an exhibition report compiled for the AHRC funded research project 1807 Commemorated: The abolition of the slave trade - a partnership between the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and the Institute for Public Understanding of the Past (IPUP) at the University of York.
'A Visible Difference: Images of Black African people with Albinism' in Charlotte Baker ed. Expressions of the Body: Representations in African Text and Image. Bern, Germany: Peter Lang, 2009.
Other projects I have contributed to:
National Maritime Museum, London, UK
Atlantic Worlds Gallery on slavery, trade and empire
Science Museum, London, UK
INGENIOUS: Seeing things Differently
Theme: Body Image - Curiosity and Difference
English Heritage, UK
Slavery and Justice Exhibition at Kenwood House
Exhibition responses and editorial:
'Histories: Neither black nor white but both' by Stephanie Pain, New Scientist, 30 June 2007
'A Visible Difference: Skin, Race and Identity (1720-1820)' an exhibition report compiled for the AHRC funded research project 1807 Commemorated: The abolition of the slave trade - a partnership between the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) and the Institute for Public Understanding of the Past (IPUP) at the University of York.
'A Visible Difference: Images of Black African people with Albinism' in Charlotte Baker ed. Expressions of the Body: Representations in African Text and Image. Bern, Germany: Peter Lang, 2009.
Other projects I have contributed to:
National Maritime Museum, London, UK
Atlantic Worlds Gallery on slavery, trade and empire
Science Museum, London, UK
INGENIOUS: Seeing things Differently
Theme: Body Image - Curiosity and Difference
English Heritage, UK
Slavery and Justice Exhibition at Kenwood House