We were first invited to collaborate with Researcher Jason Irving, as part of the BSHS postgraduate engagement fellowship scheme to offer The Food Journey©^©, early in 2019 together with Rhian Rowson of the Natural Sciences Department of the Museum.

BMAG has a write-up of the event HERE.

Between 2019 and 2022, we engaged with the Natural Histories department of BMAG on a number of projects which led to a variety of outcomes including short videos and presentations, participation in conferences and writing proposals around working with curators and psychosocial engagement with colonial collections affect the processes of curation and public engagement.

One of the lattermost engagements was with the BMAG Public Engagement team on a project called ‘More Uncomfortable Truths’. It was phase two of a project which ended up exploring and opening up some of the more troubling and uncomfortable truths about colonial collections and museum practice. Some of the reflections of the students and our team, from this project, can be found on these pages (subscriber content only). We then engaged with the Natural History department and other Senior curators, together with Rising Arts Agency, Bristol and a small group of local poets and artists. More on engaging with colonial collections here (subsriber content only).