About

Many people contributed their time, expertise, and energy to the project and to the creation of this resource. The project team were Joanna Tidy, Sam Smith, Alison Needham and Benedict Barrow at the University of Sheffield, Amy Gaeta and Beryl Pong at the University of Cambridge, Marjory Da Costa-Abreu at Sheffield Hallam University, and Richard A Carter at the University of York. Mark Bennett joined all the dots at the Royal Armouries Museum and staff from across the museum were generous with their time, ideas, and knowledge. The museum's Indian collection, and particularly the collection catalogue, were used as a case study to explore the tensions considered in this resource. The project team also talked to and learned from many people working in museums and heritage institutions throughout the UK, including the 50 museum and heritage professionals who took part in a workshop on colonially acquired collections and AI use at the Royal Armouries Museum in June 2024. Livi Adu (muchaduabout.com) and Tania Duarte from We and AI (weandai.org) provided expertise, input into workshop design, and contributed to running the workshop. Livi advised extensively on this resource. The project was guided and made possible by the prior and ongoing work of many others in relation both to museum decolonisation and AI ethics.