Research & Teaching

Research Projects

2022          

•        Research Fellow, School of Global Studies, Department of Anthropology and International Development, University of Sussex  

A collaborative research project, directed by Professor Raminder Kaur, University of Sussex. Funded by The Leverhulme Trust. The main focus is on diverse Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Catholic communities in Birmingham along with their conceptual, material and physical mappings of pilgrimage sites in South Asia 

2019   

•       Consultant for the ‘Rising from the Depths’ East Pemba Maritime Heritage Project .  Examining  Traditional Knowledge in coastal  communities  and The            role of women in transmission of heritage 

2018

•        Endangered Knowledge  in Suakin, Sudan

2016

•         Sacred Journeys  2

2014

•         PAT, Oman Oasis Project, Oman. Community outreach project. Funded by the National Geographic 

2012

•       Lejre experimental park, Denmark . Research Assistant with Professor Marie Louise Stig Sørensen 

Research Expertise

Qualitative Research, Cultural Heritage (tangible/intangible), Material Culture, Traditional knowledge

Research Interest

Oral traditions, cultural heritage (tangible/intangible), traditional knowledge, local communities, forced relocation, memory and identity, sustainable

development, nomadic routes and the heritage of incense in Sudan.

Teaching      

  Heritage and ethics of development 

  Heritage management in a post-colonial context

   Managing change in historic cities

  Heritage and  development

 Sustainable developemnt

Supervision 

 Archaeology in Action  II.  Cultural  Landscapes and Built environment 

 Physical Environment and Human Impact