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Laura Gibson

Dr Laura Gibson

Senior Lecturer in Digital Content Management Education

Biography

Laura Gibson has been teaching in the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London, since January 2019 after completing her PhD in the same department. She currently convenes the MA in Digital Asset and Media Management programme and teaches theory modules at undergraduate level. Her PhD research on decolonisation and digitisation is informed by several years working in South African museums, including as Collections and Digitisation Manager at the Luthuli Museum national legacy project. Laura’s current research, part funded by the Wenner-Gren Foundation, considers issues of indigenous knowledge exchange and repatriation in South Africa using digital tools. She holds an MPhil in African Studies from the University of Cape Town (2006) and a First-Class BA (Hons) in History from University of Durham (2004).

Research Interests & PhD Supervision

  • Decolonisation
  • Digitisation
  • Cultural Heritage
  • Sub-Saharan Africa

Selected Publications

  • Turner, H, Gibson, L, and Gimenez-Delgado, C. (2021) ‘Participatory Design for the Anarchive: The Amagugu Ethu / Our Treasures Documentation Project.,’ Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2021:1783–1792. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3461778.3462129
  • Gibson, Laura. “Pots, Belts, and Medicine Containers: Challenging Colonial-era Categories and Classifications in the Digital Age.” Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy 6, no.2 (2020). https://doi.org/10.14361/zkmm-2020-0204
  • Gibson, Laura, and Rebecca Kahn. “Digital Museums in the 21st Century: Global Microphones or Universal Mufflers?” Museological Review 20 (2016). http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/museumstudies/documents/museologicalreview/mr-20-2016
  • Taylor, Joel, and Laura Kate Gibson. "Digitisation, digital interaction and social media: embedded barriers to democratic heritage." International Journal of Heritage Studies (2016): 1–13. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13527258.2016.1171245

Teaching

Laura currently convenes the MA in Digital Asset and Media Management programme and has taught second and third-year undergraduate theory modules.

Expertise and Public Engagement

  • Gibson, Laura. “Museum in a Box tells our stories.” Mail and Guardian, March 12, 2020. https://mg.co.za/africa/2020-03-12-museum-in-a-box-tells-our-stories/

    Research

    CDC header
    Centre for Digital Culture

    The Centre for Digital Culture at King’s College London is an interdisciplinary research centre promoting research and debate on digital culture

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    Global Digital Cultures Research Group

    do local practices of engagement with the digital circulate regionally and around the world, and how do they change during their travels? These are some of the questions that we ask in the Global Digital Cultures Research Group, approaching them from different disciplinary and methodological traditions, and focusing on different countries and regions, but also on global phenomena and their local articulations.

    News

    Dr Laura Gibson wins prestigious University of Antwerp award

    Dr Laura Gibson from the Department of Digital Humanities at King's wins Universiteit Antwerpen 'Award for a Study in Cultural Management' 2018

    Laura Gibson receiving University of Antwerp award

    Events

    23MayMenstrual Cycle Awareness

    Menstrual Cycle Awareness and University Wellbeing

    How does accessible and sustainable menstrual cycle education promote university staff and student wellbeing?

    Please note: this event has passed.

    19OctGlobe

    #GoingGlobal: Studying Global Digital Cultures in non-Western contexts

    By drawing connections and comparisons between our different topics and geographies of study, the participants will offer insights into politics and...

    Please note: this event has passed.

      Research

      CDC header
      Centre for Digital Culture

      The Centre for Digital Culture at King’s College London is an interdisciplinary research centre promoting research and debate on digital culture

      2022-23_kindpng_4588393-color
      Global Digital Cultures Research Group

      do local practices of engagement with the digital circulate regionally and around the world, and how do they change during their travels? These are some of the questions that we ask in the Global Digital Cultures Research Group, approaching them from different disciplinary and methodological traditions, and focusing on different countries and regions, but also on global phenomena and their local articulations.

      News

      Dr Laura Gibson wins prestigious University of Antwerp award

      Dr Laura Gibson from the Department of Digital Humanities at King's wins Universiteit Antwerpen 'Award for a Study in Cultural Management' 2018

      Laura Gibson receiving University of Antwerp award

      Events

      23MayMenstrual Cycle Awareness

      Menstrual Cycle Awareness and University Wellbeing

      How does accessible and sustainable menstrual cycle education promote university staff and student wellbeing?

      Please note: this event has passed.

      19OctGlobe

      #GoingGlobal: Studying Global Digital Cultures in non-Western contexts

      By drawing connections and comparisons between our different topics and geographies of study, the participants will offer insights into politics and...

      Please note: this event has passed.