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Hannah Davison

Hannah Davison

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Experienced leader in inclusive community empowerment and representation. Currently working on influencing local policy and strategy for social inclusion in the natural environment in the East of England.

  • Education

    • University of Oxford

      2011 - 2012
      Master of Science (M.Sc.) Material Anthropology and Museum Ethnography

      Magdalen College/ ISCADissertation: Puppets Speaking for Themselves: Wayang Kulit and the Representation of Java. Supervised by Dr Clare Harris, looking at agency of representation, digital museum interpretation and originating community collaboration in contemporary Javanese shadow theatre based on fieldwork in Java.Topics including: history of anthropological museums and collecting, colonialism, object biographies, anthropology of landscape, anthropology of maritime Southeast Asia… Show more Magdalen College/ ISCADissertation: Puppets Speaking for Themselves: Wayang Kulit and the Representation of Java. Supervised by Dr Clare Harris, looking at agency of representation, digital museum interpretation and originating community collaboration in contemporary Javanese shadow theatre based on fieldwork in Java.Topics including: history of anthropological museums and collecting, colonialism, object biographies, anthropology of landscape, anthropology of maritime Southeast Asia, anthropology of art, practical museum research, cultural representations, and ethnomusicology, all with reference to museums and material culture.Grants and awardsArts and Humanities Research Council studentship; full funding for M.Sc.Magdalen College research grant; full funding for M.Sc. fieldwork in Java. Show less

    • University of East Anglia

      2008 - 2011
      Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) History of Art First Class

      School of World Art Studies and MuseologyDissertation: An investigation into the Conditions of Tradition and Modernity: ‘Authenticity’ and Japanese Architecture. Supervised and examined by Professor John Mack and Dr Akira Matsuda.Including topics: art, architecture, and body arts of the Pacific, Indigenous Australia, New Zealand, Indigenous North America, Africa, Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, and Venice (including fieldwork in Venice), British landscape painting, neuroarthistory… Show more School of World Art Studies and MuseologyDissertation: An investigation into the Conditions of Tradition and Modernity: ‘Authenticity’ and Japanese Architecture. Supervised and examined by Professor John Mack and Dr Akira Matsuda.Including topics: art, architecture, and body arts of the Pacific, Indigenous Australia, New Zealand, Indigenous North America, Africa, Ancient Egypt, the Roman Empire, and Venice (including fieldwork in Venice), British landscape painting, neuroarthistory, neuroarchaeology, museum and gallery design, all from a variety of approaches drawn from museology, art history, anthropology, and archaeology. Grants and awardsEducation Finance Board; maintenance grant. Show less

  • Experience

    • Museum for African Art

      May 2010 - Oct 2010
      Curatorial Intern

      Summer internship in curatorial department, New York City, working on various stages of exhibition planning, design, implementation, and production of associated publications. Researched, edited, and wrote exhibition publications and object databases, tombstones and extended label text for particular objects, processed funding applications and loan agreements. Worked on exhibitions including El Anatsui: When I last Wrote to You About Africa, and Ibrahim El-Salahi: A Visionary Modernist.

    • University of East Anglia

      Jul 2011 - Aug 2011
      Student Archaeologist, Cerro Castillo Archeological Project,

      Student volunteer on archaeological project in Napeña Valley of Northern Peru, excavating sites of the pre-Columbian Moche. Roles involved in all levels of excavation, pre and post-excavation practices, with particular focus on llama head-shaped ceramics.

    • The Pitt Rivers Museum

      Nov 2011 - Aug 2012
      Photography Collections Volunteer

      Digitised, researched and cataloged A. M. Hocart collection of photographs from early 20th century Fiji as part of the Fijian Art Research Project.

    • AM

      Apr 2014 - Jun 2021

      Development Lead for: American Indian Newspapers (2018), Ethnomusicology: Global Field Recordings (winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2020), Sex and Sexuality: Self-expression, Community and Identity (awarded Library Journal Best Reference Database, 2021).Based in the Chicago office of UK academic publisher Adam Matthew Digital, I led the development of digital products for online learning in the humanities and social sciences. This covered all stages of project management from nurturing initial product concepts, to conducting market research into academic trends and subject areas, working in archives to research and curate collections for digitisation, writing project proposals, clearing copyright permissions, negotiating licence agreements, and managing relationships with the academic community, libraries and archives. My role involved frequent travel, attending academic conferences and managing partnerships with educational institutions across the US, and my particular interest was in increasing diversity in representation and equality of access to our products. Show less

      • Development Editor

        Sept 2016 - Jun 2021

      • Project Editor

        Apr 2016 - Aug 2016

      • Editorial Development Assistant

        Apr 2014 - Mar 2016

    • Natural England

      May 2022 - now
      Senior Advisor, Social Inclusion, Connecting People with Nature

      As part of the leadership team for Norfolk and Suffolk, I’m developing a long term strategy for improving access and engagement with the natural environment for underserved communities.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Hannah Davison
      Magdalen College Research Grant for fieldwork in Java, Indonesia Magdalen college, Oxford Jul 2012 Funding for ethnographic fieldwork in Java, Indonesia.
    • Awarded to Hannah Davison
      Arts and Humanities Research Council MSc Studentship AHRC Sep 2011

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Volunteer

      Issued by The Conservation Volunteers on Jun 2021
      The Conservation VolunteersAssociated with Hannah Davison

    • Volunteer

      Issued by New Routes Integration on Mar 2022
      New Routes IntegrationAssociated with Hannah Davison