Institutions:
Goldsmiths, University of London
Lecturer in Social Anthropology
Alma Mater:
University College London (UCL)
PhD
University of Cambridge
MA and BA
Role at UNESCO:
Non-Executive Director for Culture and HeritageCharlotte Joy is a social anthropologist who specialises in contested heritage and heritage protection. She is a lecturer in Cultural Heritage Management in the Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton. She is the author of two books 'The Politics of Heritage Management in Mali' (Routledge 2012) and 'Heritage Justice' (CUP 2020). She chairs UK Blue Shield's Working Group on the protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage and is a member of UNESCO's Network of Facilitators of the 2003 Convention.
