Dr Charlotte Joy | UNESCO in the UK

Charlotte 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.

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 Heritage

“I am very honoured to be part of the UK Commission at such an important time in the history of the organisation. The foundational principles of UNESCO are more resonant than ever at this time of recovery and rebuilding.”
Charlotte Joy