Non-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director, UK National Commission for UNESCO Board of Directors.
Charlotte is currently doing research at the International Criminal Court (Al Mahdi and Al Hassan trials) and has been an advisor to the Trust Fund for Victims. She is working with colleagues at the University Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal, on a Global Challenge Research Fund project with the Musée de la Femme Henriette Bathily. She is the author of ‘The Politics of Heritage Management in Mali: from UNESCO to Djenne’ (Routledge, 2012) and Heritage Justice (Cambridge University Press, 2020).
Charlotte is part of both the academic and professional community dealing with international issues of cultural protection (including in liaison with the Cultural Protection Unit). She is a member of the Association of Critical Heritage Studies and is active in the UK meetings of Blue Shield International. In 2018, Charlotte worked as Deputy Keeper of Anthropology at the Horniman Museum and Gardens. She developed and co-teaches a Masters programme in Anthropology and Museum Practice between the museum and Goldsmiths, University of London.
Institution
Lecturer
Goldsmiths, University of London
Alma-Mater
UCL, PhD/ University of Cambridge, MA
University of Cambridge, BA.
Role at UNESCO
Culture Portfolio Director, UK National Commission for UNESCO Board of Directors
Charlotte Joy
Institutions
UK National Commission for UNESCO
Board Member, and Culture Director.
Lecturer in Social Anthropology
Goldsmiths, University of London
Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Cambridge
Role at UNESCO
Non-Executive Director at the UK National Commission for UNESCO’s Board of Directors, Culture and Heritage Specialist
The UK National Commission for UNESCO
UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation) is the United Nations body responsible for coordinating international cooperation in education, science, culture and communication. The UKNC is a hub for all UNESCO-related matters in the UK, and the Board of Directors take part in formulating and regularly reviewing the strategic aims of the commission.
Heritage Justice explores how far past wrongs can be remedied through compensatory mechanisms involving material culture. The book goes beyond a critique of global heritage brokers such as UNESCO, the ICC and museums as redundant, Eurocentric and elitist to explore why these institutions have become the focus for debates about global heritage justice.
The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Djenné, in modern day Mali, is exalted as an enduring wonder of the ancient African world by archaeologists, anthropologists, state officials, architects and travel writers. In this revealing study, the author critically examines how the politics of heritage management, conservation, and authenticity play essential roles in the construction of Djenné’s past and its appropriation for contemporary purposes
As an established rural historian, advisor Professor Matthew Cragoe is Chair of the UK committee for the Man and Biosphere Programme.
Durham’s Chair addresses the social, ethical and economic impacts facing heritage managers. The team co-design solutions and training programmes to encourage protection and inclusive promotion, particularly at living heritage sites.
The UNESCO Chair team at Newcastle tries to reduce this damage by working with the heritage, military, and humanitarian sectors to plan to conserve heritage during peacetime, as well as ensure its protection during conflict and following natural disaster.
