Mx Iman Sultan West
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Current positions
Personal to the planetary Fellow
Brigstow Institute
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Research interests
Unearthing stories within the Natural History displays at the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery through the hollistic repatriation project 'A Journey Home'.
Facilitating consultations with diaspora communities around museum practice, exploring concepts of; ownership, display & repatriation.
Reimaginging colonial museum displays through in-depth provenance research and creative response. Connecting with bi-cultural museum practices and animal conservation groups internationally to inform Bristol Museum's and University of Bristol's 'decolonial' responsibilities.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Roots to Reimagining Natural History: Equitable indigenisation and repair in postcolonial natural history and collections practice
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Natural history collections are not just boxes of specimens—they hold stories about science, culture, history and the environment. Some stories are based on thinking and practices during colonial and postcolonial…Managing organisational unit
School of Earth SciencesDates
22/01/2026 to 31/07/2026
Practising Return: Policy, Power and Partnership
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Can natural sciences collection offer a new look at the processes and policies linked to repatriation of museum holdings by taking a place-based approach?
Critiquing the Bristol Museum & Art Gallery's…Managing organisational unit
Dates
01/08/2025 to 30/11/2025
From Ghana to Bristol: Reimagining Reparative Justice in a Postcolonial World
Role
Co-Investigator
Description
Co-Produced Research Project in response to Personal to the Planetary Fellowship
3 January 2025
What does the future of reparative justice look like in the ever-changing world of our climate crisis and…Managing organisational unit
Dates
03/01/2025 to 30/04/2025
Personal to the Planetary Fellowship
Principal Investigator
Description
29 April 2024
Ten new Community Fellows will inspire environmental research and action at the University of Bristol.…The Brigstow Institute and Cabot Institute for the Environment’s new Personal to the Planetary
Managing organisational unit
Dates
29/04/2024 to 01/05/2025