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Benjamin Kyneswood serves as Associate Professor in Digital Heritage and Culture at Coventry University's Research Centre for Creative Economies, specializing in community-driven digital archiving and cultural heritage preservation with emphasis on Coventry and post-colonial South Asia.
His research spans Digital Heritage, Community Development, and Oral History, focusing on marginalized communities through innovative methods like virtual reality storytelling and sustainable place-based archives. Key projects include digitizing Partition-era Indian photographic collections and creating immersive Coventry historical experiences.
Recent publications reveal strong trends in applying VR for civic engagement and heritage democratization, particularly through collaborations with museums and local authorities on projects like the Hamilton Studio archive and Reel Store VR exhibitions.
Kyneswood secured significant research funding including the active Hamilton Studio: the first twenty years after Partition (1947-67) project (2023-2025) and the completed Scarborough Museum Knowledge Transfer Partnership (2023), demonstrating sustained grant acquisition capacity.
He maintains active public engagement through exhibitions like Meet Me Under the Elephant and invited talks at institutions including Coventry Cathedral and Parsons Mumbai, while leading the digitization of Hamilton Studios' post-Partition photographic archive.
