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Dr. Carla Taunton is an Associate Professor in the Division of Art History and Contemporary Culture at NSCAD University. She holds adjunct appointments at Queen’s University (Cultural Studies) and Dalhousie University (Graduate Studies), and serves on graduate committees at Carleton University and the University of British Columbia Okanagan. Her research interrogates settler colonialism through arts-based critiques, focusing on Indigenous methodologies, decolonization, and museum practices. She leads the SSHRC-funded Curating Change project (2023) and has contributed to impactful collaborations like the Pilimmaksarniq/Pijariuqsarniq Project (2018) and Thinking Through the Museum (SSHRC Partnership Grant).
Dr. Taunton holds a MA from Carleton University (2006) and a PhD from Queen’s University (2011), which won the Governor General’s Gold Medal. Her work bridges academia and practice, including curatorial roles for the National Gallery of Canada’s Abadakone (2019) and projects with Nocturne and Art in the Open festivals. She co-edits scholarly volumes such as the Routledge Companion to Indigenous Art Histories (2023) and PUBLIC 64: Beyond Unsettling, advancing decolonial frameworks in cultural sectors.
Her research projects emphasize intercultural collaboration and transformative methodologies, addressing memory activism, counter-memorialization, and settler responsibility. Awards include the 2020 Canadian Studies Network Best Article Award for co-authored work on decolonial aesthetics. Current initiatives include curatorial projects like Memory Keepers (2018–2019) and gathering across moana (2020), which activate public spaces for decolonizing practices.
Key grants include SSHRC Insight Grants for Memory Activism (2020) and Curating Change, alongside ongoing contributions to Theories and Methodologies for Indigenous Art in North America (Routledge book project). Her work consistently bridges scholarly and curatorial practices to challenge colonial structures in art and academia.
