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Hannah Turner is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Information (Faculty of Arts), specializing in critical information studies and museum anthropology. Her research interrogates documentation practices, digital heritage, and decolonial methodologies in museum contexts. She holds a PhD from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, with prior roles as a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at Simon Fraser University and Lecturer in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester.
Her work focuses on colonial legacies in museum cataloging, digital repatriation, and ethical technology use in cultural heritage. Key projects include the Cataloguing Culture monograph (UBC Press, 2020), collaborations with Indigenous artists like Jaad Kuujus (Meghann O’Brien), and the Amagugu-Ethu/Our Treasures documentation initiative in South Africa. She co-edits Museum Anthropology and sits on the YVR Art Foundation board.
Teaching includes graduate courses on information practices and undergraduate modules in digital cultural collections. Awards include the 2021 Labrecque-Lee Book Award and a DIS conference award for innovative digital weaving projects.
