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Jenna C. Ashton is a Senior Lecturer in Heritage Studies at the University of Manchester. She holds affiliations with the research platforms Creative Manchester, Sustainable Consumption Institute, and Manchester Urban Institute, as well as the RGS Animal Geographies Working Group. Her interdisciplinary work spans cultural analysis, feminist environmental humanities, and critical heritage studies.
- Background in artmaking, writing, exhibition curation, and creative ethnography
- Focuses on community-based bio-cultural heritage, political ecology of environmental action, and material literacies
- Engages in andragogy and pedagogy for heritage management
Her research explores multispecies community-making, emotional ecology of heritage, and creative geographies, often through arts-science collaborations. Funded projects include work by AHRC, NERC, ESRC, and the Heritage Lottery Fund.
Jenna founded Digital Women’s Archive North (2015–) and co-founded the Centre for International Women Artists (2019–2020). She has supervised PhD students such as Katy Jackson (Main Supervisor) and Joe Traynor (Co-Supervisor), focusing on topics like museum work, cultural policy, and conflict-related heritage.
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