Nnenna Onuoha
Nnenna Onuoha
Research Associate |
SP2: PAESE 3.0
Leuphana University Lüneburg
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Provenance Lab, Leuphana University Lüneburg
Research Project
The work of the subproject PAESE 3.0 critically evaluates the strengths and limitations of the existing PAESE Database, while exploring how these insights can inform more equitable, accessible, and operational data practices. Key areas of focus include data silences and provenance uncertainties; secret, sacred, sensitive, and private materials; collaboration for dignity restoration; shifting geographical markers; harmful language and controlled vocabularies; and the affordances and constraints of digital restitution.
CV
Since 01/2026 Research Associate. PAESE 3.0. Leuphana University Lüneburg.
02/2025-01/2026 Guest Researcher. Postcolonial Neighbourhoods. Institute for European Ethnology. Humboldt University of Berlin.
11/2024 M.A. Social Anthropology. Harvard University.
11/2022–05/2023 Lecturer. Film. Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts and Technology.
Since 09/2020 Binational PhD Candidate. Media Anthropology and Global History. Harvard University and University of Potsdam.
07/2018-10/2020 Research Associate. Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage. Humboldt University of Berlin.
06/2018 M.A. Documentary Film. DocNomads Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters.
07/2016 MPhil. World History. University of Cambridge.
05/2015 B.A. History, Anthropology and Literature. Harvard University.
Publications
- “Striking Against Empire: Ariella Azoulay in Conversation with Nnenna Onuoha.” A Map to Possession Island. K-Verlag. Berlin, DE.
- “Censorship and Public Spaces in Times of Monument Removal. Kristina Lekko, Nnenna Onuoha and Niloufar Tajeri in Conversation with Jochen Kibel.” Censorship and Heritage. University of Weimar.
- “Beyond Compare: Juxtaposition, Enunciation and African Art in Berlin Museums” Doing Difference in Museums and Heritage: A Berlin Ethnography. Ed. Sharon Macdonald. Transcript Verlag.