Dr. Laura Phillips
Positions
Sessional Lecturer
University of Calgary
Background
Biography
Dr. Laura Phillips has settler ancestry from Ireland, England and Wales. She grew up in what is now known as South Western Ontario, Canada. Laura has worked in museums internationally for 20 years and her research interests focus on educating settlers on the implications of our ongoing presence on lands stolen from Indigenous Nations. Her education includes a B.A. Hons (Classical Studies, Western University), PgDip (Archaeology, Oxford University), MPhil (Archaeology, Bristol University), Ph.D. (Cultural Studies, Queen’s University). Her PhD thesis, ‘Transformative Opportunities through decolonizing & Indigenizing museums: People, Places, Collections’, looked at ways to reduce settler/colonial narratives in a geology museum. Laura’s current research interests focus on settlers of Euro-white descent reconnecting to our ancestral lands, languages and cultures, and working to visibilize the ongoing structures of colonialism that enables our presence on this Land.
More Information
Phillips, Laura. 2023. “Decolonising Publications: Reflecting on the Meaning of Peer in ‘Peer Review.’” ICOM-VOICES, August 28, 2023. https://icom.museum/en/news/reflecting-on-the-meaning-of-peer/.
Phillips, Laura. 2023. “(Mostly) Indigenous Readings That Challenge Imposed Euro-Enlightenment [Aka Colonial] Perspectives in Museums.” The Jugaad Project: Material Religion in Context - Museums Focus Issue, May. https://www.thejugaadproject.pub/home/indigenous-readings.
Phillips, Laura. 2023. “An Incomplete Glossary of Change to Activate Decolonising and Indigenising Practices in Museums.” Museum International 74 (3–4): 118–33. https://doi.org/10.1080/13500775.2022.2234199.
Phillips, Laura. 2022. “Transformative Opportunities through Decolonizing and Indigenizing Museums: People, Collections, Exhibitions.” Thesis. https://qspace.library.queensu.ca/handle/1974/30409.
Phillips, Laura. 2022. “Teaching Decolonizing and Indigenizing Curatorial and Museum Practices.” Museum Worlds 10 (1): 112–31. https://doi.org/10.3167/armw.2022.100109.
Phillips, Laura. 2022. “Re-Writing Our Own Curriculum to Enact Change: Decolonizing Museums for Professional Development and Post-Graduate Programs.” Viewfinder: Reflecting on Museum Education (blog). April 19, 2022. https://medium.com/viewfinder-reflecting-on-museum-education/re-writing-our-own-curriculum-to-enact-change-decolonizing-museums-for-professional-development-5ec1c8da3235.
Phillips, Laura. 2022. “Closing.” Collections Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals: Focus Issue – Indigenous Collections: Belongings, Decolonization, Contextualization 18 (1): 101–6. https://doi.org/10.1177/15501906211066322.
Phillips, Laura. 2017. “The Importance of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples & The Truth & Reconciliation Commission to Museums.” Regina, Saskatchewan: Museums Association of Saskatchewan. https://saskmuseums.org/files/WEB_-_The_Importance_of_the_UNDRIP_and_the_TRC_to_Museums_v_2.pdf.
Phillips, Laura. 2017. “RESPONSIBLE EXHIBITION & INTERPRETATION OF INDIGENOUS ARTIFACTS.” Regina, Saskatchewan: Museums Association of Saskatchewan.
Phillips, Laura. 2017. Collections Stewardship Self-Assessment Workbook. Regina: Museums Association of Saskatchewan.
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