Virtual Colloquium: Frances Liddell – Designing for Shared Guardianship

In this week’s session of the Virtual Colloquium we will have Frances Liddell as our guest. Frances’s talk is titled “Designing for Shared Guardianship”.

Frances Liddell is a researcher and lecturer working at the intersection of museum practice, the arts. and web3 technologies. Her PhD research was one of the first empirical research studies that implemented blockchain application in museums. Working with National Museums Liverpool, UK, this research examined to what extent blockchain disrupts our understanding on ownership, authority, and authenticity in museum theory and practice. Her research interests continue with these lines of enquiry and focuses more specifically on the themes of digital reciprocation and guardianship through which she aims to understand how web3 technologies might support a more ‘distributed museum’. Outside of research, Frances is a lecturer in Cultural Practices at University of Manchester, UK, she has also developed and teaches the ‘Blockchains, Cryptocurrencies & NFTs’ MA course elective at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, UK. In addition, Frances is a research fellow at the Arts, Antiquities, Blockchain Consortium. 

For the speakers list of this semester and for information on registration, please have a look here.